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2012 Articles

May

Greek exit threatens SNB cap
China Banks May Miss Loan Target
Merkel May Be Persuaded on Euro Debt-Sharing
Retail to recycle their EURs?
UK’s GDP Contracts More Than Expected
Do EUR Shorts Feel Comfortable?
Stage set for Hollande-Merkel showdown
Euro Banks Unprepared for Greek Exit
UK Retail Sales Dropped Significantly in April
Safe to Sell EUR in the Hole?
EUR Looking For Conviction
German Wages Are Rising
Wen Growth Pledge Spurs Speculation of China Stimulus
RBA Rate Cut Squeezes AUD
Loonie the first to hike?
Week in FX Europe May 13-18
Greek Contagion Pushes Markets into Red for Year
US Banks Up Insurance Sales On Euro Debt
Gold Climbs a second day on Euro concerns
EURs to be Recycled
EUR Short Squeeze Too Far?
Officials Talk Openly of Greek Euro Exit
BoE Sees Inflation and Weaker Growth In UK
Grexit no more, Spain for EUR
Greek Voters Prepare to Roll the Dice
Greece: Default or Yield Choice
US Consumer Holding UP
Germany Is Holding Up The Euro Zone Economy
Myopic EUR View Tops
Greek’s Attempts to Build a Coalition Go Into Deadlock
EUR: No Bounce, No Lift, Why Own?
Loonie Fly’s South Through Parity
Week in FX Europe May 6-11
Aussie Takes It On the Chin
Canada Adds 58,200 Jobs in April
EUR Waits For True Direction
No Reason To Own EUR
Greece must stick to reform agreements – Merkel
New Greek poll looms
Greek Exit Fears Are Growing
EUR: No bounce, No Lift, No Life
Iran accepts Yuan for Oil
Euro Assets In Sell Signal
EUR Rides Wave Lower
European Election Results Leave Merkel Vulnerable
EUR Jitters Shorts to Reload
EUR Positions Post Elections
Germany urges Hollande to Soften Anti-Austerity Drive
Greek main parties ‘suffer big losses’
Hollande Defeats Sarkozy
NFP has Investors Range Trading
Week in FX Europe April 29-May 4
Did the RBA Get it Wrong?
NOK Dumps Irish and Portuguese Bonds
EUR Bears Lighten Ahead of NFP
ECB Holds Eurozone Interest Rate
ECB Full Confidence in Spain
Romney Calls China Currency Manipulator
Euro Zone Unemployment at Its Highest Since 1997
UK Manufacturing Sector Growth Slows Down
No EUR Mayday

April

Loonie 6-Month Lead at Risk
Canadian GDP beat all estimates
EUR Squeeze Persists
Spain is Back in Recession
NFP to shape the QE Outlook
BoJ Provides No Dollar Favors
Week in FX Europe April 22-27
EUR Requires Conviction
Spain’s Unemployment Hits a New Record
US Weekly Claims Top Forecast
It’s noise for all EURO B’s
Britain’s First Double-dip Recession Since 1975
FOMC Statement Comparisons March to April
Specs to Squeeze EUR ahead of FOMC
UK Meets Its Annual Borrowing Target
EUR Relief Rally without Teeth
Euro Zone Debt Rose to Its Highest Level
EUR Bears Have Momentum?
Copper Traders Turn Optimistic
FED not Associated with Divergence
Is China doing its Part?
Week in FX Europe April 15-20
Spanish 10′s print +6%
G20, IMF and Wold Bank Meet in Washington
German ifo Surprises
EUR Rallies ‘Cause it Can
German Business Confidence on a Nine-Month High
Japanese Exports Rise on Autos
French downgrade rumours lift Bunds
China To Add Reverse Repo, Cut RRR to Raise Liquidity
Strong Demand for Spanish Bonds at Today’s Auction
Spanish excuse to sell more EURs?
“Doubtful” Loans Place Spain’s Economy at Risk
China House Prices Fall in 50% of Cities
BoE: 8-1 on Holding QE
Spain’s EUR White Knight
Despite New Optimism, Housing Gains Not a Sure Bet
IMF Raises Global Growth forecast to +3.5%
BoC Statement more “hawkish.”
EUR Struggles at Lofty Heights?
UK Inflation Increases Unexpectedly In March
Pianalto Sees Uneven Progress
China Allows Yuan Greater Exchange Rate Latitude
Spain’s Cost of Borrowing Rises Above 6%
EURO Patience for Grind Lower
Is the BoC to ‘Walk the Walk’ next week?
BoJ has to work to weaken JPY
Week in FX Europe April 8-13
FED Timing differs on Need to Keep Low Rates
Spanish Banks Boost Borrowing from ECB
China’s Less-Than-Forecast Growth May Signal Easing
EU Capital Flight disloyal to EUR
Freaky Friday to Break EUR?
Private Debt Slows The Euro Zone Recovery
Options and Yields Confuse EUR Positions
UK Trade Deficit Grows
Spanish Bailout Fears Affect the Market
Bund Failure No Reason to Sell EUR
China Unexpectedly Reports Trade Surplus
Big Dollar on the March
German Exports Continue To Rise
US Equities Open on the Back Foot Easter Monday
Loonie Trades Parity on Weak US jobs data
China inflation keeps policy bias on growth
What is the BoJ to do?
A Tale of Two Dollars
No Game Change For EUR
Ugly NFP add fewest Jobs in five month.
BoE Leaves Its Monetary Policy Unchanged
New EURO Paradigm
China to Focus on Domestic Market as Exports Decline
ECBs Introductinary statement
UK’s Economy Returns to Growth
FED and Spain Game Change for EUR
Short Term Stimulus Seen as Less Likely
A divorce settlement for the EZ
Spain on Target for Record Debt Levels
RBA Monetary Policy Decision
Spanish Unemployment Continues to Rise
EUR Bears Incremental Fears
Firewall Top-Up Signals Eurozone Expects Crisis to Worsen
Fed’s Pianalto Sees Improving Growth
EUR Bears Need a Break

March

Week in FX Europe Mar 25-30
Dollar Danger is to Trade Higher
Yen to bear the weight of PMIs
Euro Zone to Increase Its Firewall
EUR Firepower Expansion to Backfire
EUR to Buckle on Month End?
German Unemployment Fell to a Record Low
US 5-years weaker than 2′s
Oil Falls
Bank of Japan and Intervention
UK Economic Output Revised Down
U.S. Treasuries Rise
US 2-Years Better Bid at Auction
Mapping Trends in the US Economy
EUR Positions Remain Offside
Dovish Bernanke Punishes the Dollar
German Business Confidence Increases
A EUR Range Play?
Is The Chinese Yuan Setting Up to Trade Higher?
Week in FX Europe Mar 18-23
China’s Fix Influence Cannot Last
Quarter-end pushes USD repricing
EC Encouraged To Increase Rescue Funds
EUR Dictated by Option Demands
Consumer Optimism Up in U.S.
Euro Zone Output Contracted Despite Forecasts
EUR to Rollover?
Osborne Predicts Deficit Reduction
UK’s Budget Deficit Doubled in February
EUR Bias Remains The Same
US Housing Starts Strong
Prospects for a Third Bailout for Greece
Bernanke to derail the EUR trend?
Ten-Year Yields Rise
Lagarde says China must reform economy and yuan
Gold Steady after last week -3% slide
Brent Crude Holds Gains on Iran Worries
March Dollar Madness on Dudley?
EU to Increase Firewall as Italian Derivative Bet Unravels
USD on a One Month High as Fed Tweets
Greek Debt Woes Far From Solved
US Deficit Grows to 124.1 Billion USD
Euro Zone Industrial Output Increased Less Than Expected
EU Finance Ministers not worried about Spain
G20 Debt and Credit Rating Infographic
USD gets US Retail Sales boost
Greek Aid Plan is on Track, but Risks Remain
Bank of China to let Market decide Price of Yuan
After Greek Debt Swap Eurogroup turns to Spain
Greek and Spanish Economies on the Agenda in Brussels
Week in FX Europe Mar 4-9
Japan gets its Wish of Weak Yen
Strong US Employment could Signal Recovery
Greece Moving Ahead With Debt Swap
EUR Sways on Interest
EUR Debt Relief Belief
Greece Debt Swap Deadline Nears
Spain Lags Italy as Growth Concern Halts Rally
ADP Adds +216k Jobs
EUR Strangled by Greek SWAP Pick Up
Analysts Predict Jobs Added in February
EZ Industry, Spending Falters in Late 2011
Bondholders see One Trillion EUR Default Risk
Euro Zone Economy Shrank
Where is the EUR demand?
UK to Avoid Recession
EUR Bloodied by China
Iceland Considering a Switch to the Canadian Dollar
Week in FX Europe Feb 26-Mar 2
Yen to Go
Everyone’s Favourite Dollar
EUR Only Grinds Lower
Greece Must Spend Wisely
Emerging Nations Debt and Credit Rating Infographic
China Sells US Treasuries
Monti Expects Euro Debt Firewall Deal
Swedish Economy Suffers From The Euro Zone Crisis
EZ Unemployment Rises

February

Beige Book: US Economy Expanded
ECB Injected 529 billion Euro in 3-Year LTRO
LTRO2 results brings March Madness
Ireland to hold EU Fiscal Referendum
S&P downgraded Greek debt to “selective default”
EUR’s Risk and Reward limited until LTRO
Japanese Yen Falls Against US Dollar & Euro
Fast Money Sells EURs
G20 Demands Euro Zone to Increase Its Rescue Fund
Greek Bailout Agreed as EU and UK Economies Shrink
USD hits records lows as EUR gets Greek deal boost
Japanese Yen Tumbles as Importers sell JPY
UK GDP contraction sparks fear of a technical recession
Turkey to Retain Its Low Credit Ratings
EUR soars as EU economy contracts
Euro Zone Economy To Shrink In 2012
Euro Zone Service Sector Contracted In February
Greece on a diet for EUR recovery
Greece Narrowly Avoids Default
Greece Gets Reprieve But Default Still A Possibility
Where to now EUR?
Japan, China to Help Eurozone Through IMF
Bailout in Brussels to help the BoJ
USD Liquidity an Issue
Week in FX Europe Feb 12-17
ECB To Swap Greek Bonds to Avoid Loss
Another Intraday EUR Squeeze?
Europe’s Downturn Will Not Be As Bad As in 2008
Optimism For Greek Deal Grows
Being Long Euros is Lonely
Eurozone Economy Shrinks
Iran Cuts Oil Exports to Europe
EZ States want Greece Out
Another EUR Hail Mary Pass
Yen Falls as Bank of Japan Announces Inflation Goal, New Stimulus
Moody’s Cuts European Ratings
No End to the Euro Greek Tragedy
Bernanke Not Fooled by Recent Unemployment Gains
Greek Political Leaders Approved the Austerity Plan
Can the BoJ breath a little easier?
Reported US Trade Deficit Widens
Loonie Loosens the Death Grip
Week in FX Europe Feb 5-10
Greek doubts and Portuguese concerns support Swiss Franc
Eurozone Holds Back a Rescue Package for Greece
EUR to lose Faith?
Euro Gains on Greek Deal
ECB, Bank of England Leave Rates Unchanged
UK Industrial Output Increases Above Forecast
BoE and ECB Showtime
Greece’s “Last Minute” Incomplete Deal
No EURO Freeze just Squeeze
Greeks Trying Again to Seal an Austerity Deal
SNB to Intervene in the Currency Market
Indian Growths Slows Down
EUR Pegged to be Lower?
Euro Could Survive Greece Exit
Brazil Central Bank Intervenes to Ease Rally
Eurozone Recession Could Cut China’s Growth by 50%
US Curve Flatter Despite a bid EUR
Three Explanations for the ECB position on Greek Debt Restructuring
Loonie at the Mercy of Ivey
Greek Public and Private sector plan strikes
Greece Slides Closer to Default
Aussie Retails Sales Falls
Land of the Rising Yen
Week in FX Jan 29-Feb 3
NFP no license to apply risk
Greece Close to Debt Deal
US Unemployment Falls to 8.3%
China to Play the Eurozone’s White Knight?
Despite “Signs of Improvement” Bernanke Holds Near-Zero Rate Pledge
EUR at NFPs Mercy?
Fed’s Near-Zero Interest Rate Policy a Failure?
Central Bankers Weaken Their Currencies, Boost Gold
Eurozone Debt Crisis Infographic
US Price Manufacturing Index reported at 54.1
ADP Payroll Report Indicates 170,000 New US Jobs Created
Buy the EUR Rumor and Sell that Fact?

January

Canadian Dollar Loses Steam on Weaker U.S. Outlook
Record Eurozone Unemployment Pits North Against South
Euro Unemployment Hits Record 10.4%
EUR Short Covering Just Started?
And Now, Portugal
Spain Appears Headed for “Double-Dip” Recession
More EUR Concessions Required
Week in FX Europe Jan 22-27
US GDP Hidden Surprise Supports QE
A Yen to Lead
US 4th Quarter Growth Falls Below Expectations
Japan CPI and Retail Sales Fall
US Yields Move Ahead of GDP
Recession Fears Could Delay UK Deficit Reduction Plans
UK Prime Minister urges EU leaders to be bolder
Fed Extends Near-Zero Rate Pledge; Hints at More Bond Buying
EUR Top is Where Now?
A “Dovish” FOMC
Yen Falls to 2-Month Low
Deja Vu EURO
Japan Expected to Post First Trade Deficit in 30 Years
EUR on Supplements?
US Debt Prices on the Back Foot
EUR/USD Squeezed Above $1.30
BoC Governor Carney Says US Never to Fully Recover
Are EUR Bears Losing the Fight?
Inflation Moderating Around The World
Week in FX Europe Jan 15-20
EUR Shorts Suffer with Bond Bears
China Feels the EURO Heat
European Banks Building Cash Reserves
Toss a EUR-Up or Down?
US Jobless Claims Fall by 50,000
EUR Bulls Covet This Squeeze
World Bank Downgrades Global Growth Outlook
World Bank Lowers Global Growth Projections
A Letter makes a EUR difference
Will China Weaken the Yuan to Boost Its Market?
Falling Consumer Prices Lifts Euro Rate Cut Speculation
EUR did what was expected
Debt Downgrade Jeopardizes Eurozone Recovery
Eurozone Braces for Fallout from Credit Downgrades
London Hopes to Attract More Yuan-Based Forex Trades
EUR move Exaggerated?
Week in FX Europe Jan 8-13
US Data Not Good for Funding Currency
Worried about the Exit of Capital from China?
US Trade Deficit Widens in November
Have We Missed the EUR Sweet Spot after Italian Auction?
Draghi Propels Euro Higher
US Jobless Claims Rise More than Expected
Will the US embrace EURs new found confidence?
Fitch Warns of “Cataclysmic” Euro Collapse
German Debt Well Received No Effect on EUR So Far
Bunds and Treasury Yields Narrow
Has Staying Out of the Eurozone Helped Turkey and Poland’s Economies?
Merkel, Lagarde Meet Over Greek Debt Swap
EUR Shorts Wait for the Next Leg Down
EURs Litany of Reasons to Short
Week in FX Europe Jan 1-6
Cross Border Dollars Temporarily Diverge
Yen and Aussie have their own Battle
US Unemployment Falls to 8.5%
Market Primed for Upside NFP Risk?
Euro-Dollar Pair Craters
US Private Hiring Continued to Expand in December
Euro Falls to 16-Month Low
FX requires EUR Fixed Income to trade?
Other Dollars trade in a Vacuum
Greece Could Exit Euro if Bailout Agreement is not Signed
Dollar Could See Buying Pressure as Euro Debt Crisis Worsens
Easing Inflation Points to Possible ECB Rate Cut
BUNDs and PMI to hurt EUR?
The Eurozone PR Battle Continues
Germany’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 20-Year Low
Risk to hurt record long dollar positions?

2011 Articles

December

2011 Top MarketPulse FX Stories
ECB has Room to Slash Early
Italian Yields Fall after 7B Sale
U.S. Consumer Spending Lower Than Expected
US Durable Goods Orders Jump 3.8%
PIMCO Downgrades Global Outlook
US GDP Growth Lower Than Expected
Weekly Jobless Claims Lowest in More Than 3 Years
Interest Rate Outlook for 2012
Eurozone Banks Take Advantage of ECB Loan Offering
LTRO Expectations Weaken Dollar, Send Risk Higher
German Business Confidence Rises for Second Month
U.S. Housing Starts Jump 9.3% in November
Dollar to make the Turn ahead
Euro Officials to Ask for $261 Billion
Yen is a Chosen One
Week in FX Europe Dec 11-16
Should we let the EUR Snooze?
Forex Year End Checkup
Eurozone Worries Crushing Japanese Confidence
Italy May Hold Confidence Vote on Austerity Measures
US Industrial Production Appears to Have Slowed
Where to sell the EUR again?
Sell EURs and Shut Your Eyes?
CAD and AUD at the mercy of Euro Rhetoric
US Retail Sales Rise Less Than Expected
EUR to be bullied lower?
Euro Summit Failure Underscores Need for Sovereign Default
ECB Not Printing Could Be Best Option for Eurozone
Risk Aversion absorbing US Debt Supply
Euro Summit Long on Rhetoric, Short on Specifics
How Much Longer Can Europe Kick the Can Down the Road?
Week in FX: Europe December 4-9
Dollar shines after an underwhelming summit
Red Knight to Buy US and Europe
Moody’s Cuts French Bank Credit Rating
China’s Inflation Falls as Economy Slows
EUR Tape Bombs to continue
U.S. Weekly Unemployment Claims Fall to 9 Month Low
ECB Cuts Interest Rates as Recession Fears Grow
Nein Euro solution fears ahead of ECB
Eurozone Expected to Penalize Members Exceeding Budget Targets
China Faces “Severe Challenges”
Will the EUR wait for the Summit?
AUD and CAD take different routes
S&P Issues Eurozone Credit Warning
Service Sector Suffering Due to Dollar Weakness
EUR Headline Watching
EU Leaders pressure Treasuries
China’s Economy Continues to Slow
Merkel, Sarkozy Meet to Discuss Euro Zone Budget Controls
Make or Break for the EUR this Week?
Week in FX: Europe Nov 27-Dec 2
US unemployment rate drops for all the wrong reasons
ASIA is doing its bit too
U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.6%
U.S. Adds 120k Jobs – Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.6%
Will NFP derail any of the good done this week?
Increase in U.S. Jobless Claims
China’s Manufacturing Continues to Decline
EUR under pressure despite product out the door

