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U.S shares fluctuated in the opening
The world`s leading economy saw its shares fluctuating throughout the opening session as mixed sentiments; fears and hopes, were spread on a local scale with on one hand orders for business equipment dropped for a second month and on the other hand Hewlett-Packard Co. gained significantly.
In fact Hewlett-Packard climbed 4.8 percent as the personal-computer maker announced plans to slice its workforce by 27,000 and reported quarterly sales and profit that topped estimates.
Facebook Inc. rose 1.9 percent, poised for a second day of gains, after tumbling 19 percent earlier this week. While that Tiffany & Co. dropped 7.6 percent as the world’s second-largest luxury jewelry retailer cut its full-year profit and sales forecasts.
The Dollar index which measures the performance of the U.S. ...
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Fed's Dudley: New policy actions unlikely: CNBC
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve likely will not need to ease monetary policy further but it cannot rule it out if the economy were to take a turn for the worse, New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley said on Thursday.
"My view is that, if we continue to see improvement in the economy, in terms of using up the slack in available resources, then I think it's hard to argue that we absolutely must do something more in terms of the monetary policy front," he said in an interview on CNBC.
However, Dudley, a voting member of the U.S. central bank's monetary policy committee, said if Europe's debt crisis or a potentially sharp tightening of U.S. fiscal policy at the end of the year began to threaten the recovery, the Fed might need to act.
"If employment gains were to falter, if ...
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USD/CAD Daily technical analysis - May 2012
The pair USD/CAD has broken its bearish slant (black line) and then made a bullish rallye during May. Currently, the pair is testing the resistance at 1.0240. The trend is neutral between this level and 1.01.
In case of breakout of 1.0240, the trend will be bullish. The breakout of 1.0362 (level 23.60%) will give a new buy signal and open the way towards 1.0533.
However, if 1.01 is broken, this will indicate the return of the bearish trend. The breakout of 0.9811 will give a new sell signal and open the way towards 0.9680.
Previous USD/CAD Daily Analysis - April 2012
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USD/CHF Daily technical analysis - May 2012
The pair USD/CHF has broken the resistance at 0.9270 and has continued during May its bullish movement. The pair is currently moving towards the resistance at 0.9754 and is moving above the fibonacci retracment 50% at 0.9396.
The trend will remain bullish as far as 0.90 is support. The breakout of 0.9754 will give a new buy signal and open the way towards 0.9946 (level 61.80%). Next resistances are at 1.0250 and 1.05.
If 0.90 is broken, a return on 0.8847 (level 38.20%) is expected. The breakout of this last level will indicate a return of the bearish trend. We will then expect a test of 0.8572.
Previous USD/CHF Daily Analysis - April 2012
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USD/JPY Daily technical analysis - May 2012
The pair USD/JPY has broken at the end of April the support at 80, showing a return of the bearish trend. During May, the bearish movement has continued. Currently, the fibonacci retracement 61.80ù at 79.13 is acting as support.
The trend will remain bearish as far as 81.60 is resistance. The breakout of 79.13 will give a new sell signal and open the way towards the major support at 78.30. Next supports are at 77.50 and 76.63.
In case of return above 81.60, the trend will be neutral between this level and 83 (level of the long term bearish slant). Only the breakout of this last level will show a return of the bullish trend.
Previous USD/JPY Daily Analysis - April 2012
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EU Data Deteriorates
The euro remained under pressure against most of the majors after disappointing economic data and as the EU summit concluded without giving markets any indication of significant progress. European leaders debated the topic of eurobonds and whether or not it would contribute to growth. Germany remaining firmly opposed to the joint bonds saying that it would give countries with already large deficits incentive to continue to spend.
Economic data out of Europe added to the deterioration in sentiment as German, French, and Eurozone May PMI figures printed below expectations. Manufacturing PMI's in Germany, France, and the EZ fell to 44.4 (cons. 47.0), 45.0 (cons. 46.8), and 45.0 (cons. 46.0) respectively. The below 50 readings indicated ongoing contractions in manufacturing. Furthermore, ...
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A dead cat bounce?
After a bunch of creepy economic figures starting from the euro zone manufacturing and services numbers which showed the sectors extended contraction last month and confidence among business within germany dropped to 106.9 from 109.4, that was followed by the GDP figure from the U.K which confirmed further contraction as the country’s economy contracted more than expected. While from the U.S; core durable goods orders dropped by 0.6% while markets were expecting a 1.1% expansion.
Although the overall picture remains clearly uncertain, however markets were well supported after being extensively oversold today, rebounding slightly this morning, and currently extending the recovery after the Greek central bank chief said that Greece’s four largest banks are to be recapitalized by an 18 ...
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Markets Ignore Pessimistic Data after China Commits to Boost Growth
After the huge selloff seen through the week, markets returned once again to correct some of the losses incurred supported by the Chinese commitment to support growth and revive the recovery, where investors ignore the heavy load of pessimistic data as Greece still the highlight in markets amid the disappointing informal European Summit yesterday.
Surely, the sentiment is still negative and markets are to resume the bearish wave, but currently markets react to the positive Chinese announcement as the nation pledged to implement more and more measures to boost growth and revive the slowing pace of recovery, noting that China used to lead the pace of recovery worldwide.
Another bullish fact for markets today is the durable goods report from the world`s largest economy, where the critical ...
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Persistent fears over debt crisis keep the euro near its lowest in 22 months
Investors continue to limit their risk exposure on Thursday, heading towards the safe haven dollar and the Japanese yen, as European leaders failed to adopt concrete actions during yesterday’s summit while manufacturing in China is seen shrinking for a seventh month in May according to HSBC.
With the risk of Greece exiting the euro zone not being eliminated by officials yesterday, the sentiment is seen negative, pushing the euro near the lowest since July 2010, especially after Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti backed French President Francois Hollande’s proposal of jointly underwrite regional bonds that Germany still opposes.
The risk remains subdued and markets trade with volatility today as data may show that Europe’s services and manufacturing industries shrank for a fourth month, ...
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