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  • EUR-GBP

    Interesting piece of information released by Bloomberg today. Barclays Capital was stopped out from its position in EUR-GBP. It is reported that the investment giant went short at 0.9178, targeting 0.8500 level. Trade wa…
  • Swaps.

    Euro swaps made for just about the only interesting piece of information hitting the wires in later part of trading day on Friday. The benchmark 2 year rate swaps fell to their lowest level ever at 1.5980, undercutting l…
  • Few Forex trades.

    Had a busy day on all fronts. Most importantly trading wise. A lot of trades using all kind of charts, short term, long term and everything in between. Today's developments are very interesting. British Pound once more c…
  • Currencies on fire.

    Big day in Forex. Most currencies had large moves, majority of them in both directions. I wouldn't say this was very easy to trade, none of the days this week were, but swings were large enough to satisfy not only scalpe…
  • No more interventions. Really?

    The just ended G-20 summit in London was supposed to bring some answers to financial crisis spanning the world. After couple days spent debating and series of meetings, key agreements was published. Summit was declared …
  • Special Drawing Rights.

    Most of the time I get one or two emails after my updates here. Sometimes there's none. Few posts, however, generate interest and I receive a fair number of questions regarding them. Such was the case with Call for a new…
  • Trillion here, trillion there.

    In order to describe government's spending, or rather wastefulness, there used to be a saying around Washington: "A billion here, a billion there, pretty much we are talking serious money". Times have changed dramaticall…
  • March Madness, volcano madness, FX...

    March Madness is under way. While not a great fan of collage basketball, had to bring it up for obvious reasons- the madness part. It is only fitting that seasonal madness is discussed in a place where madness always rul…
  • Shock and ... what?

    I'm glad this week is coming to an end. Of course, I say that every Friday and so do most people. Frankly, though, I need some time to go over charts and do some "profound" thinking. I can't do it while starring at scree…
  • China is worried.

    I really like this. Our biggest lender, China, is "worried". Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted during news conference as saying "Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I'm a little bit worri…

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