November

World’s Largest Central Banks Joining EUR Debt Fight
ADP Report Indicates 206k New US Jobs
U.S. Home Prices Drop 3.6% in September
Eurozone Officials Meet in Brussels
Italian issue ripe for EUR short?
Euro optimism sinks US bonds
OECD Predicts Eurozone Recession
Beginning of the dollar pain trade?
Week in FX: Europe Nov. 20-25
No BoJ Action just a Survey
Market Gives Thanks for a Stronger Dollar
Italy’s Cost to Borrow Hits New Record High
No Black its Red in Capital Markets
S&P Hints JPY Downgrade “Closer”
France to Propose EU Treaty Changes
Portugal’s Credit Rating Reduced to Junk Status
European Banks Beg Central Bank for Spare Change
Crude and Gold get off the floor
Weak German Bond Sale Increases Odds of Eurozone Breakup
Aussie and Cad Dollars Fall From Grace
China’s Manufacturing Growth Continues to Slow
German Bond Yields on the Rise
Safest of Bunds Sickens EUR
FX eyes Euro Yields for direction
France’s Triple A Rating in Jeopardy
China Pushes for “Unbalanced” Recovery
Canada Retail Sales Doubles in September
Spain’s Borrowing Costs Soar
What is the EUR’s next price?
Cameron Reveals Credit Easing Plan to Boost UK Economy
Crude and Gold sideswiped by Rabid Dollar
CAD falls, now playing catch-up
US Budget “Super Committee” Throws in Towel
Canada’s Wholesale Trade weaker than expected
Moody’s Warns France’s AAA Credit Rating at Risk
US Yields Plummet, Prices Balloon
U.S. Banks and Euro Exposure
Week in FX: Europe Nov. 13-18
US Data Starting Its Own Trend?
Aussie dollar on one knee with Yen in demand
US Growth Picks Up Pace in Final Quarter
ECB or the EUR to Crack?
France and Germany Break Ranks Over ECB Intervention
U.S. Banks Face Contagion Risk From European Debt
Cumberland Advisors’ David Kotok: The Eurozone Crisis and The U.S. Economy
Loonie Outperforms its Risk Peers
Gold Prices Suffer From Contagion Flu
France Calls for ECB Intervention as Bond Yields Rise
Newly-Minted Greek PM Expected to Win Confidence Vote
EURO relief better level to short
US Yields dragging their feet
US Retails Sales Rise – Wholesale Prices Fall
Empire holds Steady
EURO headache intensifies
CAD and AUD are in the same Boat
Merkel Says Eurozone Facing “Toughest” Challenge Since WWII
Another Day, Another Record Interest on Italian Debt
EUR short sell as Italy’s Yield Climbs
Gold gets a helping hand from India
US Treasuries under pressure as EU debt risk eases
Week in FX: Europe Nov. 6-11
Americas Dollars took the back seat
Yen are you a safe haven or not?
Politics and Fixed Income trump FX
Is There Any Merit to Operation Meatball Rumors?
Risk Currencies are finding it a Grind
Discussing Eurozone Breakup No Longer Taboo
EU Warns of Possible Recession
Greece Names Former Central Banker as New PM
ECB blows smoke for Italy
How Italy is Like a 1st-Year University Student
Sequel to Fellini’s 8 1/2: The Italian Bond Market
Risk Aversion requires lower US Yields
Market still wants Oil and Gold
Italian Debt Hits New Post-Euro High
Italian Bonds Encourage Market Madness
Demand for US Notes Rally as Italy Trades 7%
Commodities Stubbornly Bid
Other Dollars get a boost from Gold
Italy’s Borrowing Cost Hits New Record
Bonds in demand with Italy unloved
Berlusconi Faces Renewed Pressure to Resign
Greece Selects New Leader for “Temporary” Power Sharing Agreement
Canadian Dollar Falls on Job Losses
U.S. Unemployment Drops to 6-Month Low of 9.0%
Bank of Canada Governor to Head Global Banking Watchdog
US Yields Back Up Ahead of NFP
Growth Dollars under pressure
ECB Surprises and sideswipes market with Rate Cut
Papandreou Faces Revolt; Greece Faces Dismissal From Euro
What’s the ECB to do?
U.S. Private Sector Creates 110k Jobs in September
Papandreou to Meet with Merkel, Sarkozy
US Debt in Demand
What’s the FED to do?
Papandreou’s Dangerous Game
Papandreou Sends Markets into Nose Dive on Referendum Call
Euphoria is Dead EURO is Buried

October

Bank of Japan Intervenes – Yen Weakens 5%
Greek debt deal: Many questions remain
No Surprise from the BoJ
Noted China Bear at it Again
Week in FX: Europe October 23-28
Is EUR euphoria premium to be priced out?
What will the BoJ do?
Italian Bond Sale Disappoints – Debt Haircut Rumors Persist
U.S. Consumer Spending Gains 0.6% in September
Eurozone Turns to China for Bailout Help
Does the Dollar have Mojo?
US Stocks Jump on Euro Debt Deal
Eurozone Agrees on Debt Crisis Deal
EURO Clarity is Market Savior
Euro Falls as Debt Deal in Jeopardy
Finance Minister Says No Recession Likely for Canada
Euro Debt Deal Highlights
Is it EURO Risk On or Off?
Italy Fails to Pass Crucial Austerity Measures
Canadian Dollar Back to Parity with US Dollar
BoC keeps overnight rates at +1%
Italy Fails to Pass Austerity Measures
When Does the EURO Deadline Slippage Begin?
Deteriorating Euro Debt Situation Stalls Euro
Banks Negotiate Greek Loan Haircut Amount
EURO Rhetoric Ticker To Dominate
Week in FX: Europe October 16-21
Week in FX: Asia October 16-21
Week in FX: Americas October 16-21
Cracks Appear in Eurozone Bailout Solidarity
EURO Crapshoot
Germany’s 2012 Growth Expected to Drop to 1%
EURO trades in ‘no man’s land’
EU Debt Plan Gives Lift to Stock Markets
Do We Ever Get To Shout EURO Event Risk?
Bank of England Struggles With Slow Growth, Rising Inflation
US Wholesale Prices Jump More Than Expected
China’s Economy Falls to 2-Year Low
EURO Doom Mongering Persists
Germany Says Quick Debt Solution Are Just “Dreams”
Dollar’s biggest risks: Europe and the Fed
Banks Balk at 50% Euro Debt Haircut
EURO premium to be priced out?
Greece Is So Last Week – Now It’s All About Spain
Week in FX: EUROPE Oct. 9-14
Week in FX: Asia Oct. 9-14
Week in FX: Americas Oct. 9-14
Michigan Sentiment Index Falls
US Retail Sales Gain More Than Expected
Spain Suffers Debt Credit Rating Cut
EURO G20 Time-out?
Market Storm Watch: Exchange Rate Volatility Calls for Increased Caution
Meeting Minutes Show Bank of Japan Considering More Easing
Asia’s Growth Forecast Lower on Latest Data
Dollar fights EURO ‘Hope’ Trade
Slovakia Set to Ratify Deal: Could Include 50% Bank “Haircut”
EU Calls for Coordinated Approach to Strengthen Banks
The Real Story Behind Canada’s Employment Numbers
Greek Deficit Widens on Lower Revenues
EFSF Bond Insurance Plan Gaining Traction
EURO 0 Slovakia 1 first leg
FX: Europe’s Unresolved Crises
Australian Dollar Falls on European Debt Concerns
Greek Debt Deal Agreement Reached
Bank of England Governor Says Crisis Could Be “Worse Ever”
Week In FX: October 2-7
Don’t Panic Over the Loonie’s Tumble
Canada hires +61k Full-Time
Is NFP an opportunity to sell EUR’s higher?
BoE increases size of APP
Market Sentiment: EUR/USD 84% Long | USD/JPY 82% Long | USD/CAD 35% Long|GBP/USD 60% Long – see more – http://bit.ly/ciHF0z
Final Details Expected on Eurozone Debt Relief Plan
Trichet Exits on a Low Note
Bernanke Hints at Further Fed Intervention
Moody’s Follows S&P Lead to Slash Italy’s Credit Rating
UK Economy Outlook Revised Downwards
EUR-Turnaround Tuesday gives way to Whiplash Wednesday
Canadian Dollar Falls to Year-Long Low
Greece Forced to Wait for Next Rescue Payment
How Much Lower for EURO?
Dismal Eurozone Manufacturing Data Could Force Interest Rate Cut
US Consumer Spending Expected to Fall as Wages Decline
Markets Decline as Greece Debt Outlook Worsens
Lower EURO Looks the Safer Bet

September

Week In Review September 25-30
Japan Authorizes 15Bn for Intervention
Austria Approves Euro Rescue Deal
ECB to Take Anti Lending Freeze Measure Next Week
U.S. Consumer Spending Declines in August
Canadian Economy Grows in July
EURO Liquidation To Continue
Facing Facts: Greek Default Inevitable
Bernanke Calls Unemployment “National Crisis”
German Parliament Approves Bailout Fund
Forget EURO EFSF Issues, It’s Quarter-End Pricing
Canadian Home Prices Higher in July
U.S. Business Spending Higher in August
EURO’s Left Hand Side the Most Vulnerable?
U.S. Home Prices Likely Declined in July
Global Stock Exchanges on Track for 2nd Day of Gains
Traders know leverage. Do EURO Policy makers?
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall But Recession Fears Remain
Eurozone Rescue Plan Taking Shape
Germany’s Lack of Confidence not hurting EURO, Yet
Week In Review September 18-23
Greek Default Grows More Likely
No Accountability in Currency Bloodbath
Stock Sell-Off in Wake of Federal Reserve Statement
Recession Fears Drag Canadian Dollar Below Parity
FED’s Desperation Sees Red
FED Statement Sept 21
Yen Appreciation Increases Japan’s Trade Deficit
Three Potential Outcomes One FOMC Winner
US Housing Starts Fall More than Expected
IMF Warns Global Economy in “Dangerous New Phase”
Germany’s Investor Confidence Falls
S&P’s cuts Italy on weak growth.
Stocks Fall on Renewed Euro Fears
Week in Review September 11-16
Geithner urges EU ministers to leverage bailout fund
Ministers Spar on Collateral From Greece
Spanish Regions’ Debt Surges to a Record
Eurozone ‘coming to a standstill’
China Facing Competition as Low-Cost Production Center
EU Says Eurozone Economy “Coming to a Standstill”
Merkel and Sarkozy need Today’s Philly Fed to Bounce
Cracks Appear in Merkel’s Coalition as Debt Crisis Worsens
China Willing to Buy Euro Debt – With Conditions
French Bank Credit Ratings Latest Euro Debt Victim
Banks Say Canada Could Be First to Return to Recession
EURO Bleeding Persists
Italy Says China-Based Investment Firm to Buy Bonds
Merkel Warns of “Domino Effect” If Greece Defaults
Merkel’s Pos-Still Long EURO’s
Euro Declines to Seven-Month Low on Renewed Debt Concerns
Greece Default Fears Drag Euro Lower
OPEC Reduces Global Oil Demand Forecast
No ‘We’ in EURO hurts Currency
What the Central Banks did this month
Week in Review September 4-9
Euro Falls to 6-Month Low
Japan’s Economy Contracts More Than Expected
EUR/CHF 1.20 fixation-who will do the pushing?
OECD Calls for Easing Monetary Policy; Slashes Global Outlook
Greek Inaction Leads to Talk of Euro Dismissal
EUR flatlines ahead of ECB decision-Not for long
Eurozone Engine Stalls; German Court Rules Bailouts Legal
Swiss Franc Declines After SNB Moves to Peg Currency
Australia Returns to Positive Growth
BoC Statement
Merkel’s efforts provide a brief EUR rally
German Factory Orders Fall 2.8%
China growth may slide below 9% in 2012
Finland to Forge Collateral Deal IMF Can Accept
Euro jumps, stocks retreat after Swiss move
SNB Pledges Unlimited Currency Purchases
Stocks, Italian Bonds Drop as Euro Weakens on Debt Crisis
Is the world facing fundamental changes?
Barroso sees euro zone growth
U.S. Unemployment Holds Steady at 9.1%
NFP Guesstimates are Slashed and Yours?
U.S. Unemployment Claims Fall to 409,000
Eurozone Manufacturing Sinks to 2-Year Low
EURO has Lost its Teflon?

August

Negative 2nd Quarter Triggers Canadian Recession Fears
Slower Growth Drags Australian, N.Z. Dollars
Canadian Economy Contracts in 2nd Quarter
Market is anemic ahead of Job data
Swiss Franc’s Decline as Safe Haven Bad News for Japan
Euro Falls on Lowered Expectation of Rate Hike
S&P Cuts Eurozone Growth Forecast
Reasons to Short EUR begin to Pile
Finland’s Demand for Collateral Shows Little Faith in Greece
Risk Demand Pushes Canadian Dollar to 3-Week High
US Consumer Spending Posts Five-Month High
Don’t forget EU’s woes when buying EUR’s
Bernanke Challenges Congress to Make “Difficult Choices”
Higher Energy Costs Lead to Surprise Increase in Japan’s Consumer Prices
US Growth Output Downgraded
Bigger Punch Irene or Bernanke?
Sterling Falls as UK Consumer Confidence Weakens
Gold Continues Sell-Off
France Raises Taxes on Companies and Wealthy to Protect Rating
Bernanke to disappoint EURO positions?
US Durable Goods Orders Jump 4%
Japan Suffers Credit Rating Downgrade
Again the EUR fails to weaken!
Yen Falls as Officials Pledge Action on Currency
German Manufacturing Better Than Expected
European Stock Markets Rise on Fed Speculation
Merkel Describes Eurobonds as “Wrong Answer”
Gold Prices Could Go “Parabolic”
Oil Prices Decline as Libya’s Output Expected to Rise
Bank of Canada Statement Highlights
Citigroup, JPMorgan Raise Recession Fears
Gold Hits New Record – Closing in on $1,900
Swiss Franc Still on the Rise
What’s Your Safe Haven Currency Choice?
Swiss Franc Declines on Speculation of Further SNB Intervention
US Jobless Claims Jump by 9,000 Over last Week
Trifecta of US Data
US Wholesale Prices Rise More Than Expected
Swiss National Bank Acts to Ease Franc Appreciation
CHF another EURO Disappointment
UK Inflation Jumps to 4.4%
Japan On Track for Recovery
Germany’s Growth Decline Adds to Euro Concern
EURO Weight on Germany too heavy?
British Pound Falls as Investors Abandon Sterling
Swiss Franc Weaker on Intervention Speculation
CHF backed by lack of Bonds
US Retail Sales Jump 0.5%
US data to outperform EUR
Swiss National Bank Floats Possibility of Franc Peg
US Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since April
Central Bank’s Battle with Currency’s
Bank of Japan Running Out of Levers as Yen Climbs
Fed Lowers U.S. Outlook; Pledges Low Interest Rate to Continue
Canadian Dollar Lower on Recession Fears
Tuesday’s “Relief Rally” to be Short-Lived
Do Not Upset the Swiss
Fed Statement Expected to Include Stimulus Plans
What to expect from Ben and the FOMC?
G7 Leaders Pledge Support for Global Economy
Dollar Falls Following U.S. Credit Downgrade
ECB risk moves working?
S&P Downgrades US To AA+, Outlook Negative
Week in review July 31-Aug 5
NFP May Ease Recession Fears
Thanks Cbanks, only NFP now
Italy Likely to Default Says CEBR
Yields Fall to Record Low on Recession Fears
Trichet’s Communiqué
ECB Holds Rates at 1.5%; Urges Boosting Bailout Fund
Central Bank Coordination?
Bank of Japan next, after NFP?
Debt Deal Signed But Markets Still Nervous
EURO Bleeds
US Debt Ceiling Highlights

July

Republicans try to save Debt Bill
Central Bank of Ireland Cuts Growth
Loonie Suffers after Weak Growth Report
Flash US Growth Disappoints
Three More Strikes against the EURO
Swiss Franc the New Reserve Currency?
U.S. Debt Ceiling: Infographic
Italian Bonds Decline After Borrowing Costs Rise
Japan’s retail sales rise
Jobless Claims in U.S. Decreased to Three-Month Low
House Debt-Limit Vote Sets Stage for Showdown
EUR Longs Getting out of Dodge for a Few Days
U.S. Durable Goods Unexpectedly Fall
Aussie inflation accelerates
Boehner debt plan falters, Obama considers veto
FX Market is not Boring just Exhausting
BoJ concerned about yen rise
Lagarde calls for US debt resolution
Roubini Sees Reduced Threat of Euro Breakup
India hikes rates more than expected
U.K. Growth Slows +0.2%
Irresponsible Politicking aids EURO
Clinton Assures China on Debt-Ceiling
Geithner Confident a Deal will be Struck
Moody’s cut Greece’s Credit Rating Three Levels
Canada’s Inflation drops to 3.1% in June
Canadian House Prices Expected to Slow
ECB Appears Willing to Accept Temporary Greek Default
ECB willing to let Greece slip into temporary default as part of crisis response that would involve a bond buyback but no new tax on banks
EU Debt Summit Begins in Brussels
US Jobless Claims Higher Than Expected
EU Summit – Last Chance for Eurozone?
Prospects for U.S. Debt Deal Improving
Greek Economic Crisis: Infographic
Bank of Canada Leaves Interest Rate at 1%
Bank of America Posts $8.8B Quarterly Loss
8 EU Banks Fail Testing – 16 in “Danger”
Trichet Calls for “Will and Determination” to Solve Debt Crisis
What if the U.S. Fails to Reach Debt Limit Deal?
EU Bank Stress Tests to Show 15 Banks Need Cash
S&P Issues Warning to US
US Retail Sales Disappoint
Italy Forced to Offer Premium to Sell Bonds
IMF Calls on Italy to Curtail Spending
Incoming ECB President Calls for “Certainty” in Face of Crisis
EURO: Signs of Competence ahead of Bernanke
UK Inflation Eases in June
EURO-Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Bail?
Debt Contagion Fears Spread to Italy
Time Running Down for US Debt Debate
Attention Turns to Italy’s Debt Woes
EURO Rot Intensifies
Forex Week in Review July 3-8
UK-Style Austerity Trap
Canada Adds 28k New Jobs
U.S. Employment Report Disappoints
NFP to play second fiddle to EURO crisis
New Claims for US Unemployment Benefits Falls to 418k
ECB Raises Interest Rates; BofE Holds Line
EUR Remains Vulnerable No Matter What
Portugal Downgraded to “Junk” Status
China Hikes Interest Rates to Fight Inflation
EUR in the Crosshairs
Weaker Euro Retail Sales
EURO Squeeze Remains Intact
D is for Default: Greece Warned Rollover Tantamount to Default
Greece Warned Debt Rollover Considered Default
Surprise Drop in Australia Retail Sales

June

ECB Again Signals Interest Rate Hike
Little Change to US Unemployment Applications
EUR following the Script?
Greece Passes Austerity Bill
EUR-Sell-No Wait Buy-Off That!
EU Bank Stress Tests Due Mid-July
BIS Says Global Interest Rates Must Rise
1 in 6 EU Banks Could Fail Stress Test
EU Says Greece to Accept Austerity Requirements or Face Default
EUR held to ransom
US Consumer Spending Slows in May
BIS Says Interest Rates Must Rise
How deep is the EURO black hole?
Dallas Fed Bank President Sees Improvement in Second Half
Forex Week in Review June 19-24
Euro Tumbles on Greek Austerity Concerns
Pick your Poison: EURO or Dollar
Trichet Warns Debt Crisis Could Threaten Banks
Fed Reduces Growth Forecast
EURO Longs Squeezed
World’s Largest Bond Fund Predicts Greece Default
Greek Government Survives Confidence Vote
EURO Buyer Beware
Fitch Warns of Greek, US Debt Default
EURO Panic Attack is Only a Step Away
Bailout Expected But Greece Required to Cut Spending, Sell Assets
Forex Week in Review June 12-17
IMF Cuts U.S. Growth Outlook
Germany, France Call for Greek Bail-Out
EURO waits and waits
Markets Tumble as Greece Riots
EURO stampede persists
Soft Patch? Three Reasons Economic Growth is Slowing
Euro Falls on Greek Debt Crisis
Look out below EURO
UK Inflation Unchanged at 4.5%
China’s Inflation Up 5.5%
Weak EURO Shorts Being Squeezed
China does not help the EURO
Forex Week in Review June 5-10
Saudi Arabia Breaks Rank with OPEC
Canada’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.4%
Dismal Dollar Wins By Default
ECB Signals Interest Rate Hike Likely for July
UK Interest Rates Held Steady at 0.5%
EURO Locked and Loaded
Bernanke Downplays Likelihood of QE3
Troika: Greek report
Acceptance of Austerity Measures “Critical” for Greece to Secure Funds
Germany Raises Specter of Greek Debt Restructuring
Oil Prices Decline as OPEC Signals Production Increases
RBA Holds Rates – Aussie Dollar Gives Up Gains
Euro Gains as Greek Debt Concerns Ease
Convinced by the EURO rally?
Canadian Dollar Lower on Falling Commodity Prices
Market continues to window dress the EUR
NFP Disappoints; Unemployment Rises
Consumers Still In Wait-and-See Mode
Moody’s Downgrades Greek Debt; 50% of Default
US Jobless Claims Fall Short of Expectations
EURO Best of a Bad Lot
Eurozone Manufacturing Weaker in May
Australian Economy Declines 1.2%
Time to load up on the EURO again

