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1. The Fed is worried about global growth The big change in the statement was inserting a line saying "Global economic developments continue to pose risks...

As we head into yet another important FOMC statement, I wanted to bring up a currency pair that is somewhat sheltered from any Fed-induced volatility. I have mentioned AUDNZD several times since November of last year...

The reward to risk ratio (RRR, or reward:risk ratio) is a very controversially discussed trading topic and while some traders claim that the reward:risk ratio is totally useless, others believe it is the Holy Grail in trading...

The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday as it balances continued concerns about the health of the global economy with fresh signs that domestic inflation is starting to rear its head...

There were 31.42 million people in work, 116,000 more than for August to October 2015 and 478,000 more than for a year earlier. There were 22.94 million people working full-time, 302,000 more than for a year earlier. There were 8...

It was an extraordinary week for the Australian Dollar. It started on a bad note with Building Approvals disappointing the market with a negative 7.5 vs a negative 2.9% expected. Chinese manufacturing PMI didn’t help with a lower than expected print in the same day...

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said there is room to slash interest rates to around minus 0.5 percent, countering a growing suspicion that public criticism over January's decision to adopt negative rates will prevent him from pursuing with the policy...

The USDJPY continues to fall after the retail sales disappoint. The control group which feeds into the GDP saw the number come in at 0.0% vs +0.2%. The revision shaved a healthy amount off of the January number (from +0.6% to +0.2%). What was a great start to 2016 (+0...

The EUR/USD has opened Tuesday’s trading moving inside of a 53-pip range. Despite today’s US Advanced Retail Sales figures posting better than expected at -0...

This year, the world’s billionaires clocked in an aggregate net worth of $6.48 trillion, according to the Forbes Billionaires list released this month, with the usual suspects topping the list – including Bill Gates ($75 billion), Inditex ITX, -0...

Buying the Swiss franc may be the best hedge against the United Kingdom voting to quit the European Union (EU), according to HSBC — but not everybody agrees. The British bank said the Swiss currency would likely rally strongly on a "Brexit," but would not weaken if the U.K...

Over the next three months or so, EUR trading will likely depend on three factors: i) efficacy of the ECB policy package, ii) external environment, especially Fed policy and risk sentiment, and iii) ECB willingness to ease further, including rate cuts, when necessary...

Global equity markets have increased their gains at the start of the week, with European indices closing between 0.3 to 1.6 per cent higher today. In the US, shares on Wall Street were trading higher at the time of this writing...

Take profit placement and trade exits usually rank very low on a trader’s priorities list; typically way behind finding better entry signals or effectively setting stops...

The Federal Reserve's policy meeting this week will be closely watched, particularly after the stimulative measures taken by the European Central Bank last week. Here are some steps that U.S...

This week, the main focus will shift back stateside with the Federal Open Market Committee (March 16) meeting. Nevertheless, there are also rate decisions from Bank of Japan (March 14), Bank of England (March 17) and Swiss National Bank (March 17...

• EUR/GBP has lost all of its ECB meeting's gains. It seems that there is no momentum taking place right now. The pair remains above hourly support at 0.7652 (10/03/2016 low). Next support lies at 0.7525 (22/01/2016 low). Hourly resistance can be located at 0.7848 (10/03/2016 high...

When the world's top finance ministers met at the recent G20 summit in Shanghai, they shined the spotlight Brexit as a truly global economic risk. Financial markets may not need the reminder. Yet do investors continue to discount Brexit...

Central banks will be in focus this week, with monetary policy decisions due from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the U.S. Federal Reserve...