Author: Interactive Brokers

IB FX View Yen gains as forex markets show caution ahead of U.S. GDP Thursday August 27, 2009 The Japanese yen continued to curry favor with investors overnight after a flat showing for equity markets on Wednesday indicated...

IB FX View Sterling slides, while euro plays second fiddle to dollar Wednesday August 26, 2009 Bursts of enthusiasm here and there don’t seem to be enough to carry a single currency unit higher in current trading. The...

IB FX View U.S. housing market headlines mask worsening Asian market sentiment – U.S. dollar off lows Tuesday August 25, 2009 The dollar’s early attempt at a rally following a tumultuous Asian session, in which...

IB FX View Full steam ahead…to nowhere? Monday August 24, 2009 The tone from Jackson Hole was pretty much as had been expected as global central bankers warned of the bumpy road ahead while claiming that the recession...

IB FX View From Shanghai to Jackson Hole, recovery is underway Friday August 21, 2009 Once again currency traders shifted the goalposts as fresh data emerged sending currency values swaying in both directions. After a...

IB FX View Heightened sensory awareness Thursday August 20, 2009 An unexpected rise in the number of fired workers filing for jobless benefits created the latest example of the impulsive reaction by investors to granular data....

IB FX View Dollar safe haven wanes as U.S. stocks steady Wednesday August 19, 2009 It was on August 4th that Canadian finance minister, Jim Flaherty warned reporters over the potential need for unspecified steps to calm the rise...

IB FX View Euro fails to take the lead from ZEW survey Tuesday August 18, 2009 Tuesday’s pre-market trading was buoyed by a reprieve for Asian stock markets, whose decline was stemmed by the feeling that prices had decayed...

IB FX View The Eurozone did what? Thursday August 13, 2009 Call me a skeptic but today’s word that the Eurozone actually returned to growth in the second quarter with a 0.1% expansion is a proper bolt-out-of-the-blue....

IB FX View Dollar sales ahead of dull FOMC statement Wednesday August 12, 2009 With the FOMC not expected to make changes to its interest rate stance this afternoon, investors’ early focus was on what the British had to...