yields

What drives currency markets on a structural level is the relative value of each. When we consider an exchange rate, what we are really looking at is the price of a currency as measured by another. The thing is, what drives the value of… Read More

In a Forex context, "peripheral yields" generally refers to the yields on bonds issued by countries in the EU "periphery". They were closely followed by traders around the 2011 financial crunch, and have since been somewhat forgotten.… Read More

Bonds have a significant role in determining the direction of currencies and exchange rates, If you haven't been tracking them as part of your trading, here's a good primer on why you should and how they influence the currency pairs in… Read More