Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
Oct 27, 2015 15:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 96.90 (+0.09%) Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie -0.35%, Kiwi +0.09%, Loonie -0.64%. Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie +0.15%, Kiwi +0.74%, Loonie -0.61%. AUD/USD - Trading at...
Oct 27, 2015 15:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Energy pack is mixed in todays trading. Weekly performance at a glance in chart table. Oil (WTI) - WTI is suffering another heavy drop today and broke below $43 key support area. Todays range $42.6-43.9 Bears are...
Big investors betting on bond market disruption
Oct 27, 2015 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Analysts and prominent economists have been warning over bond market liquidity as traditional players such as investment banks withdraw from their traditional market making activity in wake for stricter financial rules...
Draghi magic still at work in European sovereign bond market
Oct 27, 2015 13:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
European bond markets are continuing their celebration of last weeks comments from European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi that ECB might be preparing for next round of easing. German securities are back...
New ECB easing big threat for Japan, Nikkei and Yen
Oct 27, 2015 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Further easing from European Central Bank (ECB) is posing new bigger threat to Japanese economy as it would push the competitiveness of European products ahead of Japan. European Central Bank (ECB) is taking a more...
Failing the inflation promise might prove detrimental for Japan
Oct 27, 2015 12:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Risks for Japan are more if Bank of Japan (BOJ) fails to achieve its inflation target. While BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda remains an optimist over both growth and inflation, underlying numbers are telling a different...
FxWirePro: XAU and XAG intermediary upswings unlikely to sustain - slides underway
Oct 27, 2015 11:19 am UTC| Insights & Views
Despite the red flag for far month contracts popping up, we could envisage precious metal gains for next 1M or so. This is mainly because of speculation that is lingering around feds meeting on rate hike...
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