Author: Interactive Brokers

IB FX Brief Investors question sustainable euro weakness Friday March 12, 2010 The dollar is under pressure to end the week after words from a powerful investment house jolted investors expecting further decimation of the single...

IB FX Brief Currencies calmly accept rampant Chinese growth Thursday March 11, 2010 There’s a nice mix of arguments this morning to give rise to conflicting views on today’s currency movements. A slew of healthy data...

IB FX Brief Chinese export data pressures yen Wednesday March 10, 2010 A year after the weakest close for global equity prices, risk appetite has very much returned to the agenda. Stock prices are 60% or so higher from the...

IB FX Brief Sterling under more pressure Tuesday March 9, 2010 Ongoing speculation that profits earned overseas by Japanese companies is finding its way home before the fiscal year-end is lifting the yen on Tuesday. At the same...

IB FX Brief Ready, willing and able Monday March 8, 2010 French President Sarkozy’s strong weekend words supportive of the plight of Greece have seemingly struck a chord with investors across a variety of asset classes...

IB FX Brief Currency traders may ignore stormy labor data Friday March 5, 2010 Ahead of the U.S. employment report the dollar is stable. Dealers will be looking at the headline number, expected to be job losses for February of...

IB FX Brief Currencies calm ahead of labor and retail sales data Thursday March 4, 2010 The euro is suffering just a little from the ‘morning after’ syndrome and is so far unable to hold onto gains inspired by the...

IB FX Brief Greek austerity plan helps euro Wednesday March 3, 2010 Stern spending cuts and further increases in tax levies announced today in the Greek budget provided somewhat of a reprieve to the euro in midweek trading....

IB FX Brief Housework Tuesday March 2, 2010 Several nations have unfinished housework before investors can make further informed assumptions over future currency direction. That’s the message stemming from the...