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17 Sep 2012 - The Risk rally continued on Friday, weakening the Dollar and the Yen. Given the Feds open-ended QE3 programme, it looks as though this will persist in the coming week…
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14 Sep 2012 - The Fed announcement of QE3 has seen markets react in predictably euphoric fashion. This may well continue, but short term charts are giving warning of some near term…
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13 Sep 2012 - The positive German court ruling on the ESM helped risk assets and piled further pressure on the US Dollar ahead of today's FOMC meeting. With the market fully geared…
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12 Sep 2012 -The US Dollar was under pressure all day as speculation of an announcement of QE3 increased. Moody's warning of a potential credit downgrade did not help sentiment. Ge…
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11 Sep 2012 - Markets are generally treading water, with some profit taking ahead of the event risk from the German Court ruling, tomorrow and the FOMC on Thursday. Expect more of…
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10 Sep 2012 - This week will be dominated by the German Court ruling on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and then on the Federal Reserve FOMC meeting where the markets are g…
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07 Sep 2012 - Equities headed strongly higher following Mario Draghi's much anticipated plan for the EU. The Euro is mildly stronger and the other risk markets all had a positive s…
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06 Sep 2012 - Mario Draghi will hold centre stage today at the ECB meeting, from where the market will take its lead. Before then we have the Australian Jobs data to provide the ex…
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05 Sep 2012 - Markets remain rangebound ahead of the Central Bank meetings on Thursday. Aud and Kiwi are soft on the negative news coming out of China and the resources sector. Tod…
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04 Sep 2012 - A quiet holiday session, saw most risk markets, commodities remain bid in anticipation of Central Bank stimulus to support the global economy. Aud and Kiwi are soft o…
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03 Sep 2012 - It looks as though the market will need to wait until the September FOMC for Bernanke to unveil any development on QE3. We have US NFP/Unemployment this week to help …
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31 Aug 2012 - Euro was pressured through the session by poor economic data and negative news from Spain. US Dollar, generally a little stronger. Overall though the market is sittin…
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30 Aug 2012 - All on hold and waiting for Bernanke. Nothing has really changed although the US Dollar is slightly higher after the better than expected US Pending Home Sales data.…
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29 Aug 2012 - Markets are mixed and directionless ahead of Bernanke at Jackson Hole Friday. ECB’s Draghi has cancelled his own appearance at the symposium. Euro and Cable are firm;…
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28 Aug 2012 - Overall the currencies have done little today and appear to be on hold before Bernanke and Draghi speak at Jackson Hole on Friday. Commodity bloc currencies remain …
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27 Aug 2012 - The choppy conditions look set to continue into this week until we get some resolution as to the Feds stance on QE3, when Ben Bernanke speaks on Friday. EU matters a…
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24 Aug 2012 - After a busy days data and political meetings, the dollar is mixed to slightly lower. Equities also turned down after Bullard comments that the market should not to g…
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23 Aug 2012 - The FOMC minutes, suggesting that QE3 may not be so far away, saw the Dollar weaken sharply, particularly against the Jpy. In Europe, Greek PM Samaras has begun his r…
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22 Aug 2012 - The dollar softened against most currencies today although it regained some ground as equity markets retreated from their highs. Increased speculation of ECB action t…
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21 Aug 2012 - Quiet holiday conditions persist with little volume in any markets. Today's highlight will be the RBA Minutes with little else on the horizon. Expect another quiet se…
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20 Aug 2012 - The Yen and the Aud were the main movers on Friday, and for the time being, both look as though further weakness may lie ahead. This week sees event risk from the FO…
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17 Aug 2012 - Comments from Angela Merkel, backing up Mario Draghi, have given risk markets a bit of a boost today, although the Euro remains within the weeks tight range. Aud and …
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16 Aug 2012 - Mildly improved data from the US has again dented hopes of QE3 any time soon, pushing the dollar very slightly higher. Greek Euro exit talk did not help today, but ov…
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15 Aug 2012 - Mixed EU data and better US retail sales halted the upside for the Euro today. Aud and Kiwi remain soft. Another quiet session looks most likely with US CPI the econ…
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14 Aug 2012 - The Italian bill auction mildly supported the Euro today in thin trade. Aud and Kiwi were heavy and followed commodity prices mildly lower. Today sees EU GDP, German …
