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It looks like ‘forex robots’ just knocked the Aussie dollar down to a 6 year low
July 20th, 2015
Forex markets are increasingly a combination of people and machines. It’s a battle between the discretionary trading approach of humans and the systematic, computer based, trading of the “robots”. It’s also a battle the world’s top female hedge fund ...
FOREX-Dollar hits highest vs yen since 2002, Aussie sags on capex disappointment
May 28th, 2015
* USD touches 124.30 yen, highest level since December 2002 * Traders are wary of verbal intervention from Japanese officials * Aussie drops after disappointing capex data The dollar hit its highest since December 2002 against the yen on Thursday ...
Dollar pushes higher but near lows after downbeat U.S. data
May 18th, 2015
* Output, consumer confidence data back bets that Fed will wait * IMM data show speculators continued to trim long dollar bets * DXY vulnerable to further near-term correction-strategist * Kiwi skids after tax news raises rate-cut speculation The ...
ASIC issued a statement regarding Australian Dollar movement
April 7th, 2015
At its meeting today, the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent. Following the RBA’s announcement, ASIC has issued a statement regarding: The Commission confirms it will investigate ...
RBS Trader Admits Defrauding Customers in Multimillion Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme
March 12th, 2015
U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly of the District of Connecticut, Special Inspector General Christy Romero for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) and Special Agent in Charge Patricia M. Ferrick of the FBI’s New Haven Division announced that Matthew ...
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 ...
Australian dollar hits five-year low, fetching 80.53 US cents
January 5th, 2015
The Australian dollar has plummeted to its lowest level in five-and-a-half years. At noon today, the local currency was trading at 80.95 US cents, down from 81.37 cents on Friday. The Australian dollar briefly dipped as low as 80.53 US ...
Dollar Gains Fifth Day Versus Yen Before GDP as Aussie Weakens
December 23rd, 2014
The dollar rose for a fifth day against the yen before U.S. reports that analysts said will show economic growth was revised higher and durable goods orders increased. A gauge of the greenback climbed to a five-year high after ...
Australian dollar unexpectedly falls to four-year low; local market posts first modest gain in over a week
December 17th, 2014
The Australian dollar fell suddenly and inexplicably this afternoon, taking the currency below 82 US cents for the first time in more than four years. The dollar fell more than 0.5 cents against the greenback after lunch, with analysts ...
Dollar Gauge at Five-Year High as Kiwi, Aussie Decline on China
December 8th, 2014
A gauge of the dollar headed for its highest close in more than five years after China said imports unexpectedly fell in November, underpinning demand for the currency of the U.S. where growth is beating forecasts. The dollar rose ...
