Author: Interactive Brokers

IB FX View Strength in U.S. retail sales boosts dollar – but for how long? Tuesday September 15, 2009 In recent weeks the investment response to a distancing of the dark days of the collapse of Lehman Brothers has been a...

IB FX View Desire for themes elevates significance of trade war Monday September 14, 2009 It would seem that investors need a clear theme as they start trading each week. Today the focus is on the potential for a trade war after...

IB FX View Sino pessimism wanes after strong slew of data Friday September 11, 2009 What the world took away from Chinese exporters, the government appears to have been successful in replacing. News today that the domestic...

IB FX View Pound strengthens after service activity accelerates Thursday September 10, 2009 Just when the story was starting to make sense, everything suddenly changed. That’s how the markets feel this morning as the...

IB FX View Dollar bows to carry trade pressure as funding costs slide Wednesday September 9, 2009 A decline in the cost of borrowing dollars through the interbank market accompanied by the fading memory of stock market losses...

IB FX View Payroll confusion leaves currency traders in a spin Friday September 4, 2009 Friday’s employment report has offered little fresh insight over and above what we already knew about potentially weak consumption...

IB FX View Eurozone growth boost fails to lift single currency Thursday September 3, 2009 Currency markets continued to exhibit tumultuous moves in response to ongoing neurosis within the Chinese stock market. Today, investors...

IB FX View Yen steals risk-aversion crown Wednesday September 2, 2009 Investor fascination with a manufacturing recovery over the summer months took a full-on slap across the face Tuesday, as fears resurfaced over the potential...

IB FX View Aussie dollar setback as RBA relaxes Tuesday September 1, 2009 The Australian dollar was apparently braced for a yield boost ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s monthly monetary meeting today. Investors...

IB FX View Yen lifted by conflicting winds Monday August 31, 2009 The Japanese yen strengthened on new found optimism rooted in decisive victory for the Democratic Party of Japan who rose to power on a platform of social and...