Author: Interactive Brokers

IB FX View Your move, comrade Wednesday June 10, 2009 It’s tempting to lead today’s commentary with an observation about how the dollar fell apart following comments from the first deputy chairmen of the Russian central bank...

IB FX View Sterling gets its house in order Tuesday June 9, 2009 More and more analysts and economists were guilty of shrinking away from the British pound during the last week as political unrest romped through the dorm. Today,...

IB FX View Dollar bears mull the prospect of higher U.S. rates Monday June 8, 2009 Our opening gambit following Friday’s payroll shocker noted the sudden reversal in fortunes of the dollar at that time. Follow through dollar...

IB FX View Green shoots, green lights Friday June 5, 2009 The employment report has blown away the sanity of the most learned economist this morning after a lower number of jobs were reportedly lost while the rate of...

IB FX View The goose that laid the golden egg Thursday June 4, 2009 For three long weeks Britain’s right-wing Daily Telegraph has been cataloguing political expense claims. The story already cost the speaker of the House of...

IB FX View Schadenfreude boosts the dollar Wednesday June 3, 2009 Taking pleasure in watching someone else’s pain is possibly the best way to describe the latest movement in the value of the dollar after reaching its lowest...

IB FX View Deficits don’t matter: Discuss Tuesday June 2, 2009 “I worry about details. We will be watching you very carefully.” Those are the words of former Peoples Bank of China adviser, Yu Yongding, assigned to act as the...

IB FX View Chinese good news greets Secretary Geithner Monday June 1, 2009 A second monthly reading of expansion for the Chinese purchasing manufacturers’ index was taken as confirmation that Asian recovery is well underway. At...

IB FX View Dollar weakens on global recovery theme Friday May 29, 2009 The big theme to close the week and the month of May appears to be the rising tide of optimism for economies around the world. Strong production data out of...

IB FX View Japanese bond buying weakens yen Thursday May 28, 2009 Just as Japanese investors turned bullish on overseas bond offerings, investors crushed bond prices sending yields to multi-month highs. The latest market move...