Currencies

Currencies: Commodity Currencies Looking Attractive

Between 2012 and 2016 the commodity currencies – the Australian dollar , the Canadian dollar , and the South African Rand – suffered through gruesome bear markets relative to the U.S. dollar due...

BRITISH POUND / US DOLLAR (GBP/USD): Will the cable drop?

While the greenback perseveres in its powerful rise, the GBP/USD pair is sinking further, suffering from the divergence between the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, as...

US DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN (USD/JPY): Inexpensive Dollar

Traded again close to 100 yens after a brief approach to 104 yens, the dollar allows us to put our trading plan to execution. The majority of international financial flows are organized around the...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): The Eurozone is widening the gap

Although strong since the beginning of spring, the single currency is limping while the ECB eases its monetary policy whereas the greenback shows serious signs of strength. Despite the firmness of...

US DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN (USD/JPY): 100 yens for one dollar

After several unsuccessful attempts, the dollar has taken advantage of a marked improvement in the US labor market and the new green light from international leaders in the Japanese monetary policy to...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Monetary adjusments

The greenback is getting back its color while the U.S. labor market shows signs of improvement and the ECB may be soon more accommodative. After the recent cut of the central bank’s key rate,...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): ECB giving a boost

After a political deadlock broken in Italy and the status quo of the Federal Reserve, the new rate cut by the ECB has led the euro in contact with USD 1.30. After two months of fruitless...

BRITISH POUND / US DOLLAR (GBP/USD): The United Kingdom avoided recession

The difference in outlook between the U.S. and British economies tightened after the release of growth rates in the first quarter on both sides of the Atlantic, when the Federal Reserve may confirm...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Exchange is died quiet

The Euro remains above USD 1.30 despite a gloomy macroeconomics while the political situation in Italy seems to unlock progressively. Continued contraction in private sector activity in Euroland...

EURO / BRITISH POUND (EUR/GBP): Fitch deprives the United Kingdom of its triple A

Penalized by poor economic outlook, the United Kingdom has recently been deprived of its Triple A by a second rating agency while the accommodative policy of the central bank calls also for a decrease...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): New period of turbulence

Mistreated by Chinese statistics, the single currency resists due to lower U.S. inflation. The fall of China's GDP to 7.7% on year in the first quarter, against 8% expected by economists, has...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Monetary Expansion

Decisions of the Japanese central bank , combined with the continuation of an ultra-accommodative monetary policy overseas, are supporting risk appetite and allow the single currency to resume its...

US DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN (USD/JPY): Capital flight

Investors go away from the Japanese archipelago after the last meeting of the central bank of Japan which marks a break with the previous policy now giving priority to a massive increase in the money...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Comeback above USD 1.30

The sharp fall in Non-Farm Employment Change penalizes the greenback, allowing the single currency, driven by a central bank which seems to be less accommodative, to quickly comeback above USD...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Minimum bid rate unchanged

After an intense situation with the Cypriot case, worries still persist in the Eurozone where macroeconomic indicators are getting worse as the ECB is pursuing its monetary status quo. Despite his...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Agreement reached for Cyprus

Whereas the ECB threatened not to put money into the Cypriot banks in cash from the March 25, intense negotiations in Brussels finally lead to an agreement about the bailout of the island. In...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): Back to the reality

After skyrocketing in January, the single currency is facing again its fundamentals while American and European figures are increasing their differences, Italy is in a political stalemate and Brussels...

US DOLLAR / CANADIAN DOLLAR (USD/CAD): The "loonie" threaten by the strong US Dollar

The decline of the USD/CAD gives us a buying opportunity as the central bank of Canada seems less eager to tighten its monetary policy. While the institution notes that Canadian exports are...

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD): No more downside risks

The Euro remains above USD 1.30 following the ECB which is less accommodative than expected and a good dynamic of stock markets despite a gloomy macroeconomic and the entry into force of automatic...