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Summer ……and the shorts are taken out.

On the one hand there was the usual forex market reaction to Risk aversion sales, on the other there was the stellar performance of the Euro. Yes one would assume that many Euro Shorts self included felt the pain last week. Despite weaker equity markets the Euro /USD powered over 1.30 at one point and [...]

Gloom and Doom as equity markets fall and Germany makes the Semis

Stock markets around the world once again called the shots for the forex market.
New 2010 lows for many equity markets caused the largely usual knee jerks in currency markets. The Yen and Swiss Franc were the biggest winners particularly at the expense of the commodity currencies(AUS and CAN Dollars) some 5% plus gains.
Where things did [...]

Forex World Cup Report

As if to prove they are kings like their currency the Swiss beat Spain in the Football World Cup (That’s soccer for our American friends). France capitulate, Germany trip up badly, Italy very very poor and England well, the usual mess and progress goes down to the wire.
This could almost be the currency report this [...]

Weekly Update

Risk appetite improves on economic data and no Greek tragedy.
Generally positive Economic data encouraged equity rallies which helped arrest any further dollar rally and led to the Japanese Yen losing ground against most currencies. The Canadian Dollar and Australian Dollar led the gains against the yen as commodities rose, Crude oil closing at 81.50.
In the [...]