Forex

Not all currency pairs are the same, evidently. And two of the ways they differ is in the level of volatility and liquidity. Some pairs are more volatile and liquid, while others can be more liquid and less volatile, or vice versa. Given… Read More

Gold The yellow metal exploded higher again this week, breaking to its strongest levels since mid-2013, as comments from Fed Williams sparked expectations of aggressive easing action. Few expected to see the New York Fed President… Read More

Pound Has Been Under Pressure GBP has been under increasing pressure over recent months as the uncertainty around the Brexit outlook increases. This uncertainty is being driven by the Conservative party leadership contest which is… Read More

The US dollar posted declines on Thursday following comments from NY Fed President John Williams. Williams said that the central bank must act quickly to lower interest rates rather than wait for an economic disaster. The NY Fed Chief… Read More

The University of Michigan will be releasing the preliminary results of its consumer sentiment survey covering the month of July. Economists forecast that the consumer sentiment index will ease to 98.0. Over the past few months, consumer… Read More

It's been a relatively quiet week in New Zealand, but we are looking ahead to some important data. With Australia expected to stay quiet on the economic front, commodity currency traders might want to look at the smaller oceanic cousin.… Read More

Fifth Weekly Drawdown Frustratingly for oil bulls, crude showed a rather subdued reaction to yesterday’s weekly Energy Information Administration report. The results showed a further drawdown in US crude stores. Covering the week ending… Read More

At an event yesterday, Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, said that the magnitude of the projected rate cut at the upcoming Fed meeting was up for debate. He did, however, indicate that the Fed will definitely be cutting rates… Read More

Coming up, we've got some key employment data out of Australia. And this release has a habit of moving the AUD and NZD. It's the first time we will be getting a full set of jobs data after the RBA's first rate cut, so everyone is extra… Read More

USD Trading Softly Despite Better Data The US dollar has been a little lower over the European morning on Wednesday with the index finding resistance once again at the 97.11 level. US retail sales yesterday surprised to the upside,… Read More