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Asia Stocks Climb With Dollar Before Yellen, Greek Talks
February 24th, 2015
Asian stocks traded near a five-month high and the dollar strengthened before Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks to lawmakers and as Greece’s creditors review a list of debt-reduction policies. Australian bonds gained and U.S. oil extended declines below ...
Asia shares rise on reduced Greek pessimism, dollar firm
February 18th, 2015
Asian equities rose on Wednesday as pessimism over the Greek debt saga receded somewhat, while the dollar held firm against the yen after spiking up on higher U.S. debt yields. Equities in Europe were also expected to gain. Spreadbetters ...
New ETF: offers first-time access to euro zone equities with currency hedging against US dollar
February 13th, 2015
New exchange-listed equity index fund has been tradable since Thursday. The UBS ETF – MSCI EMU Hedged USD UCITS ETF (USD) A-dis gives investors the opportunity for the first time to track the performance of the equity markets in ...
Asia slips amid Greek exit worries, dollar flags
February 10th, 2015
Asian equities were lower across the board on Tuesday as nervousness over Greece potentially withdrawing from the euro and escalating conflict in Ukraine sapped risk appetite, while the dollar lost steam after its payrolls-inspired rally. Japan’s Nikkei slipped 0.8 ...
U.S. Banks Say Soaring Dollar Puts Them at Disadvantage
February 9th, 2015
Firms Say They May Be Forced to Hold More Capital Than Foreign Rivals The strengthening U.S. dollar is rippling through the financial system in unexpected ways, revealing what bankers say is a hidden flaw in a Federal Reserve proposal ...
Commodity currencies feel heat; dollar, yen, euro stable
January 30th, 2015
Commodity currencies nursed hefty losses on Friday, as investors sent the Australian dollar to 5 1/2 year lows as they bet on the Australian central bank reducing interest rates when it meets next week. While currencies from energy and resource producing countries, such ...
Minimum interest rates at credit auctions to provide Bank of Russia loans in US dollars to credit institutions
January 26th, 2015
The Bank of Russia set the minimum interest rates for 28-day and 365-day credit auctions held on 26 January 2015 to provide US dollar Bank of Russia loans secured by the pledge of claim on US dollar loans at 0.9178% and 1.3719% per annum respectively. Other parameters of the auctions are published in the Bank ...
GFG Weekly Market Insight – 2015: U.S. Dollar Poised to Go Higher But Why? (week 19 Jan 2015)
January 23rd, 2015
We believe that the U.S. dollar index is poised to continue moving higher on the back of its 2014 rally. Our view is based on the bullish long-term chart technicals that are behind our target of 120 set back in ...
Russia Abandons PetroDollar By Opening Reserve Fund
January 16th, 2015
2015 has not been good to Russia; the spread between Brent and WTI is gone in anticipation of US exports and both benchmarks have flirted with sub $45 prices. A hostage to such prices, the ruble has yet to ...
Yen falls against dollar, euro as Nikkei recovers
January 15th, 2015
The yen weakened against the dollar and the euro in Asian trade Thursday, as a recovery in Tokyo stocks prompted selling of the safe-haven Japanese currency. The dollar USDJPY, +0.34% was at ¥117.74 compared with ¥117.27 late Wednesday in New York and ...
