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Daily FX - Thu Dec 10, 10:23 am ETInterested in building your own SSI-based strategy? Request SSI data on or forex forum . Our sentiment-based forex trading strategies have bought aggressively into the US Dollar’s recent reversal against the Euro and British Pound, and the sharp shift in sentiment favors further EURUSD and GBPUSD losses.
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Brazilian Currency Has Been ‘Stabilized,’ Mantega Tells Valor
Bloomberg - 28 minutes agoThe exchange rate would have been at 1.5 reais per U.S. dollar if the government hadn’t imposed the tax in October, Valor reported Mantega as saying. “We avoided a bubble in the stock and currency markets.”
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Euro lowers to $1.4556 in European morning trade
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 29 minutes agoThe euro was lower against the dollar Tuesday while investors remained cautious about debt and credit problems in Greece and Spain.
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Euro Drop Versus Dollar a Top Trade for Bank of Tokyo (Update1)
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 10, 3:29 pm ETDec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should sell the euro against the dollar, targeting $1.35, according to Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.’s top five currency trades for next year.
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Yen, Dollar Fall; Aussie, Kiwi Rise on Job Gains, Rate Outlook
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 10, 1:45 am ETDec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The yen and the U.S. dollar weakened against the currencies of Australia and New Zealand after faster Australian job growth and prospects for higher rates prompted investors to seek higher-yielding assets. Asian stocks fell.
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Australian Dollar Falls as RBA Sees More ‘Flexibility’ on Rates
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 12:43 am ETDec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar fell after the central bank said its decision to raise borrowing costs two weeks ago for a third straight month gives policy makers increased “flexibility” at future meetings.
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Yen Drops To 4-day Low Against Pound
INO News - Tue Dec 15, 12:12 am ET(RTTNews) - Extending its early Tuesday Asian session's downtrend, the yen fell sharply against other major currencies at 11:45 pm ET. As of now, the yen is trading at a 4-day low of 145.15 against the pound.
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Currencies: Dollar advances as traders mull employment data
Market Watch - Thu Dec 10, 10:21 am ETThe U.S. dollar recovers from earlier losses as traders assess U.S. jobless claims and the greenback's relationship with moves in and out of higher-yielding assets.
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Asian Mining Stocks Rise on Copper Price; Aussie Dollar Falls
Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 11:26 pm ETDec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Asian mining stocks rose as copper prices advanced. The Australian dollar weakened after the central bank damped speculation on higher interest rates.
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ECB: Total Of Settled Covered Bond Buys Hit EUR26.859 Billion Monday
Nasdaq - 2 hours 46 minutes agoFRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- The European Central Bank and the euro zone's 16 national central banks continued their purchases of covered bonds Monday, bringing the total volume settled to date to EUR26.859 billion, out of a planned total of around EUR60 billion, ECB data showed Tuesday.
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Dollar drops on easing Dubai fears
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 6:39 am ETThe dollar dropped against the euro in early European trading on Monday as worries eased over Dubai's debt problems, analysts said.
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Canadian Dollar Weakens as Crude Falls, Bank to Hold Rates Low
Bloomberg - Sun Dec 13, 7:28 pm ETDec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s currency fell for the first week in three as crude oil, the nation’s biggest export, plunged and the central bank reiterated a conditional commitment to leave borrowing costs low.
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Forex: Majors Flat Around Key Price Points
TheStreet.com - Mon Dec 14, 3:40 pm ETOver the last few days of trading, the dollar index has been in a clear uptrend, helped by positive macroeconomic data coming from the U.S. economy.
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Canadian Dollar Falls From 4-day High Against Greenback
INO News - 2 hours 38 minutes ago(RTTNews) - The Canadian dollar that reached a 4-day high of 1.0556 against the US currency at 2:00 am ET Tuesday weakened thereafter. Currently, the loonie is trading at 1.0612 against the greenback with 1.068 seen as the next target level. The dollar-loonie pair closed yesterday's deals at 1.0589.
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Euro Falls Versus Dollar, Pound
INO News - Fri Dec 11, 1:13 pm ET(RTTNews) - The euro dropped sharply against the dollar following the release of positive economic reports from the U.S. The common currency also saw weakness versus the pound.
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Fed Downplaying Weak Dollar
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Pound’s Demise Will not be Hard to Time
Sat Dec 12, 8:59 am ESTI’d like to follow up on my last post ( Timing is Everything ...
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Timing is Everything in Forex, Especially in this Environment
Thu Dec 10, 12:46 pm ESTI just finished reading a Wall Street Journal piece ( Central Banks ...
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Playing Chicken with the BOC
Wed Dec 9, 8:02 am ESTThe Canadian Dollar has been one of the world’s top performers ...
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Euro: It’s Still Mostly About the Dollar
Sat Dec 5, 10:00 am ESTIt’s been a while since I last wrote about the Euro (October ...
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Debunking the Myth: The Dollar and the Deficit
Wed Dec 2, 10:20 pm ESTLast week, I opined on the official US forex policy ( “Strong ...
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Japan’s Fujii Still Confused about Intervention
Tue Dec 1, 4:58 am ESTMy last update on the Japanese Yen was published on October 16 ...
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