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Drop against euro and dollar: Swiss franc

Posted by Tushar Mathur on March 8th, 2011

On the Tuesday trade, they estimated that the Swiss franc has been dropped against the value of both euro and dollar. Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan leader reported that the investors and traders have now got a no belief idea at the values and so they are trying to be away from investing in Swiss.

Brent crude prices have been slipped on the Monday trade from $115 and so European was at the stage facing the loss. However, on Tuesday they regained from their losses, leader added to his report. As the point of economist the factors that decide the forex markets are many and the major role is given for politics.

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South Africa bond weak, gains higher against dollar

Posted by Tushar Mathur on March 4th, 2011

Though South Africa is now facing the weakness among its government bonds it has a continuous gain against dollar. It has achieved a constant increase over these past six weeks. As per dealers views it reached high on Thursday and still expected have gains during this session.

 

The yield at 2015/2026 is expected to reach high by 120 basis points. It has been expected to reach 7.725 percent where it will face 2.5 basis point increases. And still on 2026 yield it will be at 8.925 percent where the increase will be 5 basis points high.

 

The government bonds are facing some losses since last week.

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Strengthened level rise in a month: Rupee

Posted by Tushar Mathur on February 21st, 2011

Rupee value has risen and it reached the high level on the look at trade on Monday. It had few losses in local share and however, gained in euro and regional peers. It reached 45.11 rupee against dollar on about 10.09 am and reached the highest above 45.19/20 on 18th February.

The officials of ECB (European Central Bank) responsible for the hikes and kept the firms on high rates for the value of euro. Regarding the regional peers in Asia mostly everyone acted to be a gainer and the biggest gainer was Thailand’s Baht and Taiwanese dollar. The Korean won was little back for that day.

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Is Canadian Dollar Becoming Safe Currency?

Posted by Tushar Mathur on February 12th, 2011

As far as the Canadian dollar is concerned the first half of this week wasn’t that good, but its losses were offset in the second half of the week, when the currency went upward even though the persuasion was favoring safety.

The depressing macroeconomic data and the strong performance of many other currencies have led to the weakness of the Canadian dollar. Yet on Thursday the Canadian currency had reversed the trend. The gains on the CAD erased the losses against some currencies and allowing to post a weekly gain against others.

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Be Aware of Market Mechanics in Forex Trading

Posted by Diya Sen on January 10th, 2011

Making money and getting rich as fast as possible is the new age mantra. So is the need to be successful in Foreign Exchange trade. But before that one needs to know and be aware of the certain things. It is true that unlike other forms of financial trading, trading in foreign exchange entails, great liquidity, a non step market functioning, speedier functions amongst others. With its speed being the main essence, investors feel that forex provides a great opportunity. However, to be successful, one needs o be aware of the following?

Knowledge of the market: It does not help to simply jump into the market and start trading.

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Make Money with Automated Trading Signals

Posted by Diya Sen on January 5th, 2011

For those who are new to the Forex market and a novice, Forex is all about the rise and fall in currencies and economics, given the political scenario and situation. The overall environment affects the currencies that belong to different counties and are traded in the market. End of the day, it is all about making profit with the news and being able to analyze it to your benefit. Traders who are into forex trade know and can translate the news act accordingly with the currency that they are trading in the Forex market.

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Australian Dollar Pare Losses on Inflation

Posted by admin on January 26th, 2010

The Australian dollar managed to gain versus lower-yielding currencies before a report to be released this week in the country is likely to show an advance in inflation in the last year’s last quarter, helping speculations that a series of interest rates in the country will restart. The Aussie rebounded after losing versus most of lower-yielding currencies last week as risk aversion remained predominant in majority of trading hours. Investors in the South Pacific region are waiting an inflation report to be released on Jan 27th expecting positive numbers as forecasts suggest an advance for the country’s prices in the last quarter of 2009, which would provide grounds for a new series of interest rate hikes by Australian policy makers.

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Real Rebounds on Brazilian Stock Market

Posted by admin on January 18th, 2010

After a week of losses versus most of the main traded currencies in foreign-exchange markets, the Brazilian real advanced today fueled by a positive performance in commodities and equities markets. The Brazilian real gained today versus the yen and the U.S. dollar as demand for commodities and optimism regarding the nation’s economy allowed the South American currency to revert a negative trend that lasted five consecutive days. A great sum of capital inflows to Brazilian stocks also influenced on the good performance of the real this Monday. USD/BRL traded at 1.7661 as of 19:54 GMT from an opening rate of 1.7715.

