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USD Forecast to Continue Bullish as Market Uncertainty Rises

February 11, 2011 7:00 pm by Greg Holden

With the US dollar still rising against its primary currency rivals, many expectations appear to point towards a continuation of strength heading into next week. But is this really the case?

USD May See Upward Correction Today

February 10, 2011 7:06 am by Natalie R.

After falling against most of its main currency rivals yesterday, the US dollar may be able to rebound today with the release of this week's US Unemployment Claims.  In addition, significant news out of the UK is likely to contribute ...

Can Crude Maintain its New Rally?

November 2, 2010 3:22 pm by Natalie R.

Oil prices received a boost yesterday after Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi suggested consuming countries are happy with oil between $70 and $90 a barrel, raising the price ceiling by 10$ from the previous range of $70 - $80.

Can we Expect Another Rally for Gold prices?

October 29, 2010 1:08 pm by Natalie R.

After reaching a record high of $1,376.70 an ounce on Oct. 14th, Gold prices have been falling steadily ever since, stabilizing around the $1335 level. Can we expect another rally for Gold prices? The answer may come after next week’s ...

US Advance GDP Report

October 28, 2010 6:26 pm by Natalie R.

Tomorrow the advanced version of the US 3rd quarter GDP is expected to be released at 12:30 GMT. The GDP is the annualized change in the inflation-adjusted value of all goods and services produced by the economy. The GDP estimate ...

Is the U.S Housing Market Seeing a Long Awaited Recovery?

October 26, 2010 6:03 pm by Natalie R.

With the upcoming Nov.2 -3 FOMC meeting and the speculation of expansion of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve the main focus of the markets, this week’s economic data is expected to have great effect on investors’ expectations.

Is there Light at the End of the Tunnel for the USD?

October 14, 2010 8:39 pm by Natalie R.

During today’s trading, USD/CAD briefly broke parity for the first time since April and the AUD/USD pair is nearing parity. The USD also declined to a record low versus the CHF today, as well as to a new 15 year ...

How Will Today’s FOMC Meeting Affect the USD?

September 21, 2010 4:12 am by Natalie R.

With the FOMC meeting minutes expected to be published today at 18:15 GMT, the main question is whether or not the Fed will hold off from further purchasing securities or decide to expand the stimulus further and thus its balance ...

How Will the Federal Reserve’s Next Move Affect the USD?

August 24, 2010 1:24 pm by Natalie R.

If at the beginning of the year the Federal Reserve was talking about starting to tighten monetary policy and exit strategies, abundance of negative economic data in recent months has led the Fed to discuss possible future actions to push ...

Forex News: Will Riskier Assets Stay on Top Today?

August 2, 2010 8:59 am by Natalie R.

As we start off the week, risk taking seems to be the predominant sentiment in the marketplace. Both the EURand U.K. Pound are making gains on the U.S. Dollar and Yen. Today, traders will want to pay attention to a ...