Weak U.S Economic Data Pushes U.S Dollar Higher versus Counterparts

by Forexyard.com | August 20, 2010 4:59 am
The Dollar advanced against most of its major counterparts Thursday as unexpectedly weak U.S. employment and manufacturing data weighed on stocks and other riskier assets, prompting investors to seek the relative safety of the greenback and Japanese...

Forexpros.com Daily Analysis – 19/08/2010

by forexpros.com | August 19, 2010 10:34 am
ForexPros Daily Analysis August 19, 2010 Fundamental Analysis: Core CPI The Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the changes in the price ofgoods and services excluding food and energy. The CPI measures price changefrom the perspective of...

Dow Jones EuroStoxx 50 in Depth

by ecPulse.com | August 19, 2010 9:07 am
After breaching the support for the support rising wedge shown below, the index rose slightly to retest the breach but was faced by the 100 MA which is strong resistance over short term basis, confirming the breach...

Major Currencies’ Morning Report 19/ August /2010

by ecPulse.com | August 19, 2010 7:23 am
EURUSDThe pair was able to breach 1.2830 and stabilize below it and thereby activating yesterday’s suggested bearish direction; therefore, we can expect a bearish intraday trend targeting first the breach of the vital support for the short term...

Crude Oil Morning Report 19/ August /2010

by ecPulse.com | August 19, 2010 7:14 am
Crude was able to achieve the initial awaited target at 74.20 and rebound to the upside sharply to retest the previously breached pivotal level at 75.80, accompanied by stochastic entering overbought areas. This makes usexpect to resume...

USD – Weekly Unemployment Claims Today

by bforex.com | August 19, 2010 6:46 am
The USD bounced back in value on Wednesday as the broad markets remained cautious particularly without much economic data on the calendar. The greenback pushed the EUR and GBP back to lower realms and is now near...

EUR – Prevailing Sentiment Will Test Ranges

by bforex.com | August 19, 2010 6:46 am
The EUR lost ground to the USD as it range traded back to the lower realms of it short term value. There was no major economic data from the continent yesterday and today only the German PPI...

GBP – Plenty Of Data From The U.K. Coming

by bforex.com | August 19, 2010 6:42 am
The Sterling traded lower against the USD on Wednesday. The U.K. will release Retail Sales, Preliminary Mortgage Approvals, and Public Sector Net Borrowing numbers today. The Retail Sales and Mortgage Approval figures will be watched closely.

JPY & AUD – Australian Election Has Investors Cautious

by bforex.com | August 19, 2010 6:40 am
The JPY traded slightly weaker against the USD as Asian bourses gained. The move by the Yen however was not monumental and the Japanese currency continues to find plenty of safe haven backers. The AUD did lose...

EUR/USD Continues To Fall in Overnight Trading

by Forexyard.com | August 19, 2010 5:30 am
After tumbling in afternoon trading yesterday, the EUR/USD continued to drop in overnight trading, reaching as low as 1.2780. Analysts attribute the drop to the euro’s inability to stay above the psychologically significant level of 1.2900. Today,...