Author: Interactive Brokers

IB FX View Closing ranks on the dollar                           Tuesday December 1, 2009 The...

IB FX View UAE central banks offer local respite – yen rises Monday November 30, 2009 Caution remains the catchword as traders resume business after a holiday weekend in the U.S. The dollar has opened lower after the...

IB FX View Thanksgiving raid on the dollar Wednesday November 25, 2009 Although the release of the FOMC November meeting minutes weakened the dollar somewhat on Tuesday it was not until a new day was dawning in Asia that...

IB FX View Risk aversion takes a back seat Tuesday November 24, 2009 A slew of overnight woes concerning the health of banks around the world was limited in its support for the U.S. dollar. One year ago that evidence would have...

IB FX View Fed comments revive risk appetite Monday November 23, 2009 St. Louis Fed President, James Bullard said in a speech over the weekend that the Fed should retain the flexibility to respond through continued purchases of...

IB FX View Trichet comments spur risk aversion rally Friday November 20, 2009 The ECB’s omnipresent desire to avoid the pitfalls of inflation caused by excessive money growth caused its president, Jean Claude Trichet to...

IB FX View Fed officials see logical dollar trade off Thursday November 19, 2009 Overnight comments in Asia from two Fed officials served to expand upon Monday’s keynote speech at the Economic Club of New York in which...

IB FX View Dollar shoved to the side as risk-aversion falters Wednesday November 18, 2009 While the dollar managed to bully everything else lower on Tuesday especially after risk was discouraged by a poor showing from a gauge of...

IB FX View Bernanke underscores Geithner’s dollar policy Tuesday November 17, 2009 Maybe Fed chairman Bernanke’s mention of the level of the dollar was unconventional when he addressed the Economic Club of New York...

IB FX View A dollar inspired Thursday November 12, 2009 A late in the week boost for the U.S. dollar finds its basis in the shrouded optimism of words of Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao. His words on a televised state television...