ForexTribe is a french website mainly created to share graphic analysis and trade ideas on the Forex Forum.
|
Dollar Fell SlightlyTitle:
The Federal Reserve and Other Crimes Against Capitalism
New York Times writer, Steven M. Davidoff, recently dubbed the Federal Reserve, “the most successful hedge fund around.”
After reading the article, we concluded that Mr. Davidoff is the most creative financial writer around. As such, Mr. Davidoff may be the perfect apologist for today’s dysfunctional monetary “system.” Certainly, he possesses the cerebral alacrity to dodge whatever cold, hard facts may be standing in the way of a good story.
“I call the Fed a hedge fund,” Davidoff cheerily ...
Title:
Euro, stocks gain on Greece bailout hopes
(Reuters) - The euro hit an eight-week high against the dollar on Tuesday, helping lift stocks and commodities on signs a Greek bailout agreement was near, but the rally paused after a key meeting on Greece was postponed by a day.
The euro rallied after Greece appeared to be close to terms on a 130-billion-euro bailout. A government official said Athens was drafting a list of painful reforms to clinch a new financial package, moving it a step closer to a deal that is needed to avoid a chaotic ...
Title:
Oil rises on spread trade, Canadian outage
(Reuters) - Brent oil rose slightly on Tuesday and U.S. crude jumped more than 1.5 percent, bolstered by an unplanned outage at a Canadian oil sands plant and optimism about an agreement on Greece's debt problems.
An Alberta plant that processes Canadian oil sands was expected to be shut for two or three weeks, adding lift for U.S. crude and helping narrow its deficit to Brent.
Brent's premium to U.S. crude oil widened in early trade to more than $20 per barrel, its highest since October, ...
Title:
Dukascopy Afternoon Forex Overview : 07/02/2012
Fundamental Analysis
EUR
17-nation currency slipped against most of its peers before Greece's PM Papademos meets with politicians from three leading parties as officials still cannot agree on debt reduction plan. The meeting scheduled on Tuesday. Greece representatives and creditors still have to agree on EUR 600 million of fiscal measures for this year. Euro declined 0.2% to USD 1.3109 in London trade. Currently EUR/USD is trading at USD 1.3116.
USD
US President Obama ordered to freeze all ...
Title:
Greek talks check euro, results hit shares
(Reuters) - The euro was underpinned on Tuesday by hopes a way would be found to push through a second bailout deal for Greece, though fresh signs of exposure to Europe's economic troubles among leading banks rekindled investor unease, sending shares lower.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to the unresolved Greek deal weighing on Wall Street at the open, ahead of Senate testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that may grab the spotlight at 1500 GMT (10 a.m. EST) after last week's ...
Title:
Euro shows decline amid Greek talks concerns
The euro showed some decline against majors on concerns Greek political leaders may not reach consensus regarding the further spending cuts needed to receive a second bailout worth 130 billion euros announced in October, thus tumbling into default as early as March as the government has to repay 14.5 billion euros of debt maturing.
Yesterday, Papademos and political leaders of three parties agreed to make further budget-cutting measures equal to 1.5% of GDP, yet they will continue talks today ...
Title:
Dukascopy Morning Forex Overview : 07/02/2012
Fundamental Analysis
EUR
"There is at least still sufficient demand for goods ‘made in Germany’ to keep the industrial engine running in 2012"
- Carsten Brzeski, senior economist at ING Group
German factory orders increased more than expected in December as demand from overseas helped the euro zone’s largest economy to weather the debt crisis. Orders rose 1.7 per cent, after declining 4.9 per cent in November, said the Economy Ministry on Monday.
USD
"You wonder when people are going to look ...
Title:
YouTradeFX Daily Market Analysis : 07/02/2012
Fundamental News:
Today's highlight;
· Fed Chairman Bernanke Testifies. (US, 15:00, GMT)
The EUR/USD is trading down at 1.3055 from early 1.3085, having been as low as 1.3028. European trading was a worrisome as investors could not decide what was happening. News from Greece was not promising.
Greece failed to agree on new austerity measures across political parties yesterday, a requirement for the proposed bailout to avoid default in March. There was some progress on bank ...
Title:
Greek uncertainty pushes down euro as deadline nears
(Reuters) - The euro fell broadly on Monday on investor concern that Greek coalition parties had yet to sign off on the terms of a new bailout with a deadline imminent, keeping alive the risk of a messy default which could rock the currency bloc.
Greece's coalition members must tell the European Union by noon on Monday (5 a.m. ET) whether they accept the painful terms of a new bailout worth 130 billion euros, with euro zone ministers postponing a meeting planned for Monday due to the delay in ...
|
||||||
