Author: Interactive Brokers

IB FX View Geithner versus the Fed Wednesday November 11, 2009 Much of Tuesday’s reluctance to follow-through in terms of selling the dollar has come undone today. Fresh evidence from China of the state of global growth is...

IB FX View A series of known factors Tuesday November 10, 2009 The dollar has stabilized on Tuesday after a raucous battle to begin the week. However, key influences helping the dollar stand up appear to be a series of known...

IB FX View Bon Appetit! Monday November 9, 2009 Today investors are gorging on anything other than the U.S. dollar as a new feast of fourth quarter risk appetite gets underway. It took perhaps an hour to get over Friday’s...

IB FX View Headline unemployment rate creates dollar shocker Friday November 6, 2009 We’re not quite sure what all the fuss is about this morning when it comes to splicing and dicing the non-farm payrolls report. A 10.2%...

IB FX View Trichet offers U.S. his sledgehammer Thursday November 5, 2009 The ECB was the last of the three major central banks to leave its short term benchmark rate unchanged today. On Wednesday the Fed reiterated the same...

IB FX View An end to the exit talk? Wednesday November 4, 2009 The two low-yielding soft currencies (the dollar and yen) are lower today as FOMC decision day has finally arrived. We can now look back with the benefit of...

IB FX View Currency traders take a beating as dollar rally gives way Tuesday November 3, 2009 Today’s exchange rate movements are a little tough to decipher. Broadly speaking the dollar was well bid earlier, while the...

IB FX View A smoother start to a week has dealers mark down dollar Monday November 2, 2009 It’s amazing the difference a weekend can make and once again as we situate ourselves this morning, it’s as if nothing ever...

IB FX View Dollar and yen close the week on a high note Friday October 30, 2009 News on Friday included a decline in September’s reading of consumer spending, coinciding with the closing of the stimulus spigot. While this...

IB FX View Dollar flexing at an impasse after growth soothes nerves Thursday October 29, 2009 The oversize rebound in the value of the British pound this morning indicates the reliance the globe has on U.S. led growth. Third...