Author: Interactive Brokers

IB FX View Risk aversion theory boosts yen and dollar Wednesday October 28, 2009 Ongoing concerns over a budding recovery have pushed to one side the appetite for high yield and serve to punctuate a slide in the dollar....

IB FX View Decay in consumer confidence sends dollar surging Tuesday October 27, 2009 The backbone to the United States economy took a nasty jolt in the shape of slumping consumer confidence in October. The reading of 47.7 fell...

IB FX View Dollar stands still Monday October 26, 2009 Most currencies are higher versus the dollar to start the trading week although the dollar index is down a mere seven basis points to stand at 75.53. There are several...

IB FX View Britain “misses a turn” Friday October 23, 2009 A sixth consecutive quarterly decline in British GDP marked the longest recorded string of negative growth readings since records began in 1955. A 0.4%...

IB FX View Chinese GDP offers dollar reprieve Thursday October 22, 2009 The dollar took its cue this morning from Chinese government data showing that perhaps the domestic economy is chugging along comfortably after the impact...

IB FX View Euro breaches $1.50 – what next? Wednesday October 21, 2009 Savvy investors could tell something was up earlier this morning as equity index futures pointed lower, while an earlier rally in the dollar index...

IB FX View Corporate earnings keep the dollar under pressure Tuesday October 20, 2009 With global stock market averages fuelled by the lead of an American corporate earnings recovery it is the euro currency that continues to...

IB FX View Aussie dollar finds more reason to rally Monday October 19, 2009 At the Asian open the euro lost its way somewhat as a story grew in stature that European leaders would discuss the weakness in the dollar. As traders...

IB FX View Dollar tries to end week on a high Friday October 16, 2009 The U.S. dollar made a bid to end Friday on a high note on and take back earlier in the week losses against the euro. Strong American industrial output data...

IB FX View Sterling sharply higher after BoE pulls a Bernanke Thursday October 15, 2009 An interview with the Financial Times in London with Markets Director at the Bank of England, Paul Fisher has sharply boosted the fortunes...