Sunday, December 11, 2011

DailyMarkets.com - Forex – Weekly Outlook: December 12 – 16

DailyMarkets.com - Forex – Weekly Outlook: December 12 – 16


Forex – Weekly Outlook: December 12 – 16

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 02:05 AM PST

Forexpros – The euro was modesty higher against the U.S. dollar on Friday, paring some of the week's losses as a two-day summit of European Union leaders concluded with an agreement to introduce tighter fiscal controls across the single currency bloc, but fell short of securing changes to the EU treaty.

EU leaders agreed to increase the financial backstops to countries with debt problems by channeling EUR200 billion of funds to the International Monetary Fund. However, they postponed … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


The Perfect Storm Watch – Part One

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 08:27 PM PST

The one true thing about a hurricane is that you know its coming. Any spin about the likely hood of such event is never going work. A financial hurricane, sadly, is not preceded by similar speak. Financial market members, bankers, governments and politicians do all they can to spin or fudge the likely hood of such an event. In this series of posts we will follow market members who we will tag as watch dogs on several of the worlds financial hurricanes in the making.

The following is only … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


New York Federal Reserve Recession Model: Only 1-in-32 Chance Of Double-Dip Recession In 2012

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 07:57 PM PST

The New York Federal Reserve updated its “Probability of U.S. Recession Predicted by Treasury Spread” last week with treasury yield data through November 2011, and the Fed’s recession probability forecast through November 2012 (see chart above). The NY Fed’s Treasury model uses the spread between the yields on 10-year Treasury notes (2.01% in November) and 3-month Treasury bills (0.01%) to calculate the probability of a U.S. recession up to twelve months ahead (see details here) using the … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Interactive Guide/Map For The Republican Race

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 07:22 PM PST

From The Economist:

“Our interactive map provides the latest polling data for the Republican candidates, showing who is leading the race in each state and the date of the polls. It includes a drop-down election calendar containing all the key dates, and as the primaries progress we will update the figures for each presidential hopeful as they move towards securing the nomination as the Republican Party's candidate of choice. Once a state has voted, we will enter all the results on the map. … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Markets In Everything: Smart Phone Ultrasound

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 06:07 PM PST

9/12/2011 – The Current Market Sentiment

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 01:36 PM PST

By ForexMansion.com
The Single currency is still under pressure versus the greenback after the ECB’s interest rate decision of cutting the interest rate by 0.25% to be at its previous all times low at 1% again as it was before April meeting.
The ECB kept its role as funds provider again with no announcement about new buying bonds plans directly which have been aimed by the markets which have seen offering new 3 years loans or lowering the EU reserve banking rate of deposits at its central banks … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Forcing The Heart Attack Victim On The Treadmill

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 08:05 PM PST

In a previous post*, I used the analogy of Europe as a heart attack patient:
Imagine that a man (the “eurozone”) experiences severe chest pains and looks like he is headed for a heart attack (“Lehman moment”). The protocol is well defined in these circumstances. Take steps to stabilize him (“inject liquidity via the ECB”) and then address the causes with a program of diet, exercise and medical treatment (“longer term solutions such as balanced budgets, pro-growth policies, possibly closer … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


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