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Bond Yields (And Their Relationship to FX)

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000

One of the, if not the most pertinent indicators of price changes in financial markets are interest rates. This article will delve into this important relationship.

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Bond Yields (And Their Relationship to FX)

Dollar up vs yen on US jobs data, holds steady vs euro

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:48:24 +0000

NEW YORK: Robust US jobs data spurred investors to buy the US dollar and sell yen on Friday with the rosier economic report curtailing some expectations the US Federal Reserve will hold off raising interest rates until 2014.

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Dollar up vs yen on US jobs data, holds steady vs euro

Guest Commentary: Gold & Silver Daily Outlook 01.27.2012

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:07:00 +0000

Gold and silver sharply increased for the second straight day after the FOMC announced on Wednesday it will keep the interest rates low until late 2014.

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Guest Commentary: Gold & Silver Daily Outlook 01.27.2012

Dollar: Risk Rally May be Fatigued but GDP Expectations Restrained

Gold Trading — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:09:00 +0000

Did the Fed meet the market’s expectations for greater accommodation? A forecast of virtually-zero interest rates through the end of 2014 does not have the same level of amperage that a wholesale asset purchasing program (long ago given the moniker ‘QE3’) would.

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Dollar: Risk Rally May be Fatigued but GDP Expectations Restrained

US dollar loses ground, stocks rise on Fed rate vow

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:47:16 +0000

The dollar weakened and world stocks rose on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve extended its pledge on maintaining interest rates at ultra-low levels until at least late 2014, much later than markets had expected.

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US dollar loses ground, stocks rise on Fed rate vow

Guest Commentary: UK 2012 – Investors Pay to Lend to Government While Total Debt Passes 500%

Gold Trading — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:00:00 +0000

The UK joined the exclusive club of countries that are able to raise money at negative interest rates. On the other hand, the deleveraging process has skipped this country, despite all the austerity

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Guest Commentary: UK 2012 – Investors Pay to Lend to Government While Total Debt Passes 500%

Existing Home Sales Accelerated in December; AUD/USD Bullish

Gold Trading — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:23:00 +0000

Sales of previously-owned homes accelerated for the third straight month in December as record-low mortgage interest rates, job growth and bargain home prices encouraged more median-income consumers to achieve their homeownership dreams.

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Existing Home Sales Accelerated in December; AUD/USD Bullish

Bank Research Consensus Weekly 01.16.12

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000

As expected, the ECB decided not to touch interest rates at its meeting during the week. This makes a lot of sense in our eyes. The eurozone may be in recession, but it is only a mild one and should prove short-lived.

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Bank Research Consensus Weekly 01.16.12

Amid Warnings of EZ Contraction, BoE Interest, Asset Purchase Votes Unanimous

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:00:00 +0000

While voting unanimously to keep interest rates and QE as they are, The Bank of England warned of contagion in Europe and kept open the option of additional future QE measures…

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Amid Warnings of EZ Contraction, BoE Interest, Asset Purchase Votes Unanimous

Dollar down, commodities savaged

Gold Trading — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:12:30 +0000

Lower Australian interest rates combined with a rise in the US dollar as the euro sinks have dragged the Australian dollar below parity.

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Dollar down, commodities savaged