After a good run of better than expected eurozone data and a shift in risk trends in the financial markets the EUR/USD traded at an 11 week high overnight to touch $1.3004 – a key target point for speculators. It is clear that investors are turning their attention away from Euro-zone soveriegn debt risks and more towards the corncerns that surround the US economic recovery and key fundamental and technical developments accross the markets.
With market sentiment hit by yesterday’

After a slight respite following the culmination of the Eurozone debt crisis, emerging markets financial markets are back to the their former selves, with stocks, bonds, and currencies all performing well.
The rally is being driven by two principal factors. First, investors came to the gradual realization that the trend towards [...]

Today marks the one-month anniversary of China’s decision to remove the Yuan’s peg to the Dollar, and allow it to float. Now that the news has had a chance to wend its way through the financial markets, I think it’s time both to reflect and to forecast.
Over the last month, the Chinese RMB has appreciated [...]

As I pointed out in last Friday’s post (Volatility, Carry, Risk, and the Forex Markets), volatility has been declining in forex markets since peaking after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In fact, volatility among emerging market currencies has been falling particularly fast, and recently, something amazing happened: “Three-month implied volatility for the seven biggest developing [...]

Greek cabinet unveils 4.8 bln euro austerity plan

FOREX-Euro rises vs dollar after Greek austerity plans

Trading in the euro/dollar was volatile and markets remained wary over whether the plan would be enough for Athens to win financial support from Germany and France.

“We believe today’s developments go a long way towards pacifying the markets which have become preoccupied with fragmentation risk in the region,” said Boris Schlossberg, director of currency research at GFT in New York.

“If the Germans and the French offer support for Greece, the sense of crisis may lift from the markets and the EUR/USD could see a short covering relief rally over the next several weeks,” he added.

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Let me preface this post, by noting that I try to avoid writing about gold, since there are some many other excellent analysts out there writing about the subject. But when there is a such a strong overlap between gold and forex markets, well, I just can’t resist!
Recently, gold prices have collapsed at virtually the [...]