Posts published in August 2010

Euro Follows Continental Stocks, Goes Up

The euro continued its recovery trend against the dollar and the yen today as some more-or-less positive news spurred the growth of the stock market up from its bottom. Positive profit reports of the biggest…

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AUD, NZD Benefit from Japan’s Intervention Rumors

Both Australian and New Zealand currencies benefited from the speculations that the Japanese authorities will have to use currency intervention to hold down the yen’s growth. The Aussie and kiwi gained also as the Asian…

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Pound Falls to New Lows as BoE Expects Recession

The Great Britain pound fell to its one-month low against the USD and to the 3-month low against the yen, following the comments of the country’s monetary officials and the global bearish trend for the riskier assets. According to the interview…

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Yen Reaches New Decade Highs on Forex Risk Aversion

The expectations for the worsening of the global economic situation in the developed nations fueled the risk-averting mood in the foreign exchange market, pushing the Japanese yen to the new yearly maximums today. The yen reached its new record…

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Can Yen Profit from Economic Uncertainty?

The Japanese yen is considered a safe currency, which makes it attractive in the times of the economic instability, like nowadays. While its appreciation slowed compared to the beginning of this year, and it even…

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AUD Recovers After Falling on Opening

The Australian dollar fell against all of its major counterparts at today’s Forex market opening, as Australia may be left without a majority government for the first time since 1940. The Aussie has…

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