2018

The U.S. dollar was seen trading volatile a day after the Fed hiked rates. On the economic front, the Bank of Japan's meeting held yesterday did not see any major changes. The central bank left interest rates unchanged as widely expected.…
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The European central bank held its monetary policy meeting last week. As widely expected, the central bank announced an end to its QE program but said that it would keep its re-investment of the asset purchases open ended. The central…
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In April of 2018, some investors awoke to an unpleasant reality and risk to the financial market's stability - then apparently quickly forgot about it. Three specialized subprime auto lenders filed for bankruptcy or were shut down, and the…
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The FOMC held its meeting yesterday, and as widely expected, the Central Bank raised interest rates by another quarter point. This brought the Fed funds rate to 2.25% - 2.50%. As expected, the Central Bank forecast fewer rate hikes for the…
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China producer and consumer prices came out over the weekend. Data showed that factory prices increased at the slowest pace in two years. Producer price index (PPI) which measures the prices that businesses pay for the goods and services…
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Despite using the most intricate charts, automated trading tools, the range of indicators and plenty of sources for fundamental analysis, forex traders do lose money from time-to-time. Even the most legendary traders have all suffered heavy…
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US stock markets are headed for the first year of decline since 2015. This might still be saved by a Santa Claus rally and the corresponding effects that it would have on currency markets, but, will the rally happen? Certainly there are a…
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The U.S. dollar was seen trading weaker on Tuesday. The weakness in the greenback comes ahead of today's Fed meeting. However, the USD was seen managing to recover some of the losses later in the day. Economic data on the day showed that…
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Economic data from the UK is resilient, but the broader Brexit developments overshadowed the data. Investors brushed aside the somewhat positive economic data amid rising concerns that the UK might not clinch a Brexit deal ahead of the…
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Today marks the last major housing data we'll get from the US this year, and given the performance of the markets lately, the state of the US housing market deserves a closer look. We all remember the subprime mortgage crisis a little…
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