May

US Consumer Sentiment Disappoints Falling to 6-Month Low
Japan’s Factory Production on the Rebound
Bank of Canada Holds Interest Rates at 1%
Euro has found its Mojo for now
Second Rescue Plan for Greece in the Works
Bank of Canada Rate Decision Due Tuesday
Canada’s GDP Picks Up During 1st Quarter
Euro Weakens on Greek Debt Worries
Slowing US Economy a Warning to Canada
Forex Week in Review May 22-27
Slowdown in US Hurts Canadian Dollar
US Consumer Spending Lower Than Expected
Buy the EURO High sell Higher
Cable Gains on US Data, IMF Bailout Scare
Dollar Weaker on Interest Rate Speculation
US Economy Growing Slower Than Expected
US Unemployment Claims Jump to 424k
Trichet Steadies the EURO For Now
UN Says US Dollar Could “Collapse”
US Durable Orders Worse Than Expected
OECD Warns of Possible Global Stagflation
Lagarde the EURO before Extinction
ECB Governing Council Member Says Greek Austerity Only Solution
German Business Confidence Gain Supports Euro
Greek Opposition Defies Calls for Further Spending Restraints
EUR searching for an excuses to trade higher
Forex Week in Review May 15-20
Loonie Falls as April Inflation Lower Than Expected
Warning on German Economy Weakens Euro
EURO Strangled by Options
Investors Wary of Greek Debt Restructuring
Japan Falls Back Into Recession
Euro Roundabout
Officials Now Say Greek Debt Restructure Possible
Euro Rebounds After Merkel Says No Greek Debt Restructuring
Pound Falls on Weaker Consumer Confidence
Restructuring is Verboten in EURO
Looming Crisis Over U.S. Debt Ceiling
To Reprofile or Restructure the EURO?
Dollar Showing Signs of Improvement
Loonie Falters as Commodity Prices Tumble
EUR value under discussion this week
Forex Week In Review May 8-13
Market Feels Vulnerable Long EUR
EURO and Peripheries are in the Crosshairs
EURO Bulls Reloading?
EURO to Survive a Greek Haircut?
EURO is looking for that exit
Forex Week in Review: May 1-6
Correction or Reversal? Perhaps NFP can tell
Loonie Struggles as Commodity Prices Tumble
Euro Falls as Trichet Hints Rate Hike to be Delayed
Trichet turning more hawkish?
Canadian Dollar Expected to Lead G7 Currencies
Euro Gains as ECB Readies Interest Rate Statement
Euro Posturing Begins
Oil Falls to Two-Week Low
Cable Weaker as BoE Expected to Hold Interest Rates
ECB Expected to Signal Further Rate Hikes
Dollar friendly as Risk loses its Bite
Latest PMI Masks Extent of Eurozone Growth Concerns
US Home Prices Decline
Eurozone Continues to Rely on France, Germany to Power Economy
Bin Laden Dollar Premium Short Lived

April

Forex Week in Review: April 24-29
Canadian Dollar Weaker on Slowing Economy
Deja vu for Dismal Dollar
Crunch Time for Portugal and the Eurozone Just Weeks Away
UK Economy Makes Gains But New Problems Emerge
Dollar Falls on GDP Disappointment, Fed Statement
US Growth Lower Than Expected
Dollar Negativity Remains Contagious
Bernanke Cuts Growth Outlook
Fed on hold, pace of recovery ‘Moderate’
Fed May Abandon “Extended Period” Phrase for Interest Rate Policy
UK Economy Grows 0.5% in Q1
Focus on the releases not what Bernanke says in Q&A
Dollar Weaker Ahead of FOMC Statement
Greek Debt Higher Than Expected
Bank Warns High Food, Energy Prices Threaten Asia’s Growth
Long Dollar Contrarian likes these EUR Levels
Weak Dollar Sends Gold, Silver to Record Levels
US Credit Warning
Forex Week in Review: April 16-21
US Dollar Bear Cycle Has A Ways To Go
GBP weakens against Euro following BOE meeting
Swedish Krona Higher on Interest Rate Hike
Reasons for the upsurge in Risk Appetite
U.S. Debt Fears Push Gold Above $1,500
Food Prices Rise as China’s Farmland Developed
US Housing Starts Jump 7.2%
EURO Losing Policy Divergence Support
UK Growth Expected to Decline
Oil Falls After Saudi Arabia Describes Market as “Over Supplied”
Euro Weaker on Greek Restructuring Rumors
Dollar gains by Default
Forex Week in Review: April 10-15
Demand for US Assets Declined in February
China’s Inflation Jumps to 5.4% in March
Dollar Junk not EURO
Dollar Risks Being Left Behind in the Search for Higher Returns
Debt Concerns Hit Euro
US Wholesale Prices on the Rise
EUR and Dollar trade on fear
Pound Falls to Six-Month Low Against Euro
US March Retail Sales Up 0.4%
Dollar remains Fools Gold
Canadian Dollar Falls on Interest Rate News
IAE Warns High Oil Prices Risk to Global Recovery
BoC on hold at +1%
Dollar not Sick it’s Terminal
Euro falls against USD following ECB rate increase
Bank of Canada Expected to Maintain Current Interest Rate
IMF Fed should continue accommodative policy
Bank of Canada Expected to Maintain Interest Rate
OECD Says Growth for Industrialized Nations Improving
Forex week in review: April 3-8
Jobs Data Pushes CAD to 3 1/2 Year High
ECB Expected to Add Further Rate Hikes
Dollar in the Dog House
ECB Lifts Rates; BofE Holds Line
Portugal Goes on the Dole; Spain Resists For Now
Portugal Negotiates for Emergency Funding
How Hawkish is Trichet?
OECD Says Canada to Lead G7
EURO gets Green Light to Advance Further
Gold at All-Time High of $1,450 an Ounce
Minutes Show Fed Conflicted Over Spending
China Hikes Interest Rate to 6.31%
Portuguese Bond Yields Continue to Rise
ECB Expected to Raise Interest Rates This Week
Bernanke and PBoC pressurize EURO
Oil prices top $120 per barrel on Middle East unrest
USD Falls Against JPY After Fed Hints at Keeping Interest Rates Low
EURO needs a rate hike
Bank of England Interest Rate Decision Expected to Be Close
Forex week in review: March 24-April 1
Sterling Declines as Manufacturing Growth Slows
US Adds 216,000 Jobs in March
Focus on the Battle within the FED not NFP

March

Portugal’s Deficit Higher Than Expected
EURO oblivious to Irish Stress Test
Employment Gains Pave the Way for Interest Rate Increase
Yen Falls as Investors Seek Higher Returns
ADP Says US Created 201k Jobs in March
Hawks support dollar against Yen and Swiss
Interest Rate Speculation Boosts Euro
Bullard Calls for Fed to End Monetary Easing
FED Hawk trumps Trichet
JPY Falls as Nuclear Radiation Concerns Grow
“Black Swan” Events Precursor to US Stagflation?
Survey Reveals Economists Believe Greece to Default
Short dollars does not support the EURO
ECB plans emergency scheme for Irish Banks
Merkel Loses Power
Forex Week in Review-March 25th
Eurozone sets bail-out terms
US GDP Revised Higher
German ifo falls less than expected
EURO Crapshoot
IMF says JPY value unaffected by repatriation flows
Irish Economy Shrinks again
Portugal needs a $99B in bailout
China to Become World’s Largest Economy by 2030
Canadian Dollar Advances on Oil and Risk Play
RBA says Banks to face slower growth
A EUR sinking feeling
GBP Falls Following BOE Minutes
UK Budget Affirms Spending Cuts, Slower Growth
Event risk leaves EUR longs vulnerable
Japan has not changed ECB inflation view
C$ firms despite retail sales disappointment
Dollar hits 15-month low
Buffet Says Japan Represents “Buying Opportunity”
Euro Higher on Rate Hike Speculation
No reason to sell the EUR just yet
Crude Oil Climbs as UN Imposes No-Fly Zone
US Existing Home Sales +4.88m vs. +5.15m
UK to Move Ahead With Spending Cuts
Oil Prices Jump as UN Enforces No-Fly Zone
EUR ‘toppish’ ahead of EFSF ratification
Oil Prices Decline as Libya Announces Cease Fire
UN Agrees to Libyan No-Fly Zone; Oil Tops $103
Crisis in Japan Not Likely to Trigger Recession
ECB Supports European Stability Mechanism
Oil, Food Prices Push US Consumer Costs Higher
Speculation Grows G7 to Act to Calm Markets
What to expect with Yen G7 intervention
Fed Hints Further Stimulus Not Necessary
Portugal Downgraded
EUR under threat from weak stop losses
Bank of Japan Provides Another $98bn to Support Markets
Canadian Dollar, Oil Falls on Japan Risk Concerns
EURO to suffer further losses
Canadian Dollar Closing in on 3-Year High
Bank of Japan Provides Billions to Stabilize Markets
BOJ pumps $183b into Economy
Fed NY Bank Pres “Encouraged” by Latest Growth
Stocks, Oil Decline After Earthquake Hits Japan
US Jobless Claims Rise to 397,000
Canada’s Trade Surplus Narrows in January
Canadian Dollar at 3-Year High
Euro Gains on Belief ECB To Buy Bonds
Periphery yields support short EUR
Euro Falls on Euro Debt Concerns
Oil Prices Fall as OPEC Considers Output Increase
EURO is Tired
Interest Rate Speculation Boosts Euro
Canadian Dollar, Oil, Gold Advance on Libyan Unrest
A EURO short is born
Week in Review-March 4th
IMF Says Consumers Should Get Used to Higher Food Prices
Oil Higher as Libyan Fighting Continues
US Unemployment Falls to 8.9% as 192,000 Jobs Created
NFP can only be strong..if not.. then..
US Unemployment Claims Fall to 2 1/2 Year Low
ECB Resists Interest Rate Hike, Says Inflation to Ease
Trichet ‘Stand and Deliver’
NFP Expected to Show Private Sector Adding Jobs
Rising Oil Prices Boost Canadian Dollar
EURO ‘Caught in a Trap’
China Increases US Holdings to Record $1.75 Trillion
Speculation Rises for Bank of Canada Rate Hike
Dove Bernanke to push EUR higher

February

Pressure Mounts for Eurozone Rate Hike
Dollar Falls as Market Bets Stimulus to Continue
US Consumer Spending Less Than Predicted
NABE Lists US Deficit as Top Concern
Hawkish drum beat points to a strong EUR
Rising Inflation to Force Bank of China to Hike Rates Further
Week in Review-Feb 25th
US Economy Fails to Meet Expectations
Oil Prices Decline as Saudi Arabia Increases Production
UK GDP Falls 0.6 Percent
EUR could be the Joker
US Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected
Oil Prices Lift Canadian Dollar
Dollar stops here after EUR s/l hunting?
Canada’s Retail Sales Decline in December
Mid-East Unrest Drive Gold Prices Higher
Away MPC Team score a victory for GBP
Survey Shows US House Prices Declined 2.4%
Stocks Down, Oil Jumps as Libya Crisis Deepens
ECB ‘exit’ safe heaven strategies
Week in Review-Feb 18th
CPI Increase Points to UK Interest Rate Hike
Market apathy favors EUR for now
Australia to Lead the Way in 2011
Food, Energy Pushes US Consumer Prices Higher Than Forecast
EUR Bulls don’t’ be Fooled
US Industrial Production Declines 0.1%
King Says UK Inflation to Rise
King’s stalling has GBP stuttering
Rent Increases Push China’s Inflation Higher
Eurozone Growth Lower Than Projections
Time to sell those EUR’s?
Geithner Warns U.S. Debt to Hit Record
China Passes Japan to become World’s 2nd Largest Economy
EURO continues to Bleed
Week in Review-Feb 11th
Sterling Falls as Rate Hike Appears Less Likely
Turmoil in Egypt Drives Stocks Lower
Reasons or Excuses to Own Some Dollars
Canadian Dollar Declines as Commodity Prices Fall
Portugal Bond Yields Hit Record Level
US Jobless Claims Fall by 36,000
Bernanke waves Dollar Pompoms at Euro peripheries
Investors Return to Yen-Based Carry Trade
Bernanke to Support the EURO
China Raises Lending Rates to Ease Growth
China hikes rates to Counter Inflation
No surprise China hikes rates
Commodity Risk Lifting Canadian Dollar
Euro Falls on Disappointing German Factory Orders
Singapore Dollar to Continue Gains
EUR remains Lethargic
Week in Review-Feb 4th
Canada’s Unemployment Higher But Job Creation Beats Expectations
US Unemployment Declines 0.4%
EUR bulls see Red-More blood after NFP?
Trichet Says Inflation Risks “Balanced”
UN Says Food Prices at Record High, Poised to Climb
U.S. Dollar Quarterly Strength Table
Trichet’s Yada Yada to hurt the EURO
S&P Warns of Further Rating Cuts
EUR shorts to push the currency higher
The Bank of Canada’s Interest Rate Dilemma
Canadian Dollar Gains on Commodity Increase
Dollar Declines as Investors Turn to Stocks
What’s EUR’s relative value?

January

Bank of Canada Says Dollar Too High
Loonie Bears Triple Bets
Eurozone Consumer Prices Jump 2.4%
EURO inflation an opportunity to Sell
U.S. Consumer Spending on the Rise
IMF Official Says Further Euro Aid May Be Necessary
Consumer Spending Boosts US Economy
Market bets a short EUR win today
S&P Cuts Japan’s Credit Rating
US Jobless Claims Jump to 454k
Oil Declines in Wake of US Address
US Core Durable Goods Orders m/m +0.5% vs. +3.6%
Forget inflation-Ireland seeking external debt advice help EUR?
Canadian Dollar Gains on Commodity Increases
Poll Predicts Eurozone Breakup
No Oscar for King’s Speech-EUR a winner
US Home Prices Drop 1.6% in November
Gold Prices Continue to Fall
British Economy Shrinks 0.5% in 4th Quarter
EUR sympathizes with Sterling
Irish Drama far from over
Earnings Reports Boost Dollar
Sterling Declines as Prospect for Rate Increase Wanes
EUR Neutrals trump the Bears
The next shoe to drop?
Pound Declines on Drop in Retail Sales
Euro Gains on Brimming German Confidence
With the EURO’s will there is a way
China Faces Inflation Dilemma
Canadian Dollar Falls Below Parity
Canada Wholesale Prices Continue to Rise
EUR short is a pain
US Housing Starts Fall to One-Year Low
TV Station says China to Report 4.6% Inflation
Germany Raises Growth Forecast
Hold on to that EUR short just a little bit longer
Bank of Canada Leaves Rates at 1%
UK Inflation Puts Pressure on Bank to Act
Trading EUR a game of patience
Bank of Canada Expected to Delay Rate Hike
China Calls US Currency Domination “Product of the Past”
Euro Weaker on Debt Concerns
China’s property prices rise again
China questions Currency System
EU Begins Rescue Revamp
US Prices Rise as Energy Costs Increase
Energy Prices Push Eurozone Inflation Higher
EURO Surge no Game Changer
Bank of England Maintain 0.5% Interest Rate
It’s costly being a EURO Bear
Portugal passes bond test
Geithner Says Undervalued Yuan Threat to Growth
Merkel Pledges “Whatever Necessary” to Protect Portugal
Buy that Rumor Sell the EUR
Pressure Mounts on Portugal to Address Debt
China Says Lending Still Too High; Inflation Worries Remain
Japan Buys Eurozone Bonds in Show of Support
Buy or Bye PIIGS Paper?
Dollar on the Rise
EU Debt Worries Push Portugal Bonds Higher
No Irish luck for Portugal
China Faces Inflation Test in 2011
JPMorgan Says Dollar to Decline on Low Interest Rates
US Employment Gains Lower Than Expected
Canada Adds 22,000 Jobs in December
Expected NFP fallout
Canadian Dollar Outpaces US Buck
Euro Falls on Growth and Debt Concerns
Still No EURO Buyers
Interest Rate Outlook for 2011
Aussie Dollar to Gain in 2011: RBS
ADP Says 297,000 Jobs Created in December
Oil Prices Seen as Threat to Recovery
Portugal provides the excuse to short EUR
2011 Interest Rate Outlook
Dollar Could Face Wild Ride in 2011
Germany’s Unemployment Unexpectedly Rose in December
Oil Prices Rise on Signs of Increasing Demand
EURO shorts lose their mojo
Estonia becomes 17th member of the euro zone
Pace of China manufacturing growth eases
Eurozone manufacturing picking up

2010 Articles

December

Swedish Cbank shows how to fight asset bubbles
ECB boosts bond purchases amid deficit concern
UK Unemployment to hit 17-year high in 2011
A EURO trader’s Christmas
UK house prices to continue their decline in 2011
Japanese Industrial expands
US Holiday Sales increase +5.5%
EUR crapshoot
China hikes rates by +25bp
Japan agrees record 92.4t yen draft budget
Oil moves to fresh two-year high
BOJ member worried about Fed easing
China front loading rates
British Pound Weakens as Growth Appears to be Slowing
US Consumer Spending Up 0.4%
China Pledges Eurozone Support
Greece Passes “Austerity” Budget – Protests Continue
Crude Oil Breaks $90 – Lifts Loonie
US Economy Grows 2.6 Percent
UK Government Borrows Record Amount in November
Canadian Retail Sales Rise 0.8 percent in October
Japan keeps interest rates at close to zero
UK government borrowing hits record high
PIMCO sees Euro break up
CAN Nov inflation slows
EURO-three strikes your out
Spain in Need of Reform: OECD
ECB Expresses “Concern” Over Ireland’s Position
EURO Jackals lie in wait
Euro Rebounds as EU Agrees on Debt Protocol
Business Confidence in Germany Continues to Rise
Moody’s cuts Ireland’s credit rating
Dollar loses its Swagger
US Jobless Claims Fall by 3,000
EU Leaders Meet to Discuss Debt Plan
EURO Buyers and Sellers beware
Fed Set to Go Ahead with QEII
Royal Bank Says Canada’s Economy to Gain in 2011
Moody’s plays the Grinch, Dollar rally limited
Eurozone Production Rises Less Than Expected
Bank of Canada Warns of Debt Risk
EUR shorts will be squeezed
Canadian Dollar Rises with Oil Prices
OECD Says Eurozone Recovery “Muted”
Derail the Dollar for the rest of December
Chinese inflation at 28-month high
China’s Exports Increase More Than Expected
France, Germany Pledge to Support Euro
China Hikes, focus again on US Yields
German Inflation at 1.5%
Bank of England Holds Rates at 0.5%
Yield for a Stronger Dollar
Canadian Dollar Gains on Growth Outlook
Germany’s Trade Balance Declines
Six quick excuses to own the Dollar
BoC Keeps Its Benchmark Interest Rate at 1%
Asia to Lead Global Recovery: Asian Development Bank
New Round of EU Bank Tests Slated for February
Market seeks excuses to short Euro
Analysts Say Euro’s Woes Only Beginning
Bernanke Hints at Further Easing
Euro Falls as EU Ministers Meet
PD is a Short Seller of the EUR
Buy Bye EURO
Aussie Dollar Falls on Slowing Growth
ECB Holds Interest Rates at 1%
Exposed to ECB disappointment risk
Euro Debt Concerns Push Gold to 2-Week High
Speculation ECB to Act to Contain Debt Contagion
EUR do we reload?

