4Xlounge Market Insights – Special Report! – Fed Projections, part 1. – May 1, 2012
The 4Xlounge Market Insights discusses a number of the most significant economic reports released on a regular basis as we aim to anticipate their possible implications to the Forex currency pairs most actively traded. At their most recent meeting, the Fed released their projections as to how they believe the economy will perform this year. Here we will compare their estimates to the actual results of the most recent economic reports, as our goal is to anticipate the Fed’s next move and ultimately the next probable trend in the USD currency.
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4Xlounge Market Insights – AUD/USD – April 3, 2012
The 4Xlounge Market Insights discusses a number of the most significant economic data reports as well as their possible implications to their respective currency pairs. Today we will focus our attention to two such figures as they pertain to the AUD/USD pair.
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Weekly Review Special – November 4th, 2011
This week a slew of economic data was released which gave us a particularly interesting look into the current fundamental climates around the world. This includes the Employment rate in Europe and Canada rising, while decreasing in the US. Meanwhile the GDP figures in Canada showed improvement while Manufacturing in China slowed. The Bigger Picture Market Barometer shows a continued contraction in the marketplace, which eventually leads to significant new trends.
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Fundamental Xtras – US FOMC – Nov 2, 2011
At today's FOMC meeting, interest rates were left unchanged at the 0 to 0.25% range, as the Fed reiterated their intention to keep rates at their record lows through the mid-part of 2013. Generally speaking as interest rates tend to rise, so do stocks as well as the USD. Conversely, as rates decline, so do stocks and the USD.
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Weekly Review Special – October 14, 2011
This week showed contradictory news as the Employment increased in Australia but declined in the UK and while US Retail Sales increased Consumer Confidence dropped. The Bigger Picture Market Barometer shows a massive contraction in the market place which typically precedes new and very significant trends.
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Weekly Review Special – October 7, 2011
A slew of economic data was released this week including the TANKAN from Japan, Central Bank decision from Australia, the Euro-zone, Japan, and the UK. In addition UK GDP and Factory Prices were followed by employment data in Canada and the US. As this occured the Bigger Picture Market Barometer shows a large contraction towars the center.
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4Xlounge Market Insights – NZDUSD – A Logical Trade
When an investor considers an equity trade, considering the fundamental background and technical picture, we ultimately make the decision to either ‘go long’ if we believe the stock should move higher, or ‘sell-short’ if lower prices are anticipated. When trading the Forex market, both currencies within the pair should be considered. Ideally when initiating a position we should look to buy that currency that we believe will move higher and simultaneously sell-short the other currency within the pair that we believe should move lower. Today’s news cycle provided us with an example of a logical Forex trade.
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4Xlounge Market Insights – US Consumer Confidence and Home Prices
Economic data allows us an inside look at an economy from various points of view, when put together helps to paint a more complete picture about the country and currency in question. Today in the US Consumer Confidence and Home Prices were released, two significant barometers used to measure the strength of the US economy which help to determine future probable trends in equities as well as the USD.
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4Xlounge Market Insights – Economic data shows little progress
Economists, traders, and policy makers rely on economic data in making their decisions in issuing recommendations, initiating market positions, or adjusting monetary policy. Two quite significant pieces of economic data were released earlier today, and although the results came in close to most expectations, the data shows little progress has been made over the past month.
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Weekly Review Special – September 23, 2011
This week a slew of economic data was released including the always significant ZEW in Europe, UK Consumer Confidence, Canadian Inflation figures, and US Existing Home Sales. In addition we read minutes from recent central bank statements from Australia and the UK.
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