Archive for November 12th, 2009

 

USD/JPY Mid-Day Outlook

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Investment Protection, Opportunities

USD/JPY’s sharp fall today and the break of 89.64 minor support suggests that recovery from 89.28 has completed at 90.60 already. Also, the development argues that fall from 92.31 is still in progress. Intraday bias is flipped back to the downside. Break of 89.28 will bring fall resumption to 88.00…

Mid-Day Report: Dollar in Range, Yen and Sterling Strengthened

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Investment Protection, Opportunities

Dollar pares some gain and stays in tight range in early US session. Yen was lifted by talk of an imminent Chinese Yuan revaluation ahead of US President Obama’s visit to Asia. Euro received little support even though data fro Eurozone showed the region returned to growth in Q3. Meanwhile,…

USD Lower, Yuan Revaluation Rumors Boost JPY

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Investment Protection, Opportunities

The USD is trading lower pressured by optimism about the global recovery as EU GDP report suggests that the EU recession is over, JPY supported by large upward revision in September industrial production and Yuan revaluation rumors, EU Q3 GDP rises less than expected, Australia’s trade minister says strong AUD…

A Calm and Mixed Week for the U.S…

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Investment Protection, Opportunities

This week was calm and mixed for the world’s largest economy as no economic data was reported within the first three days and fears along with optimism remain spread within the country since that the unemployment rate for October was released last week showing a further incline as it climbed…

Forex Economic Calendar

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Opportunities

Date Time* Source Description Forecast Previous
11/13/2009 02:00 NZ Non Resident Bond Holdings n/a 72.1%
11/13/2009 04:30 JPN Industrial Production YoY -18.9%
11/13/2009 05:00 JPN Consumer Confidence 40.5 40.7
11/13/2009 07:00 GE GDP nsa (YoY) -5.0% -7.1%
11/13/2009 10:00 EU Euro-Zone GDP s.a. (YoY) -3.9% -4.8%
11/13/2009 13:30 CA Int’l Merchandise Trade -1.7B -2.0B
11/13/2009 13:30 US Trade Balance -$32.0B -$30.7B
11/13/2009 15:00 US U. of Michigan Confidence 71.0 70.6
11/15/2009 21:30 NZ New Zealand’s Performance of Services Index n/a n/a
11/15/2009 21:45 NZ Producer Prices n/a n/a
11/15/2009 23:50 JPN GDP (QoQ) 0.7% 0.6%
11/16/2009 00:01 UK Rightmove House Prices (YoY) n/a 0.2%
11/16/2009 07:00 EU EU 25 New Car Registrations n/a 6.3%
11/16/2009 10:00 EU Euro-Zone CPI – Core (YoY) 1.1% 1.2%
11/16/2009 13:30 CA Manufacturing Sales MoM n/a -2.1%
11/16/2009 13:30 US Advance Retail Sales 0.9% -1.5%
11/16/2009 13:30 US Empire Manufacturing 30.00 34.57
11/16/2009 15:00 US Business Inventories -0.6% -1.5%
11/16/2009 23:50 JPN Tertiary Industry Index (MoM) n/a 0.3%
11/17/2009 09:30 UK Core CPI (YoY) n/a 1.7%
11/17/2009 10:00 EU Euro-Zone Trade Balance n/a -4.0B
11/17/2009 13:30 US PPI (YoY) n/a -4.8%
11/17/2009 14:00 US Total Net TIC Flows n/a $10.2B
11/17/2009 14:15 US Industrial Production 0.3% 0.7%
11/17/2009 18:00 US NAHB Housing Market Index 19 18
11/17/2009 22:00 US ABC Consumer Confidence n/a n/a
11/17/2009 22:05 AUS Australian Central Bank Official Debelle Speaks in Sydney n/a n/a
11/18/2009 00:00 AUS Westpac Leading Index (MoM) n/a 1.1%
11/18/2009 00:30 AUS Wage Cost Index YoY n/a 3.8%
11/18/2009 06:00 JPN Machine Tool Orders (YoY) n/a n/a
11/18/2009 09:00 EU ECB Euro-Zone Current Account n/a -1.3B
11/18/2009 09:30 UK Bank of England Minutes n/a n/a
11/18/2009 10:00 EU Construction Output WDA YoY n/a -11.3%
11/18/2009 11:00 UK U.K. CBI November Industrial Trends Total Orders n/a n/a
11/18/2009 12:00 CA CPI YoY n/a -0.9%
11/18/2009 13:30 US CPI (YoY) -0.2% -1.3%
11/19/2009 00:30 AUS RBA Foreign Exchange Transactn n/a 830M
11/19/2009 01:00 AUS Australian Central Bank Official Guy Debelle Speaks in Sydney n/a n/a
11/19/2009 04:00 JPN BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting n/a n/a
11/19/2009 04:30 JPN All Industry Activity Index (MoM) n/a 0.9%
11/19/2009 05:00 JPN Coincident Index CI n/a 92.5
11/19/2009 09:30 UK Retail Sales (YoY) n/a 2.4%
11/19/2009 10:00 EU OECD November Economic Outlook (Table) n/a n/a
11/19/2009 13:30 CA Int’l Securities Transactions n/a 5.082B
11/19/2009 13:30 US Initial Jobless Claims n/a n/a
11/19/2009 13:30 US Continuing Claims n/a n/a
11/19/2009 14:00 US RPX Composite 28dy YoY n/a -9.76%
11/19/2009 15:00 US Philadelphia Fed. 12.0 11.5
11/20/2009 02:00 NZ Credit Card Spending (YoY) n/a -2.3%
11/20/2009 07:00 JPN Convenience Store Sales YoY n/a -5.6%
11/20/2009 07:00 GE Producer Prices (YoY) n/a -7.6%

* Times listed are GMT

Euro Price Action

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Investment Protection, Opportunities

The euro was lower in trade on Thursday and has reached our 1.4800 support area, after a five completed waves up, as discussed and posted here. The whole price action shown on the chart below now looks quite tricky since the moves are trapped between a 1.5062 top and the…

Drip-Fed Dollar Declines Overnight

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Investment Protection, Opportunities

Overall, the major pairs gained some pips in Friday morning trade, but the moves seen until now are rather fragile. The only exceptions are the pound and the yen, which experienced an active first part of the day. During the European session, the European GDP numbers disappointed most investors, but…

FX Thoughts for the Day

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Investment Protection, Opportunities

Aussie continues to trade higher and is looking strong on its upmove. The overall bullish sentiment is intact and if the current strength on its upmove continues, we might see a rise once again towards 0.9350-70 in the coming sessions/days. A strong break above 0.9370 might target 0.9500 in the…

11-13 Economic Calendar

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Opportunities

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London Session Recap

Nov 12, 2009 in Grow Financially, Investment Protection, Opportunities

The USD relaxed its better tone in early European hours this morning following an acceleration of German GDP growth in Q3 to +0.7% q/q. However, the USD?s inability to hold above EUR/USD1.4900, the generally soft tone in stocks and weaker gold and oil prices reflects a reduced appetite for risk…