November

ECB ‘bounced’ Ireland into deal
Analysts Say Spain’s Banks Could Need $111B to Refinance
Euro Bond Spreads Reach Record Level
Germany’s Employment Improves Slightly in November
EUR dancing to the same tune
Canadian Dollar Approaches Two-Month High Against Euro
Japan to Extend Stimulus Spending
Euro Deal Fails to Stop Slide
EUR is no winner
Dollar Gains as North Korea Ramps Up Rhetoric
Portugal Denies Need for Bail-Out
Consumer Prices in Japan Fall for 20th Straight Month
EURO Black Friday for the peripheries
Russia Buying Canadian Dollars
Irish Debt Pulls Euro Lower
Risk of eurozone break-up ‘very real’
EUR relief rally on the way?
Ireland’s Austerity Plan at a glance
Better-Than-Expected Jobless Claims Boosts Dollar
US Consumer Spending Rises 0.4%
Could Germany Abandon the Euro?
Euro-zone data digested sell the EUR preferred
FED’s November Minutes
China Considers Controls to Deal With Rising Prices
Korean Artillery Fire Boosts Dollar
US Economy Grows by 2.5% in 3rd Quarter
Canada’s Inflation at 2-Year High
Republic downgrade hurts EUR focus shifts to Iberia
The ECB may not be the friend it seems
Euro Falls as Moody’s Warns of Irish Downgrade
Oil, Commodities Jump on Ireland’s Bail-out
Irish clarity needed to support EUR
Irish Cabinet to endorse 4-year Budget plan Sunday
Ichimouku Indicator Places Euro at $1.40
Euro Gains for 3rd Day
China Raises Reserve Requirements to Cool Inflation
EURO clearance for take off?
Euro Rebounds as Irish Debt Fears Ease
Fewer Workers Claim US Unemployment Benefits
Central Bank Official Expects Ireland to Receive Bail-out
Irish Officials may accept package
Emerald Isle losing EURO fight
Risk Aversion Pushes Loonie Lower
Euro Continues to Fall on Credit Worries
UK Unemployment Remains at 7.7%
BoE MPC split three ways
Chinese fears curb EURO demand
UK Inflation Jumps to 3.2%
Official Says EU in “Survival Crisis”
Bernanke you have got it wrong
German stance may ‘bankrupt nations’
US Retail Sales Jump 1.2%
Speculation Grows that Ireland Will Need Emergency Funding
Greece in Violation of Deficit Conditions
Merkel’s Europe Looks Small
Ireland Urged to Take Aid by Officials
Spending Cuts Slows Euro Economy to 4-Year Low
Investors Shun Commodities for Dollar
Investors should share debt burden – Merkel
80 Billion Euro Irish Bailout Package?
Bernanke’s QE2 ineffective
EURO Peripheral debt drops again
G20 head fake
Irish/Bund yields widen to +600bp
Fed Member Says Policy Makers Support Strong Dollar
US Unemployment Claims Fall
Irish Bond Rates Hit Record High
Chinese and US ‘hot’ dollars all the same
Oil Prices Push Canadian Dollar Higher
China Restricting Foreign Capital Investments
Gold Hits New Record Over Euro Debt Worries
EUR periphery debt beats Bernanke
World Bank chief Suggests Return To Gold Standard
Nigerian Rig Attack Pushes Oil to 2-Year High
Poll Expects Gold to Top Out at $1,500
Irish Debt Concerns Plague Euro
Ireland is effectively insolvent
Smelling PIIGs erase post QE2 gains
China Says US Monetary Policy Puts Global Economy at Risk
Canadian Jobs Report Weaker Than Expected
US Employment Beats Expectations
Printing press Smelling PIIGS dollar EURO and now NFP?
Fed Stimulus Spending Not Without Risks
ECB, Bank of England Hold Line on Interest Rates
Commodities Push Canadian Dollar Higher
Fed Announcement Boosts Stocks
What the Fed did and Why by Bernanke
Todays Central Bank trifecta BoE ECB and BoJ
Fed’s statement on purchasing Debt
Fed to Buy Extra $600 Billion of Treasuries to Boost Growth
US Private Sector Adds 43,000 Jobs
Fed Expected to Kick Off 2nd Round of Stimulus Spending
EURO has nowhere to go but higher
Canadian Dollar Nears Parity
Observers Say Fed Will Buy $500 B in Bonds
Positive News Pushes Oil to Six-Month High
Carney Shuts Door on Liquidity Programs
AUD at parity after surprise RBA hike
Dollar debasing jet-stream
China’s Manufacturing Growth Beats Forecast
US Consumer Spending Disappoints
Canadian Dollar Higher as Fed Prepares Easing
IMF is at the Irish door
Experts Say US Need 5% Growth to Ease Unemployment
‘Shock and Awe to Shucks and Oh’ in two days

October

Dollar Target Cut as Fed Set to Spend
EU Agrees to New Budget Rules
US Economy Grows at 2% Annualized Rate
Month-end dollar love-fest is on
Dollar Falls as Investors Consider Impact of Monetary Easing
US Unemployment Requests Declines to 3-Month Low
Worry about EURO event risk not US
IEA Warns About Rising Commodity Prices
Fed Ready to Introduce Quantitative Easing
Rare Earth Scare Could Be Canada’s Gain
Event risk saves the dollar
Canadian Dollar Falls as Stocks Decline
Intervention Worries Push Yen Lower
UK Growth Beats Predictions
EURO staring down 1.4500
Geithner’s Currency War Truce Sure to be Tested
More Weakness to Come for Sterling
Consumers Seen as Source of US Recovery
Dollar Weaker Against Yen
G20 Green Light for Risk and QE2
Gold Falls to Two Week Low
CAD CPI in agreement with BoC revised forecast
G20 Shows Little Enthusiasm for US Trade Goals
Treasury Sees 35% Gain in Troubled Mortgages
G20 Event risk bids dollar higher
Geithner Proposal to Set “Sustainable” Trade Targets Rejected
US New Jobless Claimants Fall 23,000
China’s Growth Slows Slightly in 3rd Quarter
Canada Leading Indicator Falls on Housing
EUR held hostage by dollar
UK Announces Bank Levy
Canadian Wholesale Prices Jump 1.2%
Pricing in, out, not enough or too much QE2
Geithner Vows to Preserve Dollar Confidence
Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1%
China Surprises With First Rate Increase Since 2007
US Housing Starts at 5-Month High
Japan Lowers Growth Outlook
Not the data-how much QE2 needs pricing in or out?
Treasuries Increase Ahead of Expected Fed Buying
Yen Goes Higher Despite Efforts to Weaken the Currency
Shock and Awe the dollar is higher
Bernanke Calls for Further Quantitative Easing
US Consumer Prices Up 0.1 Percent
Bernanke Makes Case for Further Quantitative Easing
Bernankes lemming one direction short dollar bet
Currency Wars Heating Up
Canada Cuts Trade Deficit
New US Jobless Claims Jump to 462,000
Dollar Falls to 15-Year Low Against the Yen
Monetary Authority of Singapores gift to Bernanke
Euro Faces “Real Challenge”: Buffet
UK Unemployment Falls Slightly But Benefits Claims Increase
China’s Trade Surplus Declines in September
Open Season to sell the buck and love that EUR
Oil Prices Decline as Dollar Gains
UK Inflation Holds Steady at 3.1%
OPEC Increases Oil Demand Forecast
EUR’s 11% gain really too much?
Fed’s Bullard says Nov decision ‘tough call’
Japan to inject $60b into economy
US cuts more jobs than expected
Currency wars on hiatus as Jobs take center stage
IMF Warns of Potential for “Currency Wars”
No Change in UK, Euro Interest Rates
New US Jobless Claims Fall to 3-Month Low
Jobs play second fiddle to devaluation race
ADP Says US Companies Cut 39,000 Jobs in August
Fitch Cuts Ireland’s Credit Rating to A+
QE and free money the final solution
IMF Warns Debt in Europe and US Threatens Stability
ISM Index Beats Expectations
To QE or not to QE that is the question
2-Year Treasuries Fall to Record Low
UBS, Credit Suisse Told to Raise More Capital
China Pledges to Buy Euro Debt
NY Fed President Says Intervention Could Be Necessary
US Consumer Spending Beats Predictions

September

US Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected
Bank Bail-Out Adds to Irish Deficit
Gold Breaks $1,313 as Fed Considers Buying More Debt
New Bill Could Ignite US-China Trade Wars
EU to Levey Fines for Budget Failure
A stagnant BOJ a floundering Dollar and robust EUR make sense?
US Consumer Confidence on the Decline
US Home Prices Moderate as Tax Credit Ends
German Consumer Confidence Rebounds to 3-Year High
Sovereign Debt Default Dominate
Investors Turning to Gold as Fed Hints at More Spending
Canadian Dollar Gains on US Counterpart
Gold Breaks $1,300 Barrier on Investor Uncertainty
Japan’s Exports Decline for Sixth Straight Month
QE2 Sinks Dollar
US Durable Goods Up 2% in August
Falling Yen Suggests Further Intervention
Periphery Yield Spreads Provide EUR Resistance
Oil Prices Tumble on Increased Supplies
US Jobless Claims Rise by 12,000
Ireland’s Economy Shrinks 1.2%
Primary objective of the FED
BoE Minutes Shows Only One Vote for Rate Increase
Fed’s Comments Sends Gold Higher, USD Lower
No action just words from Helicopter Ben
Irish Bond Spreads Decrease
Investors Look For Clarity on Fed Spending Question
US Housing Starts Rise More Than Expected
Irish Bonds Drag EUR higher
OECD Says US Unemployment to Remain High
European Bond Yields Narrow as Confidence Returns
China rebuffs Geithner over currency
Dollar bid as GMAC halts foreclosures
Research Center Says Slowing Growth But No Recession
Retail Sales in UK Fall 0.5%
US Consumer Prices Rise 0.3%
Central Bank Exchange Rate fixing trumps Yuan revaluing
US Home Foreclosures Jump 25%
US Producer Prices Rise Again in August
New US Jobless Claims Falls to Two-Month Low
Kan a weaker Yen currency policy succeed? Noda lot of hope with the BOJ
Oil Falls Below $76 on Higher Inventories
UK Employment Shows Slight Improvement
Japan Selling Yen in Bid to Slow Gains
German Investor Confidence Falls More Than Expected
Increase in US Retail Sales Eases Recession Fears
UK Inflation Unchanged at 3.1%
Geithner Says China Not Allowing Yuan to Appreciate
Oil Gains on Stronger Asian Demand
EU Raises Growth 2010 Growth Outlook
EURO-China love affair
Canada creates +35.8k new jobs in Aug.
Canadian Unemployment Rises Slightly to 8.1%
Japan’s Economy Slows Less Than Expected
Canadas Loonie Winning Strategy
Gain in Exports Helps US Narrow Trade Deficit
US Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected
UK Trade Deficit Hits Record
Bank of England Keeps Rates at 0.5%
No EURO Irish Wake Just Yet
BOC raises rates to +1%
Goldman Says Emerging Nation Stocks Will Outpace Developed Countries by 2030
Japan’s Finance Minister Hints at Intervention to Curb Yen Growth
Greek Economy Contracts 1.8%
Irelands Euro crisis and its not soccer
Gillard Aussi PM
German Factory Orders Decline in July
US Unemployment Could Reach 10%
Shock European Banks under Capitalized
Eurozone Retail Sales Make Slight Gain
Oil Dips Below $75 a Barrel
54,000 US Jobs Lost Last Month
NFP or Russian Roulette anyone
US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 472,000
ECB Raises Growth Forecast
NFP herding us to No Mans Land
ADP Payroll Report Finds Job Losses on the Increase
Manufacturing on the Increase in China
Fed Could Buy More Debt
Lack of Confidence in the FED would never happen almost never

August

Canada’s GDP Weakens in 2nd Quarter
Rising Oil Supply Suggests Activity Weakening
Eurozone Unemployment Remains at 10%
India’s Economy Growing at 8.8%
FED and BOJ Losing Investors Focus
Bernanke Touts “Unconventional” Policy Moves to Boost Economy
Yen Appreciation Forces Central Bank to Call Emergency Meeting
FED to mimic the BOJ
US GDP Grows by 1.6%
Deflation Tightens Grip on Japanese Economy
Construction Boosts UK Economy
Risk hinges on Helicopter Bernanke
Falling Yields Have Investors Selling the Dollar
US Bonds Hold Steady After Jobs Data
Morgan Stanley Says Some Governments Could Default on Debt Obligations
US Jobless Claims Fall More than Expected
Bernanke to dig at Jackson
US New Home Sales Fall 12.4%
German Bonds Fall, Yield Spreads Increase
US Durable Goods Orders Disappoint
Surprise Rise in German Business Confidence
S&P Downgrades Ireland’s Credit Rating
Noda Yen for me thank you
US Home Sales Fall 27%
Canadian Retail Sales Gain 0.1%
Stock Futures Fall on Growth Concerns
Yen Continues to Track Higher
Fed split on on Boosting Economy
YEN Yada Yada
Canadian Dollar Gains as Equities Strengthen
Former IMF Economist Makes Case for Higher US Interest Rates
No Clear Majority in Australian Election Results
EUR on verge of tipping
Australia may ax Mining Tax
Oil Falls on Weaker News
Canada Sees Slowdown in Growth
France Reduces 2011 Growth Outlook by 0.5%
EUR bulls have their tails between their legs
Germany’s 2010 Growth Rate Raised to 3%
US New Jobless Claims Jump to 500,000
Housing Glut Hurting Recovery: Obama
EU OKs 2nd Tranche of Greek Rescue Loan
Bring back the EUR conviction or the Eureka light bulb
Stocks Headed Higher After Yesterday’s Rally
UK Chancellor Warns Recovery to be “Choppy”
Investor Confidence Falls in Germany
Bank of Japan you are costing us money
China Turns Bearish on US, Buys Yen, Euros
Canadian Manufacturing Sales Increase 0.1%
US Producer Prices Index Up 0.2%
UK Inflation Rate Falls to 3.1%
July UK inflation slows
China cuts US Bonds holdings
Investor Sentiment hits 16-month low
Japan China and the EU bully the dollar
Drop in Factory Orders Points to Slowing US Recovery
US and China to collide over currency
Obama Gets cheap financing
China bullish on the EUR
China now Number Two
Risk Aversion full steam ahead without the Yen
Australian Opposition leads Gillard
EU Growth expands
Germany is not the EURs nemesis
Irish Borrowing costs ridiculous
Greece sinks another -1.5%
Home reposessions fall in UK
Australian Employment data surprises
JPY intervention 15-years later
US is Bankrupt
UK unemployment dips to +2.46m
Chinas Growth weakens and inflation quickens
BOE Cuts Growth Forecast
Helicopter Ben Start Them Presses
BOJ Stands Pat
UK’s June Trade Deficit Narrows
China’s July Trade Surplus Soars, Imports Plummet
Bernanke and the Feds statement tinkering will heighten volatility
BOC’s Carney to hike rates
Trichet believes Bernanke to hold off on buying Bonds
Irish Consumer sentiment falls
UK Jobs to Stall
Domestic Holdings of US Treasurie increases
The largest economy needs stimulus Take that bet?
FED unlikely to raise rates for two to three years
US Private payrolls disappoint again
German IP declines
Canada loses jobs first time this year
UK Manufacturing Production Rises
Hungarians under pressure from CHF
NFP Gospel according to BLS
Trichet weighing second run at exit
Dollar Carry Trades outperfom
IMF happy with Greek cutting debt
BoE hold firm at +0.5%
EU equities flounder ahead of rate decisions
KIWI plummets after unemployment rate increase
EUR Bears hanging tough ahead of policy decisions
US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI 54.3 vs. 53.2
Challanger Report cuts less than expected y/y
Oil pares gains, backs off three month highs
US Consumer Bankruptcies to top +1.6m
QE2 is sinking the dollar
US National Chain-stores (Redbook Research) -0.6% m/m
10 things to consider when pondering a Double-Dip

July

Canadian Economy Grows by 0.1%
China Claims to Be World’s 2nd Largest Economy
US Recession Worse Then Previously Believed
US GDP Falls to 2.4%
Tough Love finally for the EUR
Euro Breaks 11-Week High Against Dollar
US Jobless Claims Fall by 11,000
California Declares Fiscal Emergency
CAN RMPI m/m -0.3% vs. +1.1%
Dollar Bashing Favors EUR for Now
Schiller Says Chance of Double-Dip Recession Remains High
Analysts Suggest Euro Could Reverse Gains
US Durable Goods on the Decline
Discipline trading required as the EUR grinds higher
Consumer Confidence Falls But Wall Street Goes to the Bulls
US Home Price Jump 0.5% in May
Loonie, Canadian Stocks Set to Open Higher
European Bank Profits Spark Rally
Roll the Dice EUR Up or Down
Daily Forex Trading on the Rise
Oil Prices Fall as Tropical Storm Bonnie Weakens
Geithner Says Economy Not Likely to Fall Back Into Recession
Stress Test Results Have Banks Shares on the Rise
Holding a EUR position is playing with fire
Seven Euro Banks Fail Stress Tests
Canada’s June Inflation Rate at 1%
Investors Having Second Thoughts on Oil
UK Economy Grows Faster Than Expected
The Dirt on Stress Tests
Bernanke: Fed Ready to Take Action “If Needed”
Survey Result Points to Continued Gold Rally
New Claims For Unemployment Benefits on the Rise
Stressed Thinking about the Tests? Liar, of course you are
France, Germany Want to Prevent Deficit States from Voting
Oil Climbs Above $78 on Growth Expectations
Stock Futures Rise on Morgan Stanley Earnings
Market wary of Stress Tests before betting Farm
European Bank Stress Test Results Due Later This Week
Bank of Canada Raises Interest Rates to 0.75%
Weaker Revenues Expected to Pull Down Stocks
US Housing Starts Disappoint
China Now World’s Largest Consumer of Energy
Successful European Bond Sales Ease Credit Concerns
US double dip indicators to remain strong
Irish Credit Rating Takes a Hit
Canadian Dollar Strengthens on Expected Rate Announcement
Obama Argues for Extending Unemployment Benefits
Earnings Reports Sends Wall Street Futures Higher
Ireland’s Credit Rating Downgraded
Faith in the EUR is the lesser of two evils
Oil Prices Drop on Demand Concerns
US CPI Falls for Third Straight Month
The squeeze commences as EUR doubts begin
Spain Conducts Successful Bond Sale
JP Morgan Beats Estimates
China’s Growth Slows to 10.3%
EUR move painful with Bulls now appearing close to top
Euro Gains as Dollar Stumbles
Oil Falls on Inventory Glut, Lower Demand
US Retail Sales Fall for Second Straight Month
Da Bears EUR offside
US Trade Gap Widens Unexpectedly
Greece Holds Successful Bond Sale
Loonie Climbs Half a Cent on Alcoa Earnings
Greece provides an opportunity to sell the EUR
Oil Declines as Investors Wait for Earnings News
UK Growth Remains Steady at 0.3%
Property Values in China Fall Slightly in June
EUR oversold positions gone the currency can slide
Falling Auto Sales Suggest China’s Growth Could Be Slowing
Stock Futures Suggest Mini-Rally to End
Bank of England Holds Rates at 0.5%
Canadian Job Growth Surpasses Estimates
EUR’s dog day afternoon
US Retail Sales on the Rise
Loonie Jumps on Weak US Employment News
ECB Leaves Rates Unchanged
Germany’s Trade Surplus Narrows in May
IMF Lifts Global Growth Outlook
German Trade increases sharply
IMF raises growth estimates
Trichet and Co. leave rates unchanged at +1%
Is Trichet any good at liars poker?
Energy Stocks Expected to Boost TSX
China Expects to Maintain Current Reserve Levels
Gold Falls on Stronger Dollar
Lax Stress-Tests to hurt EUR
Forecasters Predict Euro Parity
Greece On Track to Meet Deficit Targets
Stocks Bounce Back After Losses
UK Economy Shows Muted Growth
EUR stalking to pounce higher
Technical Analysis Points to Market Downtrend Continuation
ECB Dampens Euro Enthusiasm
Oil Prices Flat as Investors Consider Demand Needs
Trichet Calls For Debt Reduction, Euro Falls
US Loses 125,000 Jobs in June
Falling Stocks, Sales Point to Slowdown in China’s Economy
Shanghai composite index falls to 15-month low
US Payrolls fall -125k and Unemployment rate shrinks to +9.5%
Euro to ‘buck’ the NFP trend
Has NFP got the strength to surprise?

