Author: Interactive Brokers

IB FX View Chinese data decline draws risk aversion crowd Tuesday August 11, 2009 A half-hearted attempt at a rally by the euro quickly failed as the dollar rose Tuesday morning. The dollar is making a super-strength push...

IB FX View Euro starts to lose its friends Monday August 10, 2009 We’ve noted for some time that the wall of money being thrown at the U.S. economy in a heroic effort to revive a critical patient towers above the efforts...

IB FX View Not enough global oomph spurs dollar rally Thursday August 6, 2009 There were plenty of currency-driving forces on Thursday with central banks meeting and investors gearing up for further news on employment around the...

IB FX View A tad of risk aversion boosts dollar Wednesday August 5, 2009 A more negative tone set the scene for a minor dollar rebound after an ADP Employers Survey showed a higher rate than forecast of private sector job losses...

IB FX View Morning after syndrome Tuesday August 4, 2009 There was some sense on Tuesday of that ‘morning-after’ feeling in the currency markets. Traders seemed to resign themselves that they may have overdone things...

IB FX View Dollar under the hammer Monday August 3, 2009 July ended on a sour note for the U.S. dollar with its index left hanging precariously over the cliff until Monday. The weekend appears to have brought little respite and...

IB FX View Double-dose of good news too much for yen Thursday July 30, 2009 A fourth-straight monthly gain for Japanese manufacturers coupled with a U.S. jobless claims report that propelled equity index futures higher was a...

IB FX View U.S. dollar strengthens as data refutes recovery Wednesday July 29, 2009 A slump in the Chinese stock market overnight and an abrupt end to a string of government and corporate orders for durable goods helped turn...

IB FX View Australian chief’s rethink propels Aussie dollar Tuesday July 28, 2009 Comments from Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Glenn Stevens helped send the Aussie dollar to a 10-month peak in frantic trading as...

IB FX View Canadian dollar tests the warmer waters Monday July 27, 2009 The big news of what is essentially a quiet start to the forex trading week is the continued ascent of the Canadian dollar to a nine-month high against the...