Stock market analysis : Currencies

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...

April 24, 2013 at 09:40 am EDT

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...

April 19, 2013 at 06:02 am EDT

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...

April 15, 2013 at 11:30 am EDT

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...

April 11, 2013 at 12:02 pm EDT

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...

April 09, 2013 at 12:17 pm EDT

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...

April 05, 2013 at 11:08 am EDT

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...

March 25, 2013 at 09:42 am EDT

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...

March 19, 2013 at 10:43 am EDT

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...

March 15, 2013 at 01:00 pm EDT

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...

March 11, 2013 at 09:47 am EDT

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR / US DOLLAR (NZD/USD) : The Kiwi under pressure

As well as having a famous rugby team, New Zealand also has a strong currency, often ranked among the eight major currencies. The local central bank, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand , has recently...

March 01, 2013 at 09:27 am EST

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD) : Political impasse in Italy

Downward pressure on the Euro is confirmed following the complicated Italian legislatives despite the confirmation of the U.S. monetary policy by Ben Bernanke. Annual high points already seem so far...

February 27, 2013 at 11:26 am EST

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD) : Fed changes the face

Monetary policies of central banks drive the market in early 2013 and the FOMC Meeting Minutes did not exception. Usually accused of letting slip its currency to attractive rates, the U.S. central...

February 22, 2013 at 08:58 am EST

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD) : Green light from G20 to accomodating policies

The single currency could soon restart its rise whereas, as expected, the statement of the G20 does not stigmatize the Japanese or American monetary policies. At the end of the meeting of finance...

February 18, 2013 at 09:51 am EST

US DOLLAR / JAPANESE YEN (USD/JPY) : Report on the Yen before the G20

While unconventional measures implemented by the Bank of Japan focus the attention of most Western authorities, reluctant to admit competitive devaluations, can the meeting of finance ministers and...

February 15, 2013 at 08:53 am EST

EURO / AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (EUR/AUD) : The RBA is ready to act

While Australia remains the only major country to have escaped from recession in 2008 thanks to the demand from the emerging countries, its economy is currently undergoing turbulence of the global...

February 14, 2013 at 09:01 am EST

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD) : Attention is now on Eurozone currency

After a high of 14 months beyond USD 1.37, Euro fell in the face of political uncertainty in Italy and Spain and concerns of European leaders. While the transalpine peninsula observed with utmost...

February 11, 2013 at 08:31 am EST

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD) : Buying fever

Encouraged by the status quo of the Fed, the Euro continues to rise but could now face a major resistance while the peripheral economies of the Old Continent struggling to revive. Though she had...

February 04, 2013 at 09:40 am EST

BRITISH POUND / US DOLLAR (GBP/USD) : The Bank of England is going to go to war

While the devaluation race is in full swing in the United States as in Japan, the Bank of England could print money due to oppressive risk of a third recession since 2008. Although growth resumed...

February 04, 2013 at 08:33 am EST

EURO / US DOLLAR (EUR/USD) : Target price reached

After several sessions of hesitation, the euro has broken its upper bound of its trading range due to favorable international macroeconomics and the prepayment of a portion of the loans by European...

January 29, 2013 at 04:44 am EST

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