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Brazilian Real Declines on Treasury Plans

Posted by admin on January 14th, 2010

The Brazilian real posted the fourth straight day of decline versus the U.S. dollar as speculations suggest that the Treasury is likely to start a debt selling plan to buy dollars, declining attractiveness for the real in currency markets. The real touched the weakest level in 2010 today as speculations suggest that overseas investors are leaving the country, and such capital outflows declined appeal for the emerging market South American currency. A Treasury plan that may be used to buy dollars also affected the real’s outlook, in another day of losses versus most of the main traded currencies this week.

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Canadian Dollar Falls on Trade Deficit Surprise

Posted by admin on January 12th, 2010

The Canadian dollar had its rally towards parity with its U.S. counterpart halted after a monthly trade deficit was posted today, raising doubts that the nation’s economy is not going as good as some analysts like to believe. The loonie had a disappointing surprise today as Canada posted a trade deficit of more than $300 million while forecasts suggested a surplus of $500 million, surprising traders and affecting the outlook of one of the best performing currencies so far in the beginning of 2010. The Canadian dollar had profited so far this month from high risk aversion and an increasing demand for the nation’s commodities, which influenced the Canadian economic expectations, impacted today showing traders that Canada’s resilience is not as high as previously imagined.

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Yen Rallies on China’s Banking Policy

Posted by admin on January 12th, 2010

Risk aversion declined significantly today after China set a new reserves requirements for banks in the country, allowing the yen to outperform all of the 16 main traded currencies in foreign-exchange markets, as pessimism surged. Equities markets in Asia and globally declined today, raising demand for the yen, as China set a minimum of 16 percent of reserves that large banking corporations in the country must have, in order to avoid a credit bubble as the one that caused the global slump in late 2008. The yen is considered the safest refuge in currency markets for turbulent times and benefited from today’s negative scenario, as China’s policy decreased demand for high-yielding assets, which were trading high since the beginning of the year.

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Understanding Forex Quotes

Posted by Tushar Mathur on December 7th, 2009

Understanding forex quotes can be quite challenging and it may take some time while you can master the implications of these quotes.

A forex quote is always measured in respect of two currencies, where one currency is being sold and the other is being purchased. Also, there are two prices namely, the bid price and the ask price, one is the selling rate and the other is the buying rate.

Let us take a live example of a Forex Quote. If the forex quote of US dollar and Japan Yen. Now if the quote is USD/ JPY 106.52/56.

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Dollar was buoyed at the end of last week as risk appetite waned

Posted by admin on November 2nd, 2009

The greeback pulled back from its sharp sell-off on Thursday, as weak US economic data spurred a return to risk aversion.In early trading, the dollar continued to lose ground following the better-than-expected US growth data, however the GBP/USD rally was capped at 1.6600, and the UK currency pulled down steadily, eventually closing down 0.6% ay 1.6448. US markets went through losses on Friday, with financials and materials leading the path, as risk aversion returned after Thursday’s optimism, strengthening support for the greenback. On the macroeconomic front, data revealed that US consumer spending declined 0.5% in September, the largest decline since December 2008, further buoying the dollar rally.

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Kiwi strenghtened broadly yesterday, but the pound has stemmed its losses in trading this morning

Posted by admin on October 30th, 2009

Better-than-expected GDP figures in the US caused risk appetite to surge across the board enabling the kiwi to post gains of over a cent against the pound.The solid GDP figure in the US renewed optimism about recovery in the global economy, prompting investors to buy higher-yielding currencies. The kiwi, which has suffered recently on a rise in risk aversion, was able to reverse losses as the positive data encouraged investors to buy up riskier assets. However, in trading this morning, the pound is recouping losses, pushing the price back near 2.27 as market participants return their thoughts to the RBNZ’s rate statement on Wednesday where they indicated that interest rates would not be raised for some time.

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With the US exiting recession, investors moved into higher-yielding assets bossting the aussie

Posted by admin on October 30th, 2009

The aussie dollar reversed recent losses yesterday after positive US GDP data encouraged investors to buy-back into perceived riskier currencies. The aussie pulled back nearly two cents, or 1.0%, bringing the sterling/aussie pair back down to trade around 1.80 as the data spurred demand for risk. Investors have been cashing profits in the Australian currency recently as global equities took a downturn, but yesterday’s figure saw traders revive long positions in the aussie. Analysts noted that the figures were a near-perfect combination for riskier assets: strong enough to encourage those with an optimistic outlook on the financial markets, but not too strong to generate expectations of accelerated monetary tightening from the Federal Reserve.

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