Author: Interactive Brokers

IB FX View Dollar rallies to greet FOMC meeting Tuesday December 15, 2009 The dollar is at its highest in a couple of months this morning and slowly it seems that the euro is undergoing the same fate that the greenback faced...

IB FX View Abu Dhabi ambles to help Dubai World Monday December 14, 2009 It’s taken a few weeks of chest-beating and no doubt some sleepless nights, but finally Dubai World got some relief today following the news from the state...

IB FX View Surging Chinese data sets positive weekend tone Friday December 11, 2009 A flurry of data indicating that the global recovery is safe in the hands of the Chinese economy helped raise the tone today at the end of a...

IB FX View Double boost for Australia from ongoing Chinese stimulus Thursday December 10, 2009 The big overnight news from Asia comes in the form of a surprisingly strong Australian jobs report, which has helped bump the local...

IB FX View Pound runs out of steam despite U.K. budget measures Wednesday December 9, 2009 While it might be a stretch to state compassion for any global finance minister, Britain’s Alistair Darling attempted to win over critics...

IB FX View Sour tone leaves both dollar and yen bid Tuesday December 8, 2009 Dealers are feasting on Refried Yen today – a reheated form of a rather popular menu item served up to satisfy risk averse investors when the going got...

IB FX View Did anyone see Goldilocks?      Monday December 7, 2009 The dollar index is up almost 0.2% as European stock indices fall in response to a few more Dubai-related tremors. Local markets slumped almost 7% as Arab...

IB FX View Huge Canada jobs report slaps greenback down       Friday December 4, 2009 No one was expecting a decline in the Canadian unemployment rate to 8.5%, but the addition of 79,100 jobs in what was a remarkably quiet...

IB FX View U.S. government gets a $45 billion mail-in rebate from BoA                  Thursday December 3, 2009 The risk appetite fountain is fully on this morning as investors the world send stocks cascading higher and the...

IB FX View Yen bulls continue to run scared                           Wednesday December 2, 2009 The dollar is undergoing somewhat of a reprieve midweek ahead of key labor market data this morning and later in the week in what...