June

Krugman Uses the “D” Word
European Banks Borrow Less Than Expected
Canada’s GDP Remains Unchanged
Oil Falls Below $77
EU fear of liquidity crunch exaggerated dollar falls
China Growth Fears Push Down Bond Yields
Japan’s Unemployment on the Rise, Spending Decreases
Pound Continues to Gain on Euro
Double-dip debate derails EUR again
G20 Wrap Up
US Consumer Spending Up Slightly
G20 Agrees to Deficit Cuts by 2013
Canada $1 billion G20 answer
US Lowers GDP Estimate
Oil Falls on Growth Fears
Dodd-Frank Bill One Step Closer to Law
Bank of England Says EU Crisis Threatens UK Banks
Geithner Says Europe Must Deliver Growth
G20 risk aversion strategies applied
Key Challenges Facing Toronto Global Summit
New US Jobless Claims Fall by 19k
Fed`s Cautious Tone Sends Stocks Downwards
G20 Rifts Growing
Weaker Euro Could Boost Exports
Feds growth concerns fuel market fears
Expiry of Tax Credit Pushes New Home Sales to 47-Year Low
US New Home Sales +300k vs. +424k, last month also revised down to +446k
Weaker Than Expected US Home Sales Sends Stocks Lower
G20 Memo Says “No Room for Complacency”
Soros Says Germany’s Budget Threatens Euro
Bernanke fears encourage risk aversion
German Business Confidence on the Rise
Yen Gains as Fear Grow for European Banks
Osbourne Unveils “Tough But Fair” UK Budget
EUR appetite lost
China Increases US Holdings
Corporate Bond Sales Gaining
China’s Willingness to Allow Yuan to Appreciate Boosts Markets
China’s reval smokescreen for G8
Oil Prices Lower on Profit-Taking
Canadian Unemployment Recipients Unchanged
Biden Calls for Continued Stimulus Spending
EUR positions require their own Stress Tests
Sterling Gains on Upbeat Retail Sales Results
Carney Says Rate Increases Not “Preordained”
US Jobless Claims Increase by 12,000
Weak EUR shorts not amused
US Wholesale Prices Drop
US Industrial Production Jumps 1.2%
US Housing Starts Fall More Than Expected
Bank of England to Become Top Regulator
EUR squeeze not policy induced running flat
Bank of England Faces Difficult Interest Rate Decision
Spain Forced to Pay Higher Premiums to Attract Buyers
Investors Leaving Euro for Other Currencies
US Treasuries Fall to Six-Month Low
Expectations of dollar appreciation have weakened
Greek Ratings Cut Stalls Euro Rally
Italy’s Debt Nears 2 Trillion Euros
Fed Reserve Bank President Says Global Economy is Recovering
European Debt Losses Threaten Bank Stability
UK 2011 Growth Outlook Trimmed to 2.6%
EUR small squeeze has begun
Spain says has not, will not make EU aid request
Britain’s Deputy PM Says EU Instability Threatens Recovery
Japan New PM warns of Public Debt Risk
Decline in US Retail Sales Turns Markets Negative
EUR hobbling higher
SEC Implements “Circuit Breaker” to Protect Stocks
Gold Weaker as Risk Appetite Increases
More People Than Expected File for US Jobless Benefits
Bank of England Keeps Lending Rate Unchanged
ECB Holds Rates at 1%
Investors seek a credible Trichet
Fed Beige Book Shows “Modest” Improvement
China Records 50% Increase in Exports
RBA Head Says Europe’s Woes Spell Trouble for Global Economy
Finland Slips Back Into Recession
EUR in no-mans land
Millions Protest Spanish Government Spending Cuts
US Small Business Confidence on the Rise
Bernanke Sets Conditions for Rate Increase
EUR out of breath downside
Weaker Euro Helps German Exports
Hungary Looks to Mitigate Impact of Earlier Comments
Fears of Another Recession Spooks Investors
HUF dog and pony show stops EUR bleeding
Euro Continues to Slide
Canadian Dollar Lower Despite Encouraging Employment News
US Employment Rises 431,000 But Most Temporary Positions
EUR to lose in NFP smokescreen
US Stock Futures on the Rise
US Productivity Weakens, Fewer New Layoffs
A EUR trend not correction
Yen Weakens as Japan’s PM Announces Resignation
Canadian Small Businesses Confidence on the Rise
EUR only spluttering as Yen loses safe heaven appeal
Is the Plan to Save the Euro Working?
Employment, Retail Sales Improve in Germany
ECB Says More Bank Losses Likely
BOC hikes rates-Statement
Markets Expected to Open Lower as Euro Tumbles
EUs double dip squeeze for EURO

May

Bond Market Troubles Could Signal Bursting of China Property Bubble
Hurricane Fears Push Oil Prices Higher
China Warns Euro Debt Crisis Could Trigger Second Recession
EURO going nowhere fast
US Consumer Spending Down as Savings Increase
Oil Prices Move Higher
EURO month end requirements are early
China’s Vote of Confidence in the EU Boosts Global Markets
US Jobless Claimants Fall to 460,000
Rising Auto Sales Helps Lift Japanese Exports by 40%
Spain to Implement 15 Billion Euro in Spending Cuts
US Money Supply plunging at Depression pace
Merkel madness may sink EU
US Durable Goods Orders Up 2.9%
Stocks in Europe, Asia Open in Positive Territory
EU Proposal for Bank Levy Could Lead to Moral Hazard
EUR correction a trend reversal for irrational traders
Outlook Remains Bleak for Global Markets
Loonie Fading Fast
LIBOR Rate Continues to Climb
Euro Crisis Puts Pressure on Global Stock Markets
IMF warning sticker on Spain distresses EUR
Canadian Retail Sales Jump 2.1%
Friday Set to Cap Week of Losses
EU Finance Ministers Meet in Brussels
Trichet and Political risk encourages dumping EUR
Canadian Dollar Still on the Slide
Oil Prices Continue to Fall
US New Jobless Claims Jump 25,000 Last Week
Increase Demand for Japan’s Exports Lifts Economy
Merkel’s call for ‘orderly default’ supports EUR shorts
Oil Prices Fall on Stronger Dollar, Weaker Demand
US Consumer Prices Fall in April
Germany Implements Short-Selling Ban
Cannot short stocks or bonds, short EUR’s even more?
EU Finance Ministers Set Sights on Hedge Funds
Euro Opens in Positive Territory
U.S. Housing Starts Jump 5.8%
Rising Food Prices Push UK Inflation to 3.7%
EUR entering ‘fly zone’?
LIBOR Increase Shows Growing Lack of Trust in European Banking
Oil Prices Rebound After Falling Below $70
Euro Struggles to 4-Year Low
The EUR record short position paints an ugly picture
US April Retail Sales Rise 0.4%
China to Build Refineries for Nigeria
Is the EUR in for a surprise today?
Coalition Government Keeps FSA, Increases Powers of BOE
US New Jobless Claims Fall Slightly
Spain to Cut Spending to Curb Debt
Ascension Day is not for the EUR
Moody’s Downgrades $28b of Greek Securities
Europe Economy Grows Faster than Forecast
Canadian Trade Surplus Narrows in March
Estonia Still on Track for Euro Adoption
UK unemployment increases to +2.51m
Canada’s March Trade Surplus Unexpectedly Narrows on Energy
Portugal Sells Maximum 1 Billion Euros of Bonds as Demand Rises
Is the EUR’s demise out of gas?
EU Bailout Reprieve Short-Lived
Stock Prices Set to Pare Yesterday’s Gains
Inflation Jump Suggests China at Risk of Overheating
OECD unemployment rate 8.7%
A Trillion gets the EUR Nothing
EU Rescue Deal Spurs Markets
Voters Punish Merkel Over Greek Debt
Canadian Dollar Gains Two Cents
Fannie Mae Asks for $8.4B
Bank of England Keeps Rates at 0.5%
EU Pledges 750 Bn Euros to Stabilize Currency
EU with its ‘shock and awe’ declares ‘all in’
German Lawmakers Vote to Approve Greek Bail-Out
Lack of Clear Election Winner Derails Pound
Canada records a Record Gain in Employment
Trichet leads traders into the ‘black-hole’
Canadian Building Permits Increase 12.2%
Oil Futures Down on Worries Over Euro
ECB Holds Interest Rates Unchanged at 1.0%
Moody’s Warns Debt Contagion Threatens Euro
Trichet and Co. What are you going to do for me?
ADP Employment Report Shows US Added 32,000 Jobs in April
Eurozone Expected to See 0.9% Growth for 2010
EUR losing Stamina and Will to Exist
Market Worries Greek Rescue Deal Could Collapse
Greek Workers Call for Massive Protests
China’s Manufacturing Rate Slows
BIS has been on the bid in EUR at 1.3085
Trichet and Co. are ‘lousy poker players’
Greek Rescue Plan Comes With Steep Price
Futures Traders Still Bearish on the Euro
US Consumer Spending on the Rise
Bank of Japan to Maintain 0.1% Interest Rate
Greek Default Averted But Markets Remain Indifferent
EU/IMF fail to support the EUR

April

US Economy Grows 3.2% in 1st Quarter
Greece Riots as EU Nears Agreement on Bail-Out
Month-End needs Overshadow Greece and China
Roubini Says Higher Debt, Defaults Means Inflation Inevitable
Trichet Pressures Germany to Fast-Track Approval
US New Jobless Claims Fall for Second Straight Week
Rating Agencies are Over-rated, China could Re-value this Weekend
Euro Bounces Back After Hitting Year-Long Low
Greek Borrowing Cost Could Top 10%
Markets Expected to Suffer as Greek Debt Crisis Worsens
Greek Contagion Spreads as Trichet Heads to Germany
Greece’s Credit Rating Cut to Junk Status
Fabrice “Fab” Tourre to Address U.S. Senate
Fabrice “Fab” Tourre to Testify Before U.S. Senate
European Stocks Fall on Greece, Portugal Debt Concerns
Euro Falls after Merkel Comments on Greek Aid and Portugal Contagion
Germany Demands Greater Concessions for Greek Bail-Out
Competition for Auto Market Share in China Heats Up
Investors Continue to Shy Away From Greece
Euro Lower as Greek Aid Package Begins Ratification Process
Merkel Says Bail-Out For Greece Rests with IMF
New Home Sales in U.S. Jump 27%
Greece Officially Request Financial Aid
Greece Asks for Bailout as Wall Street Sent to Room without Supper
US Wholesale Prices Jump Sharply on Food Price Increase
US New Jobless Claims Fall
Obama Pledges Bank Reform Bill
Greece’s Deficit Higher Than Reported
Greece Caught Between the IMF and a Hard Place
Goldman Sachs Blames Any Violation on Actions of One Employee
MPC Votes to Hold Rates but Notes Threat of Inflation
UK Unemployment at 11.2%
Greece Starts Aid Talks Risk Appetite Returns
German Confidence on the Rise as Industrial Orders Increase
UK INflation Rate Hits 3.4%
Days After SEC Announces Investigation, Goldman Earns Huge Profit
Goldman to Announce Profits as Greece Works on its Poker Face
Goldman Sachs and Abacus – Something’s Not Adding Up
Greece’s Borrowing Costs Continue to Rise
UK Regulator Follows US Lead and Open Goldman Investigation
Goldman Under Fire as Germany and UK Begin Probes
Canadian Manufacturing Sales Weaker Than Expected
US March Housing Starts Increase 1.6%
Greece Appears Ready to Accept Bail-Out
German Professors move to block Greek Aid
US Foreclosure Rate Hits 5-Year High
US Jobless Claims Rise for Second Straight Week
Accelerating Growth Has Market Thinking Increase in Yuan Likely
Euro Falters as Greek Bailout must pass multiple Parliaments
Greek Bond Sales Weak While Portugal Raises 2B Euros
US Beige Book Survey Shows Economy Continues Recovery
Euro Falls as EU Warns Portugal to Trim Spending
US Consumer Prices Gain 0.1%
Portugal Receives Warning from European Union
Loonie Back Above Parity
Obama to Focus on Financial Regulation as Brown Admits Mistakes
Japanese Bonds Rise, Halt 2-Day Drop, as Producer Prices Fall
Australian Business Confidence Near Eight-Year High
Trade Deficit in U.S. Rises More Than Anticipated on Imports
Greece Sells $2.1 Billion of Debt After Rescue Plan
First Greek Bond Auction stops Euro Advance
Greeks refunding an eyesore for the EUR
Greece Loan Controversy Not Yet Settled
Euro Bounces Back on Greek Debt Backing
Greek bailout is a Euro bailout, but, for how long?
Euro Gains as Trichet Says Greece Will Not Default
Oil Prices on the Rise
Investors Losing Confidence n Greece
Chanos Warns that China is Risking a Property Bubble
European Central Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged
Bank of England Holds Interest Rates at 0.5%
Borrowing Costs for Greek Government on the Rise
March NFP Rises Less than Expected
Fed Meeting Minutes Reveal No Plan Yet for Exit Strategy
IMF Working with Greece as Euro Declines
Eurozone Fails to Grow Economy
Geithner’s prodding of ‘Panda’ irritates China
Oil Continues Bull Run
Brown Sets May 6 Vote as Polls Show Hung Parliament
Australia’s Stevens Raises Rate to 4.25%
Greece is cancerous for the EUR
Geithner Delays Exchange Rate Policy Report
Oil Prices Climb After Long Weekend
Canadian Dollar Half a Cent from Parity
US Treasury yields support the dollar index on Easter Monday
NFP to ‘infinity and beyond’-hardly
Business Confidence on the Rise in Japan
US Jobless Claims Fall to 439,000
Typical Non-Farm payroll makes the EUR and Dollar flounder

March

Canada’s GDP Climbs 0.6%
ADP Report Shows US Payrolls Still on Decline
Eurozone Unemployment Reaches 10%
EUR head-fake to unnerve weak dollar longs
US Consumer Confidence On the Rise After Falling in February
US House Prices on the Rise
Canadian Raw Materials Higher in February
IMF Says It Will “Define Conditionality”
EURO bears to relapse before NFP
Greece Prepares Bond Offering
US Consumer Spending Up 0.3%
Look East for Dollar direction.
US 4th Quarter Growth Pegged at 5.6%
EU Reaches Deal to Help Greece
US and China to control ‘their’ EURO
US Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected
Dubai World to Receive $9.5 Billion Bail Out
Goldman Says IMF, Greece May Negotiate EU20 Billion Aid Program
Merkel Sees IMF, EU Aid for Greece as Last Resort
Euro’s deflation outshines China’s covert retaliation
New Home Sales Hit Record Low
US Durable Goods Gain for 3rd Straight Month
China and Australia Sign Multi-Billion Dollar Gas Deal
China CEOs Join Obama in Supporting Yuan Appreciation
Portugal’s Debt Rating Lowered by Fitch on Worsening Finances
Trichet’s EUR fights for survival
Germany Says IMF Must Be Part of Greek Solution
US Existing Home Sales Decline for 3rd Straight Month
Health Care? Check – Now, What’s Next?
France, Germany Accused of Using Crisis to Own Advantage
Sterling Falls on Latest UK Inflation Report
Greek ‘a la carte’ not for Trichet
Central Bank Says Greece’s Economy to Worsen in 2010
Merkel No to Aid-EUR limbo
Rogers Shuns Sterling
Canada’s Core Inflation Jumps 2.1%
Greece playing Russian roulette with EURO blanks
Canadian Dollar Closing in on 20-Month High
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall by 5,000
Greece Ups the Pressure on EU to Act
EURO ‘unity with promises’ broken
US Wholesale Prices Decline 0.6%
Japan Wants Banks to Increase Lending
UK Unemployment Drops to 7.8%
EU officials throw Greece a small life preserver
EU Reluctantly Rides to Greece’s Rescue
Canadian Factory Sales Jump 2.4%
EU Reveals Plan to Rescue Greece and Protect Euro
Stock Futures Point to Higher Opening Ahead of FOMC Meeting
US Housing Construction on the Decline
A EURO parachute has holes
Canadian Home Sales on Record Pace
China Says Currency Not “Undervalued”
OPEC Increasing Well Count
U.S. Real Estate Appears Ready for Rebound
EURO condemned and not just to a tight trading range
EU Credit Rating Watch Widens
EU to Discuss Greek Rescue Plan
China’s Demand for Oil Surges 28%
U.S. Retail Sales Beats Street Predictions
Canada’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.2%
A EURO bear market rally in the making
Swiss Franc Falls on SNB Announcement
US Trade Deficit Closes as Imports Decline
Canada’s Largest Bank Says Economy to Grow 3.1%
China to exit stimulus plans?
FSA Requests Additional Stress Testing
UK Industrial Output Declines 0.4%
China Records 46% Increase in Exports
Greek’s woes passé?
Merkel Urges Regulation as Greece Takes Plea to U.S.
China Affirms Commitment to U.S. Debt
UAE Government Pledges to Support Dubai
Oil Falls 2%, Markets Also Down
China speculation takes heat off Greece
Canadian Dollar Hits Six-Week High
Markets Rise as Greece, Dubai Detail Credit Plans
IMF: “No Reason” for Greek Debt Crisis to Spread
Greek debacle on hold, EUR and ‘risk’ in vogue
Industrial Orders on the Rise in Germany
U.S. Unemployment Rate Steady at 9.7%
US Economy loses 36,000 jobs, NFP Report
Merkel Says Greece ‘Grabbed the Bull by the Horns’
EURO mess is far from over
EUR euphoria over for now
ADP Report Shows Fewer Jobs Lost in February
Australia’s Economy Growing at Accelerated Rate
Euro Rises on Greek Pledge to Cut Spending
Will the Greek austerity ‘haircut’ appease the market?
Japan Passes Record $1 Trillion Budget
Bank of Canada Maintains 0.25% Lending Rate
Canadian Dollar Marks 3rd Day of Gains
Euro at 10-Month Low
Japan Jobless Rate Falls Below 5%
EUR wait and see for Greece
EU Official Calls for More Spending Cuts From Greece
China Fears US to Adopt Weak Dollar Policy
US Spending Increases as Overall Growth Slows
Japanese Government pressures Central Bank on Deflation
Canadian Economy posts 5% annual growth
Cable Stumbles as Hung Parliament Appears Likely
Greece will test the EURO even with a rescue package

