Currencies
Trump Inauguration Takes Centre Stage
Market analysts at FXCM asses likely responses in major currencies and the gold price as the Trump presidency looms.
Jan 17 2017
May Slays The Pound
The British pound has tanked again ahead of Theresa May’s Brexit plan speech. Whereto from here?
Jan 16 2017
ECB: Alice In Wonderland
Kathleen Brooks of City Index dissects some of the bizarre implications stemming from late night’s ECB policy announcements.
Dec 09 2016
Previous Stories
US Reporting Season Arrives
Oct 11 2007
Mixed third quarter profit reports affected a mixed day on Wall Street.
Dow Rallies On Old News
Oct 10 2007
Wall Street managed to convince itself last night that the month-old Fed minutes foretold of further rate cuts ahead. Aye caramba.
Greenback’s Rally Sends Commodities Tumbling
Oct 09 2007
The US dollar continued its fight back rally against major currencies last night, sending oil, gold and metals south. The Dow closed slightly lower.
Desperate British Banks Turn To Europe
Oct 03 2007
The British banking system is still in turmoil as cheaper and less overt ECB funds are being sought.
Wall Street Ends Mixed
Oct 03 2007
Stock markets finished mixed as housing woes continued and gold took a tumble.
Parity For Australian Dollar Against The US?
Oct 02 2007
TD Securities sees scope for the Australian dollar to trade at parity or beyond against the US dollar, with Danske Bank expecting the US Dollar to remain weak while the Fed are alone in cutting rates.
Wall Street Report (Monday)
Oct 02 2007
All is forgiven. The Dow closed at a new record high last night as Citigroup aired its dirty laundry.
Wall Street Report (Friday)
Sep 30 2007
The Dow closed off the quarter with a small down day.
More Of The Same
Sep 28 2007
Jobs numbers were good, housing numbers were woeful (which is good), oil shot up again (which is good for oil stocks) and end of quarter window dressing is in play.
More Good News And Bad News (Which Is Good)
Sep 27 2007
The Dow ratcheted up another 100 points last night driven largely by GM. Bear Stearns rumours also fuelled the fire along with a very poor durable goods number.
