14th April 2010
While Euro dominates Forex landscape in Europe, especially now during most turbulent times for the common currency since its inception, there are still few others left on the continent. Swiss Franc, is of course, one of the best known and most traded curr...
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08th April 2010
New Zealand's economic shape continues to improve as it emerges from its longest recession in more than 30 years. Its currency, New Zealand Dollar, is a good reflection of that. The Kiwi has appreciated in value dramatically over last year. However the re...
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07th April 2010
For the last few months British Pound has been one of the most disliked Forex instruments around. It has been selling sharply against just about every other currency. Virtually all GBP crosses moved within close distance to historical price extremes. For ...
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19th September 2009
Money flow depends on perception of market safety. During time of typical economic expansion, it has tendency to move where there is most activity and opportunity. As long as current conditions are considered "normal" most market participants see this beh...
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15th September 2009
Most of the world's central banks have injected massive amount of liquidity, or money, over the course of last couple of years. Through rate cutting and quantitative easing, CB's have been trying to crack credit dead lock by making money available to majo...
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04th September 2009
Financial panic of 2008 caused many currencies to dramatically fall in value. In search of safe haven. investors and speculators alike flocked to the safety of US Dollar. At the same time last phase of carry trade unwind lifted Japanese Yen and put additi...
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26th August 2009
Since the beginning of the financial crisis, many less known currencies have been making headlines. Icelandic Krona became a poster child of the global turmoil, with many analysts claiming it was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and pushed...
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18th August 2009
Forex market is very popular among speculators. There are many reasons attributing to it, like liquidity, availability of large margin, possibility of around the clock trading and many others. One of them rarely mentioned as a specific benefit of over the...
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12th August 2009
Over last few weeks a small country in Europe found itself in a center of a financial storm. In a situation closely resembling plight of Iceland last fear, Latvia is suffering an economic crisis harsher than any other country in Europe. Outcome of which c...
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19th July 2009
Historic financial milestone was reached in China. National foreign reserve holdings exceeded the $2 trillion mark, as money pours back into China to take advantage of faster economic growth. Swiftly inflating asset prices are also cited as a reason. The ...
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