February

4th Quarter Growth Rate Not Expected to Continue
Oil Set for Monthly Gain as Economy Recovers, Stockpiles Drop
Swiss Feb Kof barometer strongest since late 2007
U.K. Emerges From Recession at Faster Than Estimated Pace
Senators urge U.S. to combat China currency policy
Japan Production Rises Most Since May, Retail Sales Rebound
EURO-Greek woes disguised by month end-extensions
U.S. Jobless Claims on the Rise
Moody’s says Japan’s rating dependent on reforms
Swiss employment outlook improves after Q4 dip
Reserve Bank of Australia Likely to Raise Interest Rates
EURO mauled by Greco-Turks
Bernanke Pledges to Keep Rates Low for “Extended Period”
China Sells Dollars, U.S. Charges Currency Manipulation
Worried Investors Turn to the Dollar
Europe at risk of double-dip recession
Bernanke Likely to Face Questions on Jobless Recovery
A Greek Soap-Opera to derail the EURO
ECB Provopoulos: Changes To Greece Economy “Must Be Imminent”
Mervyn King: Quantitative easing may have to restart
King Says BOE Will Do ‘Whatever Seems Appropriate’ for Economy
Plunge in German Business Confidence Stalls Euro
House Prices Rise in December
GBP Falls as King Outlines Challenges
Markets wait for Bernanke and default announcements
China Bears Raise Fresh Concerns
Oil Prices on the Rise
Taiwan Benefits from Jump in Exports to China
Euro’s future in question even if Greece rescued: Soros
Oil price reaches six-week high as dollar weakens
Provopoulos Confident Greece Will Meet ‘Very Ambitious’ Goals
With Bernanke engaged with Humphrey-Hawkins, EUR’s direction dictated by Greece
US Rate Increase Boosts Dollar, Oil Falls
Fed Raises Discount Rate – Official Funds Rate to Follow?
Consumer Prices in U.S. Rose 0.2% in January; Core Drops 0.1%
UK retail sales suffer sharp fall on snowy weather
Gold eases after Fed rate hike
Bernanke Gives Dollar the Green Light
Fed Raises Discount Window Rate to 0.75 percent
Canada’s Inflation Climbs to 1.9%
U.S. Jobless Claims on the Rise
Greece will cost us all
Swiss ZEW Edges Down Slightly
Fed Plans Eventual Exit from Housing Debt
Merkel Slams Greek ‘Scandal’ as Goldman Role Examined
UK finances deteriorate further
BOJ Shirakawa: current framework is appropriate
BOE Voted 9-0 to Pause Bond-Purchases on Inflation
Canada December wholesale trade beats estimates
Canada Sees 0.7% Increase in Wholesale Trade
U.S. Housing Starts Jump Nearly 3%
Greece’s hiatus favors risk and love for Euro’s
Canada to Tighten Rules for First-Time Home Buyers
Demand for US T-Bills Falls
Japan Sets 1% Inflation Target
UK Inflation hits 3.5% forcing King letter to Chancellor
EU ministers press Greece on extra deficit cuts
Japan economic growth exceeds expectations
EU’s stoic stance is a market positive for the EUR
China Raises Bank Reserve Minimums Over Inflation Concerns
German economic recovery falters
Gold slides as dollar rises
France Backs Weber In Race For ECB Presidency
China Raises Bank Reserve Ratio to Cool Fastest-Growing Economy
European banks have a $2.3 trillion PIIGS stake, EUR cannot fail
New US Unemployment Claims Better Than Expected
Spain Fails to Escape Recession
EU Reaches Deal on Greek Debt
EU Demands Greek Budget Cuts, Pledges to Uphold Euro Stability
US Jobless Suffer With Corporate Cash Climbing to $1.19 Trillion
Swiss inflation picks up more than forecast in Jan
Australian Jobs Surge Reignites Talk of Rate Hike
Euro Zone Reaches Deal to Help Greece: EU President
Germany bears the weight of the EUR
China’s Asset Sale Could Weaken Dollar
Fed Releases Plan for Ending Stimulus Spending
UK Manufacturing Output on the Rise
BOE warns UK Recovery Slower than Forecast
Soros Is ‘Confident’ Greece Will Stay in Euro Region
Japan Machinery Orders Jump but Outlook in Doubt
EUR disappoints despite rumors of aid for Greece
Markets Gain on Speculation Greece to Receive Cash
US Wholesale Inventory Levels Fall 0.8%
Oil Nears $73 a Barrel
Euro Gains Strength as Debt Fears Ease
ECB Says Trichet Travel Change Due to Logistics
UK Trade Deficit Hits 11 Month High In Dec
Euro Rallies on Greek Aid Speculation
Seller beware, EUR to rally $8b’s worth
Bank of Canada Affirms Interest Rate Pledge
Loonie Set to Advance on Oil and Commodity Increases
India’s Economy Expected to Grow 7.2%
Swiss unemployment rises in January, but below expectations
Euro dips as eurozone fiscal woes fester
Greek Ouzo crisis escalates into global margin call as confidence ebbs
BOE Committee disagrees on EU Hedge Fund Draft
The EUR and its sovereign concerns dictate position taking
China Faces Currency Valuation Crisis
US Unemployment Falls to 9.7%
Canada’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.3%
G7 Finance Leaders Meet in Iqaluit
Canadian Dollar Gains on Better-Than-Expected Job Growth
Trichet Tries to Boost Euro Confidence
Global Stock Prices Decline as Debt Worries Grow
Euro woes deepen relying on NFP for relief
Oil Falls Below $73 a Barrel
Euro Struggles on Growing PIIGS Debt Concern
US Productivity Rises 6.2%
European Central Bank leaves key rate at 1%
Bank of England pauses asset purchase program
ECB to Hold Rates, Delay Exit Debate Until March
Australia Retail Sales Mixed, Home Building Booms
Contagion PIIGS hurt EURO
Opec says oil supply increase ‘worrying’
UK Service Sector Slows Down which could signal a Dip in Growth
EU to Back Greek Deficit Plan; Wage Freeze Is Pledged
Greece rattled by ‘hidden debt’ controversy
UK Conservatives to give more oversight to BOE
EU’s Greece is ‘too big to fail’
Australia holds interest rate at 3.75%
The Obama dollar hanging tough
Roubini Says 2010 Outlook Remains “Very Dismal”
US Consumer Spending on the Rise
Australian CBank to raise rates again
US Budget Set for $3.8 Trillion
For now dollar agenda remains the same

January

Japan’s finmin pressures BOJ, deflation deepens
Greece’s Debt Weighs Down Euro
Eurozone Unemployment Reaches 10%
US Economy Grows 5.7% in 4th Quarter
US Dollar Direction Unclear After Obama Speech
New US Jobless Claims Fall by 8,000
US Durable Goods Beats Expectations
Obama’s State of Union lifts global indices while dollar softens
Dr. Doom Goes to Davos
Fed Holds Line on Rates, Stop MBS Purchase Plan
US New Home Sales Fall 7.6%
FSA chairman calls for direct controls on the supply of credit
Greece may be turning to China for help
Obama’s Address to Highlight Job Creation
Euro Falls to 6-Month Low
Davos Forum Predicts “Jobless” Recovery
Greece Denies Reports of Bond Deal with China
Geithner, NY Fed defend actions on AIG payments
Portugal Budget Stress Pressures Euro
Euro Will Be Here Forever: ECB’s Weber
China Sees Inflation Signs, but Remains Accommodative
Weber Says ECB May Take Further Exit Steps in First Half
Roubini Never More Pessimistic on Euro Area, Calls Spain a Risk
Bernanke dials for support while State of the Union to address Obama’s Volcker Plan
Australian Fourth-Quarter Consumer Prices Rise 0.5%
Japan’s Exports Rise, First Time Since Lehman Failure
US Shadow Inventory Threatens Housing Market Stability
German Business Confidence on the Rise
UK Breaks Recession With First Growth in Year and a Half
BoE’s King says UK needs more robust banking system
Congress Is Politicizing the Fed According to Fisher
Darling: Clear Signs UK Out of Recession, Bumpy Road Ahead
Fed Weighs Interest on Reserves as New Benchmark Rate
S&P Cuts Outlook on Japan’s Debt to Negative
Dollar Supported by Double-Dip Threat
Home sales tumble as tax credit lift wanes
Latest Survey Shows US Recovery Continues But at Slow Pacer
Greek Spreads Tighten Ahead of Syndicated Issuance
BOJ Said to Be Open to Expanding Loans, Bond Buying
Davos bankers to lobby against Obama reforms
Dollar movement contained, markets digest Obama’s proposal
US Banking Reforms – An All or Nothing Proposition
Most Dangerous Government Debt
Banks may shed private equity assets in Obama plan
European bank stocks drop on Obama plans
UK Retailers report weakest Christmas since 2007
Obama Dollar Weakens on Fighting Words
Fed Contemplates Winding Down Stimulus Spending
Obama Proposes New Rules to Limit Bank Size, Risk
US New Jobless Claims on the Rise
China Reports 8.7% Growth in 2009
Obama to Limit Size, Risks of Banks
Eastern European Currencies Tumble on Greek Risk
UK Government borrowing hits new record for December
Greece Confident in Raising Money
China mops up excess liquidity
Greece Worries Might Be Spreading
US Wholesale Prices Gain 0.2 Percent
New US Home Construction Declines in December
Surprise Fall in UK Unemployment
Bank of England votes 9-0 to hold rates and stimulus plan
Canada inflation hits 10-month high on gasoline
Japan Gives Downbeat Forecast, Warns of Deflation
Chinese lending fears hit bank shares
UK unemployment total falls to 2.46m
China Chokes Credit while EUR plummets
King Warns of Potential For Inflation
Yen Carry Trade Back in Play
Euro Marks 4th Losing Day Against Dollar
Bank of Canada Maintains 0.25% Overnight Target Rate
OPEC Says Oil Demand to Remain “Steady” in 2010
Sweden Calls for Bank Tax
PIIGS at Bay
ECB Policies Strain European Union
Oil Remain at $78 on Demand Concerns
IMF Warns of Global Recession “Double Dip”
Trichet remains on the offense
JPMorgan Records $3.3 Billion 4th Quarter Profit
US Inflation Registers Slight Increase
PIIGS hurt EUR
CFTC Wants to Reduce Energy Speculation
Obama Proposes Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee
US Retail Sales Fall 3% in December
New US Jobless Claims More than Estimated
Property Prices in China Continue to Rise
US Bank Tax Details Expected Today
Trichet and ECB remain predictable
Australian December Employment Rises 35,200; Jobless Rate 5.5%
Obama Takes on Wall Street Bankers
China Takes Global Export Lead
US to Announce Bank Fees to Recover Bail-Out Funds
Markets Fall as China Tightens Credit
Germany’s Economy Shrinks by 5% in 2009
PBOC is proactive, Bernanke’s Fed is reactive
US Trade Deficit Increases to $36.4 Billion
China orders raise of Bank Reserves
EU Describes Weak Yuan a “Major Problem”
Too Early to Say Canada Suffering Housing Bubble
IMF to Review Greece’s Finances
China to beat Bernanke in hiking rates first
Parity Predicted for Aussie, Canadian Dollars
Stock Futures on the Rise
German Exports Beat Forecasts
What’s ‘Made in China’, Global Growth is hoping it’s not fake
China’s Exports Surge, Imports Rise to Record as Trade Rebounds
China Tightens Monetary Policy
Eurozone Unemployment Reaches 10%
US Economy Sheds 85,000 Jobs in December
Canadian Unemployment Level Steady at 8.5%
NFP to justify Bernanke and Obama’s actions
US Banks Warned of Potential for Rate Increase
US Job Losses Slowing But New Job Creation Lags
US Weekly Unemployment Claims Rise
Oil Prices Weaken on Profit-Taking, Excess Capacity
Bank of England Holds Line on Interest Rate, Continues Asset Purchase
Will Geithner’s cover up affect Bernanke’s reappointment?
China Guides Bill Yields Higher, Seeking to Curb Record Lending
Ahead of NFP, dollar ranges
FOMC Minutes Dec. 15th-16th. 2009
China Expected to Allow Trading of Index Futures
Pimco warn of ’80pc’ chance of UK rating downgrade
ECB’s Stark says EU wouldn’t save Greece
Is Greece to be cut loose by Europe? Where is the solidarity?
Canadian Dollar Gains on US Counterpart
US Pending Home Sales Fall 16%
Greece Prepares 2010 Economic Plan
Pimco move to sell gilts raises spectre of a UK sovereign debt crisis
UK Factory Production on the Rise
The dollar suffers from a New Years hangover
China May See ‘Huge’ Inflows on Yuan Bets, NDRC Says
Yen Gains Most in Four Weeks on Exporter Buying, Stock Advance
Bernanke: Lack of Regulation to Blame for Housing Bubble
FOMC Member Duke Speaks
Stocks, Oil Rally as China Leads Way
US Dollar Opens on Down Note
RBC’s Consumer Outlook Index Shows Cautious Optimism for 2010
China’s Manufacturing Could Reach 10%
What’s the dollar to do?

2009 Articles

December

UK Banks to Boost Mortgages in 2010
Greece and other Economies Still Worry Eurozone
Iceland Approves 3.8bn Payment to UK and Netherlands
Jobless Claims in the U.S. Fall to Lowest Level Since July 2008
In 2010 Beware Of the Keynesian Hangover
Japan Unveils New Plan for Growth
Oil steadies near $79 ahead of US inventories
GMAC Said to Discuss U.S. Aid Package of $3 Billion or More
In December the dollar’s King
Risk appetite shows no sign of slowing
Pound could soon be worth less than euro, warns CEBR
Currencies ‘Carbon Copy’ moves
The dollar is stuck in ‘no-mans land’
Japanese PM Proposes Record Budget, Exacerbating Japan Debt Burden
Chinese Premier Pledges to Cool China Property Prices, Resist Yuan Pressure
Russia, China May Buy Canada Dollars to Diversify
Bank of England voted 9-0
The dollar maintains its holiday edge
OPEC Maintains Oil Output Quotas at Meeting in Angola
UK Economy Shrinks less than previously estimated
The dollar is treading water.
Is the dollar ending the funding role?
Canadian Dollar Gains on Oil
Yen Falls Against Euro, Dollar
UK Public Sector Borrowing at All-Time High
The dollar is wilting
Canada’s Inflation Rate Climbs 1% in November
Oil Falls on Weaker Demand
US New Jobless Claims Jump by 7,000
Irish Republic Emerges From Recession
Dollar is ‘running with the Bull’s’
Fed Affirms Interest Rate Pledge
End of the Euro Experiment?
UK Jobless Rate Slows in 3rd Quarter
Increase in Exports Helps Close US Trade Gap
Bernanke to deliver the same at the FOMC
Is Britain Broke? A Look at England’s Financial Reality
Canadian Home Sales Surge in November
US Industrial Output Hits 3-Month High
Fed Expected to Separate Monetary and Liquidity Policy
UK Inflation on the Rise
US November Wholesale Inflation Higher Than Expected
Nakheel to Abu Dhabi ‘Please Sir, Can I have some more?’
Dubai Bail-Out Pledge Boosts Euro
Obama “Candid” in Remarks to Banks
Exxon Turns to Natural Gas
Dubai Bail-out Lifts Stocks
Abu Dhabi keeps Dubai World’s Islands afloat!
US Retail Sale Rise 3.1 Percent
Credit Worries Force Greek Bond Yields Higher
China marches to its own beat!
SNB Keeps Libor Target Rate, Winds Down Stimulus Spending
Interest Rate Outlook for 2010
Geithner on Exit Strategies: Too Soon to Declare Victory
Canada Records Trade Surplus in October
Eurozone Pledges to Prevent Bankruptcy in Greece
Bank of England Maintains Interest Rate
Darling’s Poison Pill. NY’s Poison Apple?
Geithner Says Bailout Program to Be Extended to Oct 2010
US Wholesale Inventories on the Rise
Euro Recovers to Gain Back Recent Losses
Oil Furtures Up Ahead of US Inventory Report
Dollar Bears Beware!
Bank of Canada Holds Overnight Rate
Dubai Credit Crisis Continues to Hammer Stocks
Japan to Boost Stimulus Spending
Sovereignty rating concerns supports dollar?
Japan Considers Ban on Temporary Workers
Canadian Building Permits Up 18%
Dollar Gains on Interest Rate Speculation
Gold Prices Fall as Dollar Gains
Factory Orders in Germany Fall 2.1%
Recession to Recovery is a Dollar Bear’s Headache
Canada Adds 79,000 Jobs in November
30 Year Mortgages At Record Low
US Unemployment Falls to 10%
NFP to confirm job losses slowed while unemployment rates tick higher.
Is There Another Dubai on the Horizon?
Canada Expected to Add 15,000 Jobs
US New Jobless Claims Fall to 457,000
ECB Holds Line on Interest Rates
Will Trichet stand and deliver?
US Beige Book Shows Recovery Strengthening
Geithner Says Bail Out Spending to End Soon
Candidate for the Next Dubai
Yen Falls Day After Japan’s PM Says Yen Too Strong
Markets Rise as Fears of Dubai Default Subside
ADP Says US Lost 169,000 Jobs
Germany Faces Renewed Credit Crunch
Investors have a gluttonous ‘risk’ appetite
Bank of Japan to Engage in Stimulus Spending
Canadian Dollar Gains on Oil Rebound
China’s Manufacturing Rate Climbs
Australia Raises Rates
Bank of Japan Tackles Deflation
Are we Dubai or Du-Sell?

