Thursday, September 09, 2010

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Dollar Victim to the Restraint of Risk Trends as Dow Bounce Offsets Response to Negative Data

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London Calling Sep 9

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Australian Dollar and Japanese Yen Rise as Data Supports

Established trends are maintained in the Asia session, ahead of the Bank of England rate decision. The Aussie-Dollar has attempted to breakout on strong economic data, but tomorrow’s risk trends will need to reinforce the move. Key Overnight Developments Australian Dollar Advances on Strong Employment Data Rising Business Confidence Reinforces Yen Uptrend Critical Levels CCY SUPPORT RESISTANCE EURUSD 1.2659 1.2762 GBPUSD... Detailt »»

Crude Oil Awaits Inventory Data, Gold’s First Test of Records Unsuccessful

Crude oil is little changed in overnight trade as the commodity awaits a much-anticipated report on U.S. petroleum inventories on Thursday. A larger-than-normal build will may lead to more underperformance by oil, while a bullish surprise may lead to a breakout. Commodities – Energy Crude Oil Awaits Inventory Data Crude Oil (WTI) - $74.69 // $0.02 // 0.03% Commentary: Crude oil reversed all of Tuesday’s losses on Wednesday, rising $0.58, or 0.78%. The commodity... Detailt »»

Australian Dollar Advances on Strong Employment Data

The Aussie-Dollar spiked above 0.92 following the release of strong employment data. Will Thursday's risk trends reinforce the bullish move? Australian Employment increased 30.9K in August, notably above the 25K that was expected, as well as the 25K in July. Importantly, all of the increase in employment came from full time jobs— those increased 53.1K, while part time employment actually decreased by 22.1K. These figures are in contrast to July when full time employment decreased,... Detailt »»

GBPUSD: Consolidation Persists in Falling Channel

GBPUSD continues to consolidate above support at 1.5324, the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the 5/20-8/6 rally, after breaking below a rising trend line that had guided that advance. Our bias remains bearish and we will continue to monitor positioning for selling opportunities, though risk/reward does not look attractive to place a trade at present. Near-term resistance lines up at 1.5584, the 23.6% Fib. Read more from the original source: GBPUSD: Consolidation Persists in Falling... Detailt »»

European Financial Fears Not Trend Material, But Short-term Opportunities Develop With Euro, Pound

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Crude Postures for a Breakout but Gold Needs Momentum for Record Highs

Once again, we are left to qualify the sincerity of investor sentiment. Wednesday’s session brought a clear advance in the appetite for risk; but considering the lack of a distinct trend for equities, crude and even progress on gold, it seems traders are still waiting. North American Commodity Update Commodities - Energy A Bounce in Risk Appetite Leads to the First Oil Advance in Four Days but Conviction Clearly Lacking Crude Oil (LS Nymex) - $ 73.79 // -$ 0.51... Detailt »»

U.S. Equities Rally Despite Drop in Mortgage Applications Last Week

U.S. stocks posted their largest gain in nearly two months despite a report that the number of mortgage applications declined for the first time in six weeks. U.S. Session Key Developments Global Risk Appetite Returns on European Government Debt Sales U.S. Mortgage Applications Decline For First Time in Six Weeks Crude Oil Rallies, Gold Dips Slightly on Reduced “Safe-Haven” Demand U.S. stocks rallied for a fifth time in the past six days despite the first... Detailt »»

Currency Crosses: Technical Outlook 09-08

The euro is weak across the board. In fact, the EURAUD is trading at a 19 year low and an objective is 1300 pips lower. Long Term Trends and Pivot Points (monthly data) (updated on first of the month) TREND S3 S2 S1 PL PH R1 R2 R3 EURJPY DN 94.63 100.03 103.39 107.76 109.80 112.14 117.53 120.89 GBPJPY DN 116.85 122.74 125.97 130.53... Detailt »»
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Apple’s iPad Mistakes

The iPad has a lot going for it, but is also a big disappointment in many ways. Almost no product could have lived up to the insane hype leading up to Steve Jobs's announcement today, but the iPad certainly could have had more groundbreaking features. If Apple really wants to change the world with the iPad and popularize a whole new computing category,... Detailt »»