Dollar surged broadly last week as Fed policymakers finally made up their mind on hiking a total of four times this year, as reflected in the new projections. The greenback was also helped by ECB monetary policy decision, with traders disappointed on the rate path. The headlines were then...
US stocks futures are rocked by the announcement on formalizing the Section 301 tariffs against China. DOW futures point to triple digit loss at open and could threaten 25000 handle. The forex markets are relatively calm though. Euro is paring back some of yesterday's post ECB losses and takes...
Dollar is trading as the strongest one as partly helped by the post ECB selloff in Euro. In part, there were delayed reactions to the hawkish Fed announcement too, which indicates it will hike two more times this year. The greenback in extending it's strong, broad based gains in...
Euro drops sharply today as markets are not quite happy with ECB announcement. In particular, while deciding to end the asset purchase program this year, ECB said interest rate will remain at current level at least through 2019 summer. President Mario Draghi also sounds cautious as usual in the...
Dollar got a very brief lift overnight as Fed delivered a hawkish rate hike. But it quickly lost steam as weighed down by concern over trade war between US and China. For today, the greenback is only trading slightly better than Australian Dollar, which is weighed down by its...
Dollar is trading in soft tone in range against most major currencies except versus Yen and Sterling. The greenback shrugs off stronger than expected PPI as markets are awaiting FOMC rate hike, economic projections and press conference. Sterling is trading as the weakest one today as headline UK CPI...
Dollar is generally staying in familiar range, except versus Japanese Yen as markets await FOMC rate decision today. The federal funds rate is expected to be lifted by 25bps to 1.75-2.00%. There is practically no chance for Fed to disappoint the markets. Yet, there are a number of questions...
The forex markets are struggling to find a clear direction today despite all the high profile events. US headline CPI jumped to 6 year high in May while core CPI also accelerated. But Dollar is getting no lift from it. UK wage growth missed expectation even though the overall...
The financial markets are steadily optimistic so far this week and that can be reflected in the rebound in German bund yield and US 10 year yield. Yen is trading broadly lower today, followed by the Swiss Franc. Australian, New Zealand and US Dollar are trading mildly higher. Eyes...
While the spats between US and G6 countries made a lot of headlines, they're not much bothered by the market-smart investors who know what are important. The summit between North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un and US president Donald Trump is currently in the spotlight. But it will likely fade...
Asian markets open the week rather firmly, shrugging of the Trump triggered chaos in G7 leaders meeting over the weekend. At the time of writing, Nikkei is trading up nearly 0.6% while HK HSI is up 0.28%. Focus has quickly turned to Kim-Trump summit in Singapore but that's unlikely...
While trade tension between the US and its allies dominated the headlines last week, Euro emerged as the strongest major currency. Receding Eurozone internal political risks was a key factor. German 10 year bund yield hit as high as 0.52, comparing to 0.186 low just two weeks ago, before...
Safe haven flow is the main theme today as markets await G6+1 showdown in Canada. Yen is the biggest winner today, followed by Dollar. But these two remain the weakest ones for the week next to Canadian Dollar. Despite weaker than expected job data, CAD is indeed rather steady...
Yen is picking up some strength in Asian session today while commodity currencies are generally lower. Pull back in US treasury yield is a factor that's support the Yen. 10 year yield hit as high as 2.992 over night but reversed to close at 2.933, down -0.042. That development...
Swiss Franc and Euro remain the strongest ones together. They're riding on the expectation that ECB will finally announce to quit the asset purchase program next week. Meanwhile, Sterling starts to lag behind and suffers some heavy selling today. Brexit uncertainty is back in spotlight, in particular the stick...
Japanese Yen is trying to recover in Asian session today but remains the weakest one for the week. Risk appetites have been be strong as risk of trade war is shrugged off by investors. DOW rose 346.41 pts or 1.40% to 25146.39. S&P 500 rose 023.55 pts or 0.86%...
Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar and Euro are the strongest major currencies today. Meanwhile, Swiss Franc, Yen and Dollar are the weakest one. The reason for the strength in Loonie is not exactly clear. But Canadian could be benefiting from report that US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin urged President Donald...
Australian Dollar is back in the driving seat today as GDP beat market expectation. The Aussie is trading as the strongest one for today and for the week. But strength is so far limited as RBA has made its neutral stance very clear again yesterday. While Canadian Dollar follows...
Sterling is so far the strongest major currency today. Better than expected UK services PMI raised the chance of an August BoE hike. But there is no follow through buying in the Pound yet. BoE's decision will be heavily data dependent, and there are still two more months of...
Dollar trades broadly higher today as helped by the rebound in US treasury yields. 10 year yield closed up 0.042 at 2.937 overnight. With a base formed at 2.759 last week, TNX will likely head higher to 3.000 handle. The development would be dollar supportive in near term. Meanwhile,...