Gold Jumps on Thursday on increased US Jobless Claims - September 9, 2011 23:22

Gold futures contract surged on Thursday as investors were uncertain about US economy on increase in US jobless claims for the last week. Moreover European Central Bank is also pessimistic about the euro zone’s future growth which made investors shift their focus towards the safe haven status of the gold. As per latest data of […]

Forex Weekly Outlook - September 6, 2011 23:32

Major economic events that could have significant impact on forex trading and currency markets for the week ending September 9th, 2011 are as follows:- Yesterday on Monday, markets in United States remained closed in observance of Labor Day while euro zone reported its official data on retail sales along with data on investor confidence. Today […]

Gold Jumps on Thursday over Expected Increase in Interest Rates by ECB - June 10, 2011 22:29

Gold futures jumped on Thursday over the expectations of interest rate hike by European Central Bank. It is expected that ECB will increase its interest rate from 1.25 percent as ECB President Trichet supported a strong stance to tackle rising inflation. Investors are now hoping that interest rates will increase by the next meeting of […]

UK Interest Rate Expectations Falter - February 8, 2011 19:18

The Pound has suffered today retracing off highs off 1.6160 vs the dollar and 1.1876 vs the Euro. Momentum has shifted towards the downside despite the British Retail Consortium reporting a jump in sales in the UK in January. The RICS house price balance also reported the strongest reading since July indicating a stabilisation in […]

Sterling Jumps on Improved Sentiment - February 7, 2011 18:17

The Pound has made gains today across the majority of the most actively traded currencies. Gains can be attributed to improved sentiment driving the market. For the last couple of weeks the pound has suffered from negative sentiment caused by very poor Q4 GDP figures for 2010. The reversal has however been driven by last […]

FX Markets Driven By Inflation and Sentiment - February 1, 2011 19:08

Markets at the moment are being heavily dominated by monetary policy expectations on interest rates. This is being driven by mounting inflationary pressures seen both in the UK and in the Euro-Zone. Many economists are arguing that the current high inflation levels are short term and that price pressures will decline over the next 6-12 […]

Bernanke maintains $600Bn still required - December 15, 2010 18:10

The federal reserve are adamant , that despite recent economic indicators pointing towards a strengthening US economy, the stimulus package designed to keep the recovery underway is still necessary moving forward into 2011. Policy makers have indicated that recent signs of economic strength will not deter them from pumping more money into the financial system […]

UK Inflation Becomes a Problem - December 14, 2010 18:48

UK Inflation data released this morning has shown that the headline inflation rate has accelerated to 3.3% in the month of November. Policy makers will undoubtedly take note as price pressure concerns mount in the markets.

Euro Struggles on Contagion Fears - December 8, 2010 18:20

The Euro has struggled in trade today, the small retracement in the EUR/USD pair is likely to be short-lived as market participants speculate that Portugal and Spain will share Ireland’s ill fate moving forward into next year. A spokesman for the EU Commission has said today that Ireland’s plan to reduce its budget deficit for […]