Easter Forex : The Immaculate Ending
The end of the first quarter and my, so much has happened and whilst I do not make it a point to make personal comments about political or quasi political matters, I must… Continue reading
Category Archive: Forex
FX Lesson 4 : The Road To Riches In The Zero Sum Game
I have been meaning to write about this for a while now with thoughts fermenting in that dusty old brain for years as I procrastinate on grounds that it would serve little purpose… Continue reading
FOMC : The Mother of All Rate Cuts
Is it any wonder that bankers which include the economists and strategists all draw higher salaries than the people at the Fed and that the promising and/or prominent officials often end up working… Continue reading
China Focus : Preparing For Something Big
It’s been a big week in China and Chinese equities are the best performers this week after the slew of reforms announced for their economy and financial markets. The main cheer came from… Continue reading
Australia Focus : Not All Is Lost
“Australia’s high-value services exports, led by tourism and education, have overtaken iron ore to become our biggest foreign exchange earners. Services exports now are worth more than coal and LNG combined.” http://www.smh.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/iron-ore-no-longer-our-biggest-export-20150313-142za6.html#ixzz3UGC22twx The… Continue reading
USDSGD PANIC ATTACK
USDSGD has, errr, apparently bursted out of its trading band if the home made computations are correct, causing the market to freak out. You see, the SGD is not meant to weaken so… Continue reading
Abe, Thank Mario – The Abenomics Success Story and the ECB
2 years into Abenomics and on the day of reckoning for the ECB Q€ ( I particularly like the way the market is using the € for the E to differentiate from the… Continue reading
Malaysia : Economics Does Not Work In A Sentiment War
Malaysia is having a rough year, rocked by aerial accidents, oil prices and most of all, political scandals. To an economist central banker like Zeti, it must be a nightmare because she is… Continue reading
Forex Month End : Just Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes Or Be A Black Sheep
When we started 2015, the entire world was waiting for the great global economic divergence and thus diverging policies from the central banks. 8 weeks into 2015, the divergence is showing up. Yes.… Continue reading