'Currencies' Tag

  • Emerging Market Currencies Continue their Run

    March 8, 2010

    [Story ID: 1293]
    Since most emerging market economies and financial markets are fairly small, their currencies are subject to the whims of international investors, moreso than is the case with major currencies. For that reason, when I research emerging market currencies as a whole, I often like to focus on what investors are saying are saying [...]

  • Risk Currencies Seeing Some Action in Forex Trading

    February 15, 2010

    [Story ID: 632]
    Currency trading on the FX market
    Even though U.S. markets are closed for the day, there are still things happening in forex trading. Indeed, the FX market is a global market, so there is plenty going on — albeit in a subdued manner.
    This morning, risk currencies seem to be doing well. The news that [...]

  • New “Partition” in Forex Markets

    January 30, 2010

    [Story ID: 130]
    In October, I wrote about a “separation” that had taken place in currency markets between the “sick” currencies and the “healthy” currencies. At the time, I argued that the former category was comprised mainly of the Dollar and the Pound, with most other currencies healthy by comparison. While I still stand by this [...]

  • 10 Obscure Currencies Affected by the Credit Crunch

    December 17, 2008

    [Story ID: 63]
    As a result of the credit crisis (as well as the global economic boom that preceded it), a handful of lesser-known currencies suddenly achieved prominence.