Forex Investment and Currency Trading

Risk aversion appears to be creeping back into some asset classes but is yet to show itself in FX markets. US equities were down around 4% last week, the closely watched VIX (US equity market volatility index) bottomed out and started trending higher and credit spread measures across a number of countries are pushing higher [...]

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During the long-term down-cycle for the USD, the EUR has been the leading currency versus the USD, with some arguing that the EUR may challenge the USD as the world’s reserve currency. While that debate is one that is likely to persist for many years to come, there are signs that cyclical leadership may be [...]

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FX Fundamentals: Risky assets fell back overnight, and as a result US yields fell and the JPY rose. But the USD was generally stronger against other currencies, particularly the NZD and AUD. NZD weakness was fully justified by very weak employment data, but the Australian employment numbers were still quite strong (even though the unemployment [...]

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