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FX flows show waning confidence in the dollar as investors decide to back the euro and yen instead. Swiss lender UBS have released data showing a record rise in buying of EUR/USD in the run up to the March 16 FOMC meeting...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 19:31 #FOMC
EUROSTOXX50: European Indices Fell Down After the Terrorist Attack in Brussels The explosions which were fired this morning in Brussels has hit European stock indices. Belgium special services believe that the explosions were the terrorist attack...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 19:31
The euro received a boost on Tuesday the 22nd of March thanks to the release of data confirming economic activity in the Eurozone picked up in February. The EUR/USD exchange rate rose nine points from 1.1195 to 1...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 18:42
The expectations of China’s growth rebalancing away from industrial and real-estate investment toward consumption (of both goods and services) has defined several medium-term trends in relative asset prices within Asia. We highlight three examples...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 17:49
An ill-conceived strategy undermined by mismanagement and bad fortune is increasing the risks that the UK votes to leave the EU in June. Nearly everything that could, has gone wrong for UK Prime Minister Cameron...
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Francis Dogbe, 22 March 2016, 17:19
USD/CAD technical set-up points to the possibility of being the first leg of a correction, notes Goldman Sachs. "In January, the market completed a multi-year 5-wave sequence that had started at the Jul. ’11 low. This look very similar to the 5-waves on the Trade Weighted USD chart...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 16:31 #usd/cad
News of the explosions in Brussels has unnerved investors today with the major European indices all trading lower and safe haven gold higher, though both assets are off their daily extremes. Indeed, the precious metal has so far only found moderate support from this source...
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Francis Dogbe, 22 March 2016, 16:20 #gold
BNP Paribas continues to favour fading AUD resilience and remain long EURAUD via options. "This is also in line with STEER, our shortterm fair value model, which currently has the AUDUSD short-term fair value at 0.7365. Furthermore, Australian Q4 house prices moderated to 0.2% q/q from 2.0...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 15:30
Central Bank inability or reluctance to weaken their currencies is radically changing the outlook for most currencies in 2016...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 15:27 #forex
The euro has taken back the initiative against pound sterling after a soft start to March and is likely to continue its ascent until mid-year 2016. The marketplace for the pound and euro remains structurally biased in favour of the single currency studies show...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 14:38
According to Fed’s Williams both April and June have the potential for rate hikes. He added that the US economy is looking great in isolation and that it proved remarkably resilient to global factors. He added that if it weren’t for global factors, they would have hiked sooner...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 14:36 #forex
A result of our long position in #GPBUSD was fixed with loss at 1.4371. Soon a downward movement continued, and we opened an order to sell. Find out more by checking out the Source Link. Please note that this post was originally published on Vistabrokers.com...
A short position in #USDJPY may be closed soon. If the upward movement continues, we will have a good point to close with a #profit. Find out more by checking out the Source Link. Please note that this post was originally published on Vistabrokers.com...
The terror bombings in Brussels are impacting sterling. The link between the pound and social events in Europe is strong ahead of the UK's watershed vote on EU membership due in the middle of the year...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 13:02 #forex
Cable is not the only major USD rate suffering a volatile session this morning, with USD/CAD now some 70 cents off the highs after a sharp rally to 1.3135-40, and the pull-back equally swift...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 12:36 #forex
GBP/USD Hovers Below 50% Fibo GBP/USD avoided fresh sell-off despite weaker-than-expected UK CPI, but stays on a weak footing around 1.4284 (50% Fibo of post Fed rally). Supported by 38.2% Fibo The sell-off in Cable came to a halt around 1.4255 (38.2% of 1.3835-1...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 12:11
EUR/USD Extends the Rebound From 1.1190 After bottoming out in the proximity of 1.1180 earlier in the session, EUR/USD has pulled itself together and is now advancing above the 1.1200 handle...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 12:09
EUR/USD Breaks Major Support 1.1207, Decline Till 1.1100 Is Possible Major support – 1.12070 (trend line joining 1.12558 and 1.12355) Major intraday support – 1.1260 The pair has broken 1.12070 and declined till 1.1883 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around 1.12063...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 11:56
EUR/JPY Prints Session Low Below 125.00 The EUR/JPY pair hit a low of 124.67 in Europe after the news of a terror attack in Brussels triggered a sell-off in EUR/USD and USD/JPY pair. Hovers above 125.00 The cross now trades around 125...
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Roberto Jacobs, 22 March 2016, 11:49
Morten Helt, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, sees the cross slipping towards 0.7300 in a year’s view. “Given the high uncertainty surrounding the EU referendum, we see risks skewed to the upside for EUR/GBP ahead of 23 June”...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 22 March 2016, 11:47 #eur/gbp