November

Japan Struggles to Maintain Growth
3rd Quarter Growth Ends Recession in Canada
Investors Turning to the Swiss Franc
Dubai Will Not Cover Dubai World’s Losses
Dubai not distressed, Dollar gets dumped!
Canada’s Current Account Gap Grows
UK to Reveal Recession Worse Than Expected
Dubai World Debt Scare Jolts Markets
Dubai Debacle drives Dollar Higher
Japan’s Gov’t Says Action May Be Needed to Stem Rise in Yen
Oil Falls Over Demand Uncertainty
Dubai World Debt Problems a Concern For Markets
Dollar gets a get out of jail card, temporarily at least
Minutes Show FOMC Worried Low Rates Could Boost Speculation
US Weekly Jobless Claims Under 500,000
Consumer Spending Increases More Than Expected
US Durable Goods Lower Than Expected
‘Thank’ Bernanke for ‘giving’ us this.
S&P Home Price Index Suggest Prices Falling
King Reveals “Secret” Loans to RBS, HBOS
Dollar Bears to Rule 2010 (and beyond?)
Bank of Japan Hesitant on Self-Sustaining Recovery
Gold Reaches All Time High on Central Bank Buying Speculation
Pound Falls as King Sounds Warning
Loonie Weaker on Faltering Oil Prices
US Economy Expands But Slower Than Projected
Oil Falls to $77 as Market Awaits News
Chinese Banks are falling into US financials acid tests traps
Analysts Predict “No Bottom” for USD in 2010
Dollar Falls as Stocks Gain
Canadain Retail Sales Increase for Seventh Month
Gold Bugs Still Biting
Deflation death spiral killing dollar
US Housing Crisis Not Over: Moody’s
Dollar May Fall to 87 Yen: Techncial Analysis
Stocks Fall on Trichet’s Spending Remarks
Japan’s Economy Back in Deflation
Forget Bernanke and Geithner, its risk-aversion that supports the USD
Falling Crude Pulls Down Canadian Dollar
Yen and Dollar Gain as Stocks Fall
New US Jobless Claims Hold Steady at 505,000
OECD Says China Will Lead Recovery
Conflicting Fed statements confusing markets
First Roubini, Now Obama Warns of “Double-Dip” Recession
MarketPulseFX interview
Obama Warns of a “Double Dip” Recession
Eurozone Out of Freefall Says Trichet
US Consumer Prices Jump 0.3%
US Home Construction Declines 10.6%
Canada’s Sees First Positive Inflation Rate
Gold Closing in on $1150 an Ounce
Bernanke stick to deflation, dollar problem is Geithner’s
US Federal Reserve Exploring Interest Policy Rate Band
Rising Oil Prices Push UK Prices Higher
Technical Analysis Suggests Euro Could Rise to $1.5285
US PPI Less Than Expected
Oil Falls as Dollar Rebounds
Bernanke’s reality is fighting deflation not supporting dollar.
Dollar Falls on Greater Risk Demand
Canadian Manufacturing Sales Gain 1.4%
US Retail Sales Rise 1.4% in October
Japan’s Economy Grows 1.2% in Q3
Obama fails to resuscitate the dollar
Developing Nations Struggle with Falling Dollar
US Trade Deficit Continues to Climb
Canada’s Trade Gap Shrinks by 50%
Eurozone Records Positive Growth
Dollar Déjà-vu.
Bears Say China’s Economy Set to Collapse
US New Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected
Is China our savior?
Geithner’s strong dollar policy is a myth.
Obama Dollar to ‘Devalue the Way to Prosperity’!
What’s All This Talk About a Tobin Tax
Struggling Dollar Pushes Gold to Another Record
House Prices in UK Expected to Rise
Cash-cow Bernanke is the dollar’s nemesis
Housing Starts in Canada on the Rise
Global Markets Set to Open Higher on G7 Pledge
Report Says UK Unemployment “Set to Slow”
Forget +10.2% it’s +17.5, the broader measure of US unemployment
The dollar has no supporters!
UK Chancellor Calls For Continued Spending
Personal Insolvencies in UK Up 28%
Gold Breaks $1,100
US Unemployment Reaches 10.2 percent
US Unemployment Tops 10%
France’s Deficit Doubles to $187.5 Billion
Canada Lost 43,000 Jobs in October
Dollar Weaker Ahead of Employment News
NFP trading is for contrarians!
Dollar Weakens on News US Expected to Trail G7
New US Jobless Claims Fall to 512,000
Bank of England to Spend More on Stimulus
Bernanke ‘stood and delivered’ Trichet and King your next
Oil Rises on Lower US Inventory Report
ADP Employment Report Shows US Shed 203,000 Jobs Last Month
Dollar Falls as Fed Expected to Hold Line on Rates
Eurozone PMI Shows Growth Accelerating
Bernanke’s ‘extended period’?
IMF Gold Sales Could Be Bad News for the Dollar
Gold Hits New Record
Strengthening Dollar, Inventory Report Eases Oil Prices
Tech Analysis Indicates Euro to Decline Against Yen
Oil Jumps $1 on US Factory Data
Failing Banks Support Dollar Appetite
Dollar and Yen Fall on Increasing Risk Appetite
US Manufacturing Increased More Than Expected
Increase in China’s Production Spurs Oil Increase
Canadian Housing on Path to Recovery
UK Purchasing Manager’s Index Shows Optimism
CIT Group Files for Bankruptcy Protection
The Dollar needs Life-Support.

October

Wilbur Ross Warns of “Huge” Commercail Real Estate Crash
US Consumer Spending Down 0.5%
Eurozone Unemployment Jumps to 9.7%
Fiscal Steroids Programs Promote Risk and Carry Trades.
Geithner Sees Positive Signs for Economy
Roubini Says Beware the Carry Trade Asset Bubble
US New Jobless Claims Falls Less Than Expected
US Economy Grows 3.5%
The dollar is getting oxygen.
US Durable Goods Up 1 Percent
Norway’s Central Bank Raises Rates to 1.5 Percent
Too ‘Big to fail’ is getting too ‘Big to Bail’
Home prices in August up fourth straight month
UK Retail Sales Surpass Expectations
Eurozone Household Lending Falls
Indian Central Bank Holds Interest Rates
US House Prices Increase for 3rd Straight Month
Stock Futures Remain Flat Ahead of Wall Steet Opening
Oil Prices Higher Ahead of Inventory Report
Yields aid the dollar!
Crude Futures Fall on Stronger Dollar
Germany’s Consumer Confidence Index Falls
BoC Govenor Warns Banks to Mend Ways
Profit-Taking Drops Oil to $80
US Existing-Home Sales Higher Than Expected
China does not want the dollar?
UK Unable to Shake Off Recession
UK Economy Shrinks Another 0.4 Percent
Obama’s ‘Lost Decade’, made in Japan.
Canadian Retail Sales Up 0.8% in August
China Leads Recovery With 8.9% Increase in GDP
South Korea Not Limiting Foreign Investment
Stronger Dollar Causes Oil Prices to Retrace
Yes Comrade! Obama ‘orders’ pay cuts. What’s happening to Capitalism?
Official Says It’s “Unrealistic” to Expect All TARP Money to be Repaid
Unemployment Rises in 23 States
EUR passes US 1.50 Mark Eurozone Exporters Worry
Mervyn King Calls for Splitting UK Banks
European Investors Flock to Eurozone Junk Bonds
Alistair Darling Versus BoE and Goldman
Oil Rebounds After EIA Stock Data Lower than Expected
Bank of Canada Tries to Talk Loonie Back From Ledge
European policy makers, a team consisting of individual actions. Disaster!
UK government borrowing hits record £77bn six-month high
Brazil Taxes Inbound Speculative Funds
Oil moves past $80-a-barrel mark
US Housing Starts Lower than Expected
US Producer Prices Fall 0.6%
Bernanke’s iPod play list urges ‘US to be frugal and Asia to consume more’
Federal Reserve Chair Calls for US to Cut Deficit
Fed’s Reverse-Repo Position
Oil Looks to Extend Gains
The dollar sees red!
US hardens stance on China’s currency rigidity
Soros on Currency Arrangements Calls for more Regulation
Eurozone trade falls into deficit
Japanese Advisor to Finance Minister Declares China is Needed to Boost Dollar
Canada’s September Inflation Rate Falls to -0.9%
Bank of America Claims $2.24B Loss
Are Canadian Banks Setting the Country’s Interest Rate Policy?
Bernanke, what have you done?
US Banks Profits Beat Forecasts
US Inflation Up 0.2%
Number of Newly Unemployed Falls to 514,000
Trichet is vocal that EUR was not created to be ‘the’ reserve currency.
Goldman Sachs makes $3.2b profit.
Cable advances on rumors that BOE will suspend asset buy-back
Are Bernanke and the Fed not USD bearish?
Fed Minutes showed that policy makers were open to expanding MBS purchases
Is this deflation or what?
China’s Forex Reserves hit 2.27 Trillion Record
Gold vs. Bonds-the tide is turning
Retail Sales Fall 1.5%
Loonie Hits 14-Month High
Gold Hits New Record – $1,070 an Ounce!
The Cheek of Goldman
Dollar loses reserve currency to JPY and EUR
No dollar crisis here!
Loonie Closing in on Parity as US Dollar Struggles
Japan politicians extend BoJ bond buying program
Australia Business Confidence Slips from 6-Year High
German Investor Sentiment ZEW Slips Unexpectedly
Oil tops $73 High Demand and US Dollar Weakness Main Factors
Gold surges through new record
Sterling tumbles on shock UK inflation fall
Weak US Dollar Helps Lift Oil Prices
UK Research Group Says Interest Rates to “Stay Low for Years”
Resurrecting the dollar?
Greece Deficit Could Exceed 12 Percent
Canadian Employment Figures boost Loonie
Germany’s trade surplus falls 43%
Weak dollar improves US trade gap
Another US bailout on the horizon?
Bernanke gives the dollar a boost with rate talk
The Fed is prepared to hike rates
Oil settles above $71
Britain Overtakes US as Worlds Top Financial Center
Asian Banks Continue to Intervene on Behalf of the US Dollar
European Central Bank Press Conference
US Retail Sales Rise in September
US Jobless claims hit 8-month low
Gold Rallies to Record Highs
Canadian Housing Starts Fall in September
Eurozone interest rate held at 1%
ECB on hold
Predictable King-Trichet
Where is your ‘double-dip’ now Roubini? Greed got us into this mess and greed is getting us out and into another bubble!
Reverse Mortgages to be Next Subprime?
Asian Central Banks Step Up Forex Intervention
Dollar Hit by Double Whammy
NY Fed President Predicts 3% Growth
Australia First G20 Country to Raise Interest Rates
UK Industrial Output Slides in August
Oil States Deny British Report on Replacing the US Dollar
The ‘Big Dollar’ has caught more than the Flu! Where is its vaccine?
Greenspan Sees 10% Unemployment Likely
Merril Analyst Says Demand, Weak Dollar Could Push Oil to $100
US Dollar Falls on Stock Market Gains
Bank of Canada Hints at Exchange Rate Volatility
Roubini, Soros Warn Stock Markets Could Lose Gains
G7 Minister’s Accept Weaker Greenback
‘Roubini Recession, Bernanke Depression’- a new Dylan title?
US lose 263,000 jobs last month Unemployment rate at 9.8%
Oil Falls on Weak US Employment News
US Lost More Jobs Than Expected
9.8% US Unemployment Rate with over 10.4 million on Jobless Benefits.
BoE to Exit QE Program in 6-12 Months According to Poll
Greenspan Calls for Tighter Credit, Higher Taxes
Merkel’s Next Challenge – Germany’s Rising Unemployment
Central Bank Exit Policies
Yen May Drop to 100, Former Japan Currency Official Utsumi Says
Eurozone Jobless Continues Rising
German jobs saved by short-time working subsidies, says IMF
Dollar jumps on European official’s comments
Oil falls below $70 after near $4 jump
Stock futures slip further after data
UK Corporate Debt Rise Lends Weight to Recovery
Britain to make ‘stronger’ exit from recession
IMF says world economy is recovering
Tankan Survey Results Weighs on Tokyo Stocks
New US Jobless Claims Higher Than Expected
Eurozone Unemployment Continues to Rise
Ireland take to the polls for Lisbon.
G7 has seen the light, it wants to be the ‘big dollars’ crutch!

September

Canada’s Dollar Gains Most in Four Weeks on IMF Outlook, Oil
Wall Street Turns Around and Gives Back Early Gains
Top UK Banks Cave to Goverment Pressure on Bonuses
Making the Case for Protectionism
Stocks tumble on drop in manufacturing activity
IMF G7 and World Bank Meetings Schedule
G20 means G7 no longer only game in town on forex
Japan’s Economy Slowing as Stimulus Wears Off
SNB intervened in the market today.
US GDP Revised Contracted Less than Reported last Quarter
Europe Shares Set for Best Quarter in 10 Years
Australia Retail Sales, Home Lending Jump, Stoking Rate Bets
Brown says markets ‘need morals’
Do not adjust your monitors!
US Consumer Confidence Report Falls Unexpectedly
UK Economy Contraction Reduced
FSA Orders Insurance Compensation
Is the USD getting ‘flu’ like symptoms again?
Volker Says Obama Plan Will Lead to Moral Hazard
Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Unexpectedly Decrease
Eur/Cad above 1.6000 now
Market eyeing suppot at 1.4690/10 level for Eur/Usd
Euro/Cad takes out stops above 1.5900
Bernanke and Co. agree to continue to give free money!
Foreign Widgets paid in USD’s are expensive now!
The Punch Drunk ‘dollar’ is Another Headache!
A USD Calm before the Storm!
Question to Obama and Bernanke. How many Initial, Continuing, Extended and Emergency Claim Recipients are there? …..+10.35m Jobless Americans to be precise!
Turkey’s Central Bank Cuts Rates
Swiss Central Bank Holds Key Interest Rate
Bernanke’s ‘USD’ Is Entering the Abyss!
Automakers Call for Continuation of Incentive Programs
Swiss Retail Numbers Rise in July
Q&A with Japanese Market Participants about New Policies
Bernanke Feels Weak!
Tire Wars Could Be Just The Beginning
Welcome to the Silly-Season for anything ‘USD’ related!
Obama Asks Congress to Overhaul Financial Accountability
Resuscitating the USD!
Treasury Prepares to Scale Back Stimulus Spending
‘Buck’ is terminally ill!
Beige Book Paints Optimistic Picture of Recovery
Oil climbs to near $72
Gold edges below $990
Fed: Economy has improved, challenges remain
Central banks keep rates at record low
U.S. recession ends, jobless outlook bleak: survey
UK House prices rise 0.8% to fuel rebound hopes
World Recovery Is Faster than Forecast: ECB Official
Bank of England holds rates at 0.5%
US foreclosure filings remain near record high
China Calls U.S. Duties on Pipes Protectionist
Up, Up and Up……Bang, Bubble and Burst!
From Flash Orders to Dark Pools
Black And Blue And Not Green All Over!
The Bullies Are Back In The School Yard Beating On ‘Mighty Buck’!
Food For Thought on The EUR As Ireland Gets Ready To Vote Again On The Lisbon Treaty
Will NFP Create The Perfect Storm?
Swiss Bank Outlaws U.S. Assets
ECB Holds Line on Interest Rates
The FED Is As Confused As We Are!
Sweden Goes Negative
Fear of Another Financial Flop beats Good Fundamentals!
If China’s Not Thirsty For The ‘Black-Stuff’, Who Is?

August

China And Japan Go In Opposite Directions!
UK Ready to Commit Extra $11bn to IMF
Australian Dollar Benefits from Oil Bounce
Iceland to Pay Back Icesave Cash
Oil up above $73; barrier at $75
Swedish Central Bank First to Offer Negative Interest
Boost for UK’s economic growth prospects
German govt focused on Magna’s Opel bid
Japanese economy hit by ‘double nightmare’
Japan jobless rate hits new high
Capital-Markets Cannot Have Long Boring Summer Days!
UBS has no plans to buy back toxic assets from SNB
Swiss Central Bank Sees Deflation Risk
Bank of Japan’s Shirakawa Urges Policy Makers to Avoid Bubbles
Canadians optimistic about recovery
Oil Above $72 in seesaw trade
Danish Central Bank Cuts Benchmark Rate by 10 points
US Economy Has Leveled Out According to Fed’s Lacker
Oil Price weighs Canadian Dollar Trading
Commodities Stocks drag Wall Street after Lower Oil Prices
GBP Depreciates after Consumer Spending and Business Investment Data
Fed’s Lacker: Unsure Of Impact Of Release Of Data
Capital Markets Trade Sideways-No Fun to be Had!
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I am confident that these Confidence numbers are not!
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Welcome back Ben Bernanke!
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Dr. Doom Warns of “Double-Dip” Recession
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Economics 101=the Roubini way!
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‘Every breath you make Ben Bernanke, we will be watching you’!
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Is China healthy again?
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China is our savior? But, it’s entering a ‘bear market’!
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Tuesday’s are for consolidation!
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The summer rally is over!
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China Stocks indexes are down, why are we happy?
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Bernanke is ‘flexible’ in his delivery!
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Bernanke befriends the Buck today!
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Will Bernanke and Co. push back?
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It’s Bernanke’s turn to take center stage!
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As expected-NFP surprises!
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Is the USD the world’s reserve currency? Nope……Carry? Maybe!
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Canadian Dollar Once Again Closing in on US Dollar Parity
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Green shoots are smokin!
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Forex is trading on fumes!
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July

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Bring back the Bulls Pamplona!
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Is this month over yet? Forex is Hard!
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China sneezes and the World catches the Flu!
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The next kill-joy, ‘Commercial Property Loans Go Bad’!
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Bernanke’s ‘Reality Show”!
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Canada’s Recession is over!
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Score One for the Taxpayer as Goldman Sachs Repays Loans
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Ben you are doing us proud!
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Ben Bernanke, the sequel!
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Ben and his magic wand!
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Michigan wins at +15% unemployment!
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Sterling has H1N1 Symptoms!
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Risk appetite on the Boil or have we turned it down to a Simmer?
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Are Global equities providing us with ‘False Hopes’?
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‘Depth with little Volume’!
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The ‘Buck feels confident’!
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‘Green Shoots’ and Pesticides don’t mix!
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G8 should reconvene at MJ’s ‘Neverland’!
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Will the Yuan Replace the Dollar?
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Don’t trust the Swiss?
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Australian Central Bank Holds rate at 3%
The ‘Buck’ get’s a get out of jail card!
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Say it ain’t so Joe?
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US lost 467,000 jobs last month Unemployment now 9.5%
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‘Less bad is Good’, but for how long?
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When they cry you buy. When they are ‘Yellen’ you’re selling!
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June

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Markets peaking?
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China gives the ‘Green Light’!
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Capital Markets this week provided something for everyone!
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Ireland Creates the Net Asset Management Agency
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USD ‘bears’ be afraid, be very very afraid!
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OECD and BOJ Member push for Bond Purchases
Polish Central Bank Cuts rate by 25bps to 3.50%
Commit Bernanke!
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Equity signs of a Bear market rally ending!
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Is this the Summer U-turn?
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It’s over…..European Leaders want exit strategy!
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Swiss Central Bank leaves rates unchanged
The US consumer-M.I.A!
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Russia and China Strengthen Ties
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Norway’s Central Bank to Twitter Rate Decision
BRIC came, saw, and gave us hot air!
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Bank of Japan leaves interest rates unchanged
Throw a BRIC at the USD strength!
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Sell, sell, sell and sell again!
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No love between the Fed and the US consumer!
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Turkey’s Forex Reserves Increase in June
Questions for the day?
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ECB activates swap line with Swedish CB
US Banks 2nd Q earning’s to be dismal!
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European Banks to follow Americans!
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Profit Taking, Reduced Contango Suggests Oil Prices Could Stabilize
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‘An unambiguous sign of improvement’ Is it really?
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US Economy Reports 350,000 Jobs Lost in April
A few good reasons ‘not’ to hate the US dollar entirely…..!
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Trichet to pressurize the US dollar even further!
BoE, ECB and BoC Announce Rate Decisions June 4th
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Geithner Assures China Reserves are Safe
‘Supranational Currency’ to kill the US dollar!
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‘Slowing down the slow-down’ not helping the US dollar!
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Is China Really on the Path to Recovery?
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Both the US dollar and GM are broke!
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May

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Are US Treasuries to be Tax deductable?
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The appetite for US Treasuries is difficult to digest!
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Chrysler out, GM in!
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North Korea to test Capital Markets nerves!
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North Korea is not on Holiday!
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US Credit Risk: Does China Know Something We Don’t?
No life-line for the ‘once’ mighty dollar!
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Is It Time to Bet on Oil Again?
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Bernanke’s minutes include disclaimers! Markets will not be happy.
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Consumers hoarding ‘Cash’ is not helping. Spend!
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US Housing starts drop 13 percent in April
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Perception has Risk-appetite advancing!
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European Central Bank Squabbling Harmful to Recovery
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Is this the beginning of the end of the ECB?
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Bernanke’s ‘green shoot’ economics is suffering frost burn!
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Greenspan Hawking Real Estate!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Bernanke demands Banks to identify other ‘risks’!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
US dollar to renew ‘signs of stress’?
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US Unemployment rate close to 9%
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Lost 5.1 million jobs, how many today?
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Geithner is no fool?
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US Bank Stress Test Results Due Tomorrow
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‘Tumultuous Thursday’-Bring it on!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Which 10 Banks are in trouble?
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Is this the week that Capital Markets die?
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Stress tests results postponed!
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April

