USD Trading Outlook Archive

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) stock markets enjoyed good gains overnight with hopes increasing of &nbsp fresh efforts from France/Germany to bailout smaller European Countries. ECB Member Barroso suggested that Eurobonds will be proposed and this sparked a rally that continued into the US session. The… Read more

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) with the initial shock of the potential Greece default wearing off most markets rallied softly throughout the day. Helping support was comments from Germany&amp rsquo s Merkel that Greece would meet requirements for further aid and talk that the ECB was… Read more

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) the stock market plunged lower again continuing on from Friday&amp rsquo s fall with concern that Greece was about to default. The market recovered sharply from lows into the close though on news China was looking to invest in Italian debt…. Read more

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) US stocks fell sharply unimpressed with jobs talk from Obama and as Greece came back into the headlines after ECB board member Stark resigned in opposition to the ECB bond buying operations. The USD is gaining broadly as the safe haven… Read more

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) stocks fell back in the US session after Bernanke failed to outline any specific plans for further easing. Obama spoke outlining a new jobs package but this also failed to inspire risk taking. Weekly Jobless Claims crept higher to 414k vs…. Read more

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) sentiment improved in Europe overnight sparking a major rally in global stocks. The German Constitutional court ruled Germany&rsquo s participation in the EU bailout was not unconstitutional. Also helping the markets rally is the increasing consensus the US FED will announce… Read more

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) an historic day in currency markets with the Swiss National Bank intervening by placing a lower limit on the EUR/CHF at 1.2000. The immediate effect was a move from 1.12 to 1.21 on the EUR/CHF and this helped the USD/CHF from… Read more

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) risk aversion and fear is spread through the market on Monday with Italian bond spreads increasing 57bps vs. Germany. European banking stocks slumped on EU debt the banks hold and US banks listed in Germany also fell sharply on weekend news… Read more

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) the Dollar gained well supported on risk aversion from stocks falling heavily after weak US jobs data. August Non Farm Payrolls came in at 0 vs. 75k forecast. The August Unemployment Rate stayed at 9.1%. Gold soared on expectations that QE3… Read more

U.S. Dollar Trading (US) a better than expected Aug ISM manufacturing Survey at 50.6 above the expansionary 50 level sent stocks to day highs at the start of the US session. The stocks then started to pull back and finished quite negative going into the… Read more