U.S. non farm payroll showed another strong result as 257K jobs were added in January, according to recent report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Market expectations and the ADP report were at 236K and 213K, respectively, for January. According…
Last week continued the high volatility following the recent FOMC policy meeting and US’s GDP fourth quarter release. This week is also entails important financial reports from the US most notably the non-farm payroll, manufacturing PMI, PCE, and factory orders…
The US returns to the limelight with the Fed decision and the first release of US GDP. What are the implications for the dollar? Before diving into this, we analyze the impact of the Greek elections for the euro in the short…
Many have already talked about the recent ECB QE program, which is currently estimated to reach around 1.1 trillion euros or $1.3 trillion (or perhaps $1.2 trillion now that the Euro/USD is around 1.12). So here is another way to…
The Greek elections from the weekend could bring the Greeks one step closer to exit the EU, which may stir up the markets mainly the Euro. The result of the recent QE program announcement of ECB and BOC’s rate cut…
The highly anticipated Greek elections will be held on Sunday and could set the pace for this week in the markets. In the U.S. several economic reports will be released including: first estimate of GDP for Q4, FOMC meeting statement,…
ECB QE is here and it’s big: we run down the event and the impact before circling back to the big hint we received for this one week before from the SNB, focusing on the impact on brokers. The moves are of course…
The big news from the Swiss National Bank to stop pegging its currency to the Euro has shocked the foreign exchange markets. Some analysts have also linked this move to the recent recovery of gold including SPDR Gold Trust (GLD).…
Our weekly podcast came just in time after the shocking removal of the EUR/CHF floor. We begin with this and move on the very correlated upcoming event: the upcoming ECB meeting in which QE is on the cards. We then…
SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) started off 2015 with a 3% gain, which basically erased the losses incurred in the last three week of 2014. The recent recovery in the price of gold was partly related to the depreciation of the…