US Jobless claims reported at 631,000
Does China’s Buying Gold Signal a Shift in Forex Policy?
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Equities trump ‘flu’ alert!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Regional Survey: Latin America
‘Flu’ cannot sicken Confidence index surprise!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Panic in Capital Markets as Flu cannot be contained!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Swine Flu heightens fear in FI and FX!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
The Day of our Lies?
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
This ‘stress’ tension is helping no-one!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
‘Stress test for dummy’s’ by Tim Geithner!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Is it true? $400 billion! When will the bleeding stop?
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
The next down wave is here!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Trichet’s Tokyo Tirade
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Is China in trouble?
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Markets are discounting poor earnings. Watch for Citi!
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Return of the Carry Trade
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Obama’s administration is to slay the ‘Mammoth’!
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Banks ‘Mum’ on stress tests!
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ECB Appears Split on Interest Rates
Who wants’ to be King at the BOE?
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
The lights remain out!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Doomsayers are loud again!
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Convinced yet? Now, what do we do?
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US Economy loses 663,000 jobs in February
Forget PPIP its G20′s PPC-Public Private Capitalism!
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G20 Reaches Agreement on Stimulus and Regulation
Banks Get Break on Question of Fair Value
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ECB Rate Cut Lower than Expected
G20 and Your answer’s are……?
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G20 world summit questions Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan
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Obama’s No Fool!
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March

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My way or No way! Obama
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The ‘Sea of Red’ never-ending!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
NFP surprises over?
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Geithner is rolling the dice….
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Geithner and Bernanke seek ‘absolute power’?
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When Good Assets Go Bad
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Toxic Assets or Toxic liabilities? Geithner, what are you trying to offload?
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Geithner’s Toxic Debt Hedge Fund
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Tim, it’s your time to shine!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Timmie, Say it ain’t so?
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House Prepares to Vote on “AIG Bill”
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Bye Bye USD$! Is the Fed creating a covert protectionist policy similar to that of the SNB? ……Nope?
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Is the FED to buy Bonds?
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Easy formula to remember according to today’s investment strategists:
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Mark-to-Market – Keeping the Banks Honest
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Are bank’s profit hints at a warning in disguise?
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Is this a ‘Swiss Melt’ policy?
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More Clarity Needed on Bank Stress Tests
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Is Citi insolvent? Playing politics leading us astray?
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Obama Reaches Out Prior to the G20 Meeting
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
The shenanigans at Citi! Do we not learn?
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Will Asian indices change our negativity?
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Quantitative Easing – G7 Prepares to Fire Up the Presses
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Is this a Recession or Depression?
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Unemployment Rate reaches 8.1%
NFP figures released US lost 651k jobs in February. Unemployment at 8%
NFP, will it be the loss of -1 million jobs?
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ECB cuts base rate to 1.50% as Trichet warns further cuts could follow
BOE Cuts rate by 50 basis points lowest rate in England’s History.
Expect Trichet and the ECB to confuse the day!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
How much Cash is really needed for the Banks? Can we count that far!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
How low can we go?
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Carbon Capping – What the U.S. Can Learn From Europe’s Experience
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Can the EUR survive?
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February

US GDP falls 6.2% in 2008 4th quarter
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Obama is following Robin Hood’s philosophy!
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UK Banks to be nationalized-their economy is plummeting out of control!
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Depth of Bear Markets Since 1929
The Bank Nationalization Question
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Bear Market Rally?
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
The Great Recession!
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Commercial Bank Lending Update
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The arrogance of US Financials will persist despite being semi nationalized!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Obama’s week of Contagion…..!
Slowing Inflation Puts Pressure on Bank of Canada to Cut Rates
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Obama’s done with the selling, sit back and let the ‘Band-Aid’ take effect….
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Falling Exports and Rising Yen – Japan Can’t Catch a Break
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‘Obama’s $30 Billion dollar Ride…..’
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President Obama’s stimulus plan to be signed today
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OANDA ASIA PACIFIC Opens for Business
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Obama Mortgage Plan boosts Stock Markets Increases Risk Appetite
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US Retail Sales Rise Unexpectedly by 1 percent
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Wall Street CEOs facing Congress declare no more bonuses are coming
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US Bank Rescue plan lacks clarity, fails at confidence.
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Charges of Protectionism Cause Worries Within the EU
Obama’s Plan passes Senate as Bad Bank resurfaces
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President Obama urges Stimulus package approval after weaker NFP
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US Economy losses 598k jobs in January
USD receives a boost from Walmart and new accounting proposal
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BOE reduces benchmark rate to 1.00%
The ‘Thain Tax’ has been imposed!
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Motor Industry in ‘Death Spiral’!
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Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Milton Friedman and the Euro
Obama expects more Banks to fail!
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‘Bad Bank’ will pay ‘Cash for Trash’…..we all end up paying in the end!
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January

US GDP shrinks 3.8% the most in 26 years
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EUR’s ‘Death Wish 2’…….introducing Soros!
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European Confidence falls to record low!
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‘Let them eat cake…..again’!
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Another -73k job cuts yesterday (Caterpillar, ING, Home Depot) …and counting!!
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Social discontent to leave a stain on Capital Markets!
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Another Day, Another Ponzi
Obama waves Red Flag to China!
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Japanese housewives to be ‘burned’ in FX Markets!
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US Banks are insolvent!!
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Can President Obama live up to the hype and hope?
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Historical week for everyone!
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Is this week over yet!!
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ECB reduces Minimum Bid rate by 50 basis points to 2 percent
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What’s the difference between Ireland and Iceland? –One letter and about 6-months!
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How the mighty have fallen….Citibank a crumpling empire!
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Reality bites!……Skip a deeper recession, go straight to Depression?
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Will Trichet pull the Trigger?
Forex News and Rumors
US NFP reports 524,000 lost jobs in December, US unemployment reaches 7.2%
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors
Depression beckons?
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Non-farm Payroll to hit -1m…when?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
An ecological disaster looming-The FED to destroy trees to print money!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Death of the Celtic Tiger
Russia is on the Offensive again!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors
Tax aid from Obama….
Another Day another Year, but, same old problems!
Forex News and Rumors

2008 Articles

December

Happy New Year……..??
Forex News and Rumors
2009 a ‘Year of Hope’?
Forex News and Rumors
The EUR benefits from the Middle-East.
Forex News and Rumors
Seasons Greetings-‘Back to the future’!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Nothing positive this side of Christmas!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Expect irrational currency movements this Christmas week!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
A Christmas to remember and forget!!!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Japan threatens intervention. Will we see verbal intervention from Trichet and the Swiss?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Quantitative Easing and the G7
Quantitative easing has been declared!!!-dust off Gutenberg’s printing press.
Forex News and Rumors
Fed Cuts Rates to 0.25 Percent
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Bernanke battles ‘depression’?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Are the US Treasury actions just a legitimized ‘Ponzi’ scheme?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Get Your Motors Running
R.I.P-Detroit three!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Russia loses control, Iceland in deficit, Swiss nearing zero, Sarkozy wants stimulus-this is only a ‘technical’ recession!!!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
A Christmas wish list…..a Job?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Bank of Canada Cuts Lending Rates
Obama ‘O-phoria’! Here to stay?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Early Seasonal gift from President Elect Obama!
Forex News and Rumors
Managing Economies in an Era of Low Interest Rates
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
US NFP reports 533k lost jobs, the worst since 1974
NFP -533k and the unemployment rate ticks up to 6.7%
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
‘Tepid’ Trichet to disappoint again?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors
Investors prepare for an eye-popping NFP headline!
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
This ‘Great Recession’ expected to lose millions of more jobs!
Forex News and Rumors
Reserve Bank of Australia cuts rate by 100bps strenghtens AUD
Australia and New Zealand’s Central Banks expected to cut interest rates this week
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Investors seek ‘risk aversion’ trade ideas!
Forex News and Rumors

November

Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Trichet and Co. to be more aggressive next week!
Forex News and Rumors
Bernanke and His Deflation Checklist
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Bernanke and Paulson can breath easier this week, next week will be the backbreaker!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Are Bernanke and Paulson on the ‘back-foot’ again?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Obama’s ‘o-phoria’ is dead in the water!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Obama’s appointments are appeasing Capital Markets for now. Is Citibank to spoil the party?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
With Global Equities plunging once again, what financial leader is driving the bus? There is no one staying on and no faith in any driver!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Forget disinflation, Panic is coming and it’s supporting safe heaven US dollar for now.
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors
To Bail out or not to bail out, that is the question as GM, Ford and Chrysler wait
NAFTA Revisited May Now Be NAFTA Delayed
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
USD recovers as Auto bailout flounders amid Investor Risk Aversion
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
G20 meeting ends without any concrete answers as Japan enters recession.
Forex News and Rumors
US Retail sales drop in the biggest monthly decline since 1992.
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
USD and Wall Street recover before the G20 leaders meeting in Washington
Forex News and Rumors
Auto Bailout Threatens to be Obama’s First Test
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Like a House of Cards, Global Economies are falling. ‘The Buck’ is King!
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Safe heaven USD continues to be supported. Is this the end of the EUR?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors
A somber day, a somber USD?
Racing to the Bottom or Money For Nothing*
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
China’s half-a-trillion investment aids global equities and the ‘carry’ trade.
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors
Is This The End of the Yen Carry Trade?
October US Employment Figures Released
Today’s a reality check, NFP to shed more than -300k jobs!
Forex News and Rumors
Alan Greenspan – “It A’int Me, Babe”
Forex News and Rumors
Obama’s honeymoon will be short lived as Global recession deepens. Is it time for the USD to shine again?
Bank of England Slashes Interest Rates
Forex News and Rumors
NFP release on Nov 7th expected to show US Economy lost 200k jobs
ECB BoE Expected to Cut Lending Rates
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
With President Obama winning, Is Fixed Income, Forex and equities hung over?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors
Is Obama a foregone conclusion? Equities, Bonds and Forex have priced a win. If not, where to?
Bet on Euro to Drop 7% Against Yen UBS Says
RBA cuts benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
King, Trichet expected to be aggressive this week. ‘Big Dollar’ safer heaven?
Forex News and Rumors

October

Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors
Bernanke and Co. wipe $10 trillion off equity values this month. Is there more to follow?
Bernanke ‘stands and delivers’ or does he?
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Stop Hoarding and Start Lending
Will the Fed’s Chair Ben surprise us today?..
Forex News and Rumors
Forex News and Rumors – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for October 28th, 2008
Global equities get the ‘green light’!
Forex News and Rumors for October 27th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex and Equity massacre continues….
Forex News and Rumors for October 27th, 2008
Forex News and Rumors for October 24th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Greenspan comes clean-faults led to Capital Markets tsunami!
Forex News and Rumors for October 24th, 2008
Forex News and Rumors for October 23rd, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for October 23rd, 2008
How to loose in forex and stocks with out trying… watch your portfolio!
Forex News and Rumors for October 22nd, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for October 22nd, 2008
EUR vs. USD……….round 2!
Forex News and Rumors for October 21st, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for October 21st, 2008
The US dollar finds love again… but, for how long?
Forex News and Rumors for October 20th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
The Oracle of Omaha Speaks
Forex News and Rumors for October 20th, 2008
Whats with the ‘Big dollar’…………….we lost the ‘love’?
Forex News and Rumors for October 17th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for October 17th, 2008
Forex and Equities embrace slippery Oil prices……..!
Mexican Central Bank auctions $1.9 Billion to boost ailing Peso MXN
Forex News and Rumors for October 16th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Where is the Financial Leadership? Brown, Bernanke or Bozo….!!
Forex News and Rumors for October 16th, 2008
Forex News and Rumors for October 15th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for October 15th, 2008
Is the Party over for Forex and Equities?
Forex News and Rumors for October 14th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for October 14th, 2008
Dow advances +11.6%, Dollar dips……We happy yet?
Forex News and Rumors for October 10th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Mexican Peso (MXN) receives a temporary boost from daily auction increase to $3.5 Billion
Forex waits to take lead from G7……More ‘cuts’ coming?
Forex News and Rumors for October 10th, 2008
Forex News and Rumors for October 9th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Are Forex markets acting rational……?
Forex News and Rumors for October 9th, 2008
Forex News and Rumors for October 8th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Volatility hits Mexican Peso as Central Bank scrambles to inject cash.
Forex News and Rumors for October 8th, 2008
7 Cbanks cut rates in a coordinated interest rate reduction!!
Forex News and Rumors for October 7th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Apocalyptic Financial Crisis?
Forex News and Rumors for October 7th, 2008
Forex News and Rumors for October 6th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
The Credit Tsunami hits FOREX!
Forex News and Rumors for October 6th, 2008
Forex News and Rumors for October 3rd, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for October 3rd, 2008
Will Today’s NFP and ‘Bank-aid’ plan lead to ‘coordinated interest rate cuts’ for Forex?
Forex News and Rumors for October 2nd, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Finally – Someone to Blame for the Sub Prime Mess
Forex News and Rumors for October 2nd, 2008
Forex markets believe ‘aid’ passing is a given and Global Recession is looming!
Diagram of the Bail-Out approved by the House of Representatives.
Forex News and Rumors for October 1st, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for October 1st, 2008
Did Yesterday’s Market Rally Kill Paulson’s Rescue Plan?
US Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) will be released Friday, October 3rd.
Are Forex Markets waiting for a ‘vetoed’ plan to support the greenback again?

September

Forex News and Rumors for September 29th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 29th, 2008
Are CBanks about to orchestrate a global rate ‘cut’?
Forex News and Rumors for September 29th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 29th, 2008
A Herculean Greenback is aided by TARA (Troubled Asset Relief Act.)
Forex News and Rumors for September 26th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 26th, 2008
US dollar sideswiped in Forex markets over ‘toxic waste’ delay!
Forex News and Rumors for September 25th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 25th, 2008
Bailout plan negotiations hurt USD as Bush warns of recession.
Forex News and Rumors for September 24th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 24th, 2008
The US dollar performs like a ‘wounded bear’-erratic and dangerous!
Forex News and Rumors for September 23rd, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 23rd, 2008
Is Forex witnessing the ‘demise’ of the US dollar?
Forex News and Rumors for September 22nd, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 22nd, 2008
Fait Complete! GSNY and MSNY-investment banking no more.
Forex News and Rumors for September 19th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 19th, 2008
General Custer and Bernanke, will he suffer a similar fate?
Forex News and Rumors for September 18th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Is the U.S. “AAA” Rating at Risk?
Forex News and Rumors for September 18th, 2008
Further Financial Fallout’s dominate Forex!
Forex News and Rumors for September 17th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 17th, 2008
AIG 1 Lehman O-as the FED takes control!
Forex News and Rumors for September 16th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
The Bank of China Blinks
Forex News and Rumors for September 16th, 2008
Contagious Credit markets are giving the Fed a headache!
Forex News and Rumors for September 15th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 15th, 2008
Lehman bankruptcy pressurizes USD in Forex!
Forex News and Rumors for September 12th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 12th, 2008
Forex takes direction from Lehman!
Forex News and Rumors for September 11th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
U.S. Heading for a Credit Card Bubble? – It’s Deja Vu All Over Again!
Forex News and Rumors for September 11th, 2008
Forex declares ‘dollar’ King!
Forex News and Rumors for September 10th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 10th, 2008
Is the ‘big’ dollar exposed to further weakness?
Forex News and Rumors for September 9th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
New Zealand Official Cash Rate
Forex News and Rumors for September 9th, 2008
Is the USD loosing support after Freddie and Fannie seizure?
Forex News and Rumors for September 8th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 8th, 2008
Faith restored in Forex?
Forex News and Rumors for September 5th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 5th, 2008-Updated 10:15 AM
NFP to surprise Forex!
Forex News and Rumors for September 4th, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Forex News and Rumors for September 4th, 2008
ECB and BOE will dominate Forex.
Forex News and Rumors for September 3rd, 2008 – Afternoon Update
Bank of England and European Central Bank upcoming rate decisions
Forex News and Rumors for September 3rd, 2008
Euro policy makers beat up on Euro while ‘buck’ reigns supreme!
Forex News and Rumors for September 2nd, 2008
UK Housing Slump Adds to Recession Concerns
Forex USD ‘bulls run rabid’!

August

The IEA calms down Gustav fears and helps the USD recover
Forex News and Rumors for August 29th, 2008
Durable goods keep USD afloat, as ECB’s Weber offers hawkish comments to boost EUR
Forex News and Rumors for August 28th, 2008
Forex News and Rumors for August 27th, 2008
Hurricane Gustav pushes Oil prices higher as the USD stops its advance versus the EUR.
Forex News and Rumors for August 26th, 2008
UK Holiday results in low liquidity, USD Bulls still moving forward
Fed commitment to remain vigilant boosts USD bulls
Forex Correlation Heatmap and Correlation Table
Forex cannot keep the USD down!
The USD takes a breather!
The USD reigns supreme?
Will China Fall Victim to the Post-Olympic Jinx?
Buy US$, wear diamonds?
A passive ‘greenback’?
Robust US$ Remains!
US$ little changed ahead of CPI!
Fed’s Fisher diagnoses the US Economy with anemia.
US$ in line for Gold!
US$ declines, movements excessive!
Pipeline Fire Underscores Vulnerability of Russian Oil Supply
A herculean US$?
ECB and BOE to follow suit?
Fed remains on course?
NFP D-day!

July

Forex embrace Bush, Bernanke and Paulson!
Is ADP data to surprise Forex?
Forex siesta part 2!
Forex siesta starts!
Bank’s see red! Where is USD$?
The Hawks Are Circling
EUR wilts, USD roars, for now!
Plosser and Paulson Profess a stronger USD$!
USD$ treading water for now!
USD$-Where to now?
Another ‘wild and crazy day’ in FX?
Forex reprieve before the ‘onslaught’?
Bernanke:Can he ‘switch hit’?
USD$ crisis is underway!
Loose Lips Sink Banks
Paulson supports Freddie and Fannie!
Yellen Louder!
Fed Hawks seek ‘neutral’ with hikes!
Bernanke: Soothsayer or Gambler?
Freddie and Fannie Flop?
Will the G8 perform?
Make or Break Time for China?
Trichet does not deliver- Is the USD$ wanted?
‘Terrifying Thursday’ ECB + NFP=weaker USD$!!!
Weekly Oil Inventory day, will it help?
Risk Aversion strategies dominate as USD$ avoided!!

June

Oil prices running ‘amuck’!
‘We’re caught in a trap’!
Buffett: Bull Bear Bernanke=Stagflation!
Bernanke ‘Hawk or Dovish’ today?
Bernanke to take center stage.
Jeddah a bust?
Dean’s FX| Will Oil Prices Break down?
CFTC Moves to Close the London Loop
Dean’s FX|SNB and BOE surprise the markets.
Dean’s FX|Fed’s lack of evidence to hike!
Fed Funds Rate and ECB Minimum Bid Rate
Dean’s FX| USD$ Bears are bullish!
Oil and Interest Rate Uncertainty Makes for an Interesting Couple of Weeks
Dean’s FX| G8 commodity and stagflation concerns
Dean’s FX|Lisbon, Osaka and the EUR!
Dean’s FX|Bernanke, Bonds and Beer!
Dean’s FX 11th June|Stagflation dominates?
Dean’s FX 10th June|Bernanke is the USD$ backstop!
Dean’s FX 9th June|Help the USD$!
Dean’s FX 6th June|Employment D-Day!
Dean’s FX 5th June|ECB and BOE countdown.
US NFP and Unemployment Rate Graphs
Dean’s FX 4th June|Bernanke attempts to bully FX Markets!
Dean’s FX 3rd June|Financial downgrade fallout!
Dean’s FX June 2nd|Oil Top?

May

April

A Short Crude History
EUR to the Moon!

February

Who Will Insure the Bond Insurers?

January

Where is the PPT When You Need It?

2007 Articles

December

The Fed Gets Creative
Perfect Storm for the “S” Word

November

The Loonie’s Wild Ride
Bank of England and Northern Rock

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