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EUR Trade Index 18-Year Chart Daily EURO chart of 18 years of cyclical developments in finance & politics [read more]
JPY Trade Index 29-Year Chart Monthly chart of 29 years of cyclical developments in finance & politics [read more]
GBP Trade Index 18-Year Chart Daily GBP (British Pound) chart of 18 years of cyclical developments in finance & politics [read more]
US Dollar Index 14-Year Chart Daily chart of 14 years of cyclical developments in finance & politics [read more]
Speculators' Futures FX Positions The weekly figures on traders' futures commitments obtained from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's International Monetary Market shed valuable light on the developing flows pursuing one currency versus another. [read more]
Global Yield Curves Yield curves are a snapshot of bond yields of similar credit quality and asset class, ranging from maturities of as little as one month to 30 years. [read more]
US EU Bond Yield Spreads Rather than simply comparing currencies' overnight interest rates, FX traders pay close attention to differentials in 10-year yields for the market's assessment of longer term interest/inflation rate horizons. The relationship is straight forward. [read more]
Global Interest Rates Interest rates are the single most important fundamental driver in Forex and the direction of monetary policy is essential in shaping developments in currencies. This direction is determined by the vast array of economic reports, central bank rhetoric and movements in equity and bond markets. [read more]
 
   
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2010.03.11: Revisiting the S&P500 and VIX charts in Monday's article showing how the S&P500 / VIX ratio is unable to break above the 65 resistance. 65 = the ratio. A higher ratio corresponds to higher S&P relative to VIX, hence bullish for markets and vice

2010.03.11: Markets are increasingly tying last nights stronger than expected China inflation to rising chances of a tightening decision from the PBOC tomorrow (higher reserves requirements, rate hikes or more cutback in bank lending). Any further tightening

2010.03.11: NZD weakness extends in European trading after the RBNZ decision to hold rates unchanged was accompanied by a dovish statement (no rate hike until before summer). NZDUSD hovers around 0.70, capped at 0.7050, with prelim downside target at 0.6930.

 

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