ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for July 2, 2019. See details below: FOREX Currently trading just above $1.26, the British Pound is losing ground against all major currencies, as the effects of Brexit-driven economic uncertainty and a slowdown in internal demand and exports, start to be felt.…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 13, 2019. See details below: FOREX The Yen, widely seen as a refuge asset during uncertain times, is becoming the star performer among the top currencies, already up by 0.2% on the day to the US Dollar. This can be…
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In response to market demand, CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, just announced that will expand its proposed bilateral payment netting service – CLSNet – to support more than 140 currencies (coverage will include all currencies associated with jurisdictions not on an official black/grey or sanctions…
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Last night, there was another rally in oil prices in anticipation of OPEC members reaching a freeze plan in a meeting next week. In recent days, several OPEC members including Iran, along with non-OPEC member Russia, have suggested they were leaning toward a deal to limit output. This becomes increasingly promising against a backdrop of…
Read moreHead of investment research for FXPRIMUS, Marshall Gittler, was interviewed live on Bloomberg today, in order to discuss a range of fundamental themes affecting the currency markets. He was asked for his views on the uncertainty of the Sterling following the ‘Brexit’ referendum, as well the Yen, emerging markets currencies and carry trades. Yen is…
Read moreThomson Reuters MarketPsych Indices deliver real-time streaming, multi-dimensional sentiment data on more than 7,500 companies, over 180 countries and currencies, as well as other asset classes.
Read moreKaty Burne of the Wall Street Journal broke news today that Ryan Sheftel, the global head of fixed-income electronic trading at Credit Suisse Group AG , left the firm earlier this month to take up a new post at Global Trading Systems LLC, said people familiar with the matter. Global Trading Systems is a large computer-driven…
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