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
The Week Ahead: It’s Earnings and Inflation Week In the US
Jul 16 2007
Australia is virtually devoid of data releases this week while it’s all happening across the Pacific, where the CPI release will be the highlight alongside earnings releases.
Shorts Jump Ship As Wall Street Surges To Record
Jul 13 2007
The Dow has posted one of its most extraordinary sessions ever rising 284 points largely on the back of retailer earnings reports.
Strange Days Indeed Continued
Jul 12 2007
An examination of the current bull and bear arguments on Wall Street.
Strange Days Indeed
Jul 12 2007
The Dow bounces back 76 points as bond yields rise again? The subprime scare has caused a strange misalignment of the planets as Wall Street results season gets into full swing.
Rudi On Thursday
Jul 11 2007
Weekly musings from your editor. The Aussie at parity with the US dollar? It’s not as unthinkable as it might seem.
China’s Trade Surplus Balloons Once More
Jul 11 2007
The protectionist rumblings on Capitol Hill are gaining in pitch as China exceeds economist expectations and sets a new record trade surplus for June.
Earnings Disappointment And CDO Downgrades Rattle Wall Street
Jul 11 2007
The Dow fell 148 points last night as bullish faith in the American consumer took a hit and S&P and Moody’s began moving in on the sub-prime mortgage market.
ANZ Bullish On Aussie Dollar
Jul 10 2007
The Australian dollar is at long-term highs against the US dollar but according to ANZ Bank conditions remain supportive and further gains appear likely.
Oz Business Confidence Fractured
Jul 10 2007
The overall trend in NAB’s business confidence survey is still to the upside, but there are disparities across sectors such as mining and retail.
Fundamentals Justifying Aussie Dollar Strength
Jul 09 2007
Westpac suggests rather than overshooting the Australian dollar is likely to strengthen further against the US dollar as fundamentals remain supportive.
