by simplymacrostrategy | Mar 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
British Pound (GBP) We warned here yesterday that “another tricky day lies ahead for the pound”. It did indeed have a very bad day on Wednesday; bottom of our one-day performance table by quite a margin, with losses ranging from -0.6% to -0.9% against the major...
by simplymacrostrategy | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Australian Dollar (AUD) The Aussie Dollar has spent most of the last three days moving lower against the USD, although from Monday’s opening levels in Sydney it is up against both the EUR and GBP. The combination of a stronger USD, much lower gold prices and a pick-up...
by simplymacrostrategy | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
United States Dollar (USD) The highlight of the day on Tuesday was new Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s first Congressional monetary policy testimony. Ahead of this, both stock index futures and the US Dollar traded pretty flat with the DJIA around 26,700 and the USD index...
by simplymacrostrategy | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
British Pound (GBP) The GBP had another lurch lower on Tuesday morning as the implications of Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit speech began to be more widely recognized. However, by the end of the European day, even though the GBP/USD rate was still down more...
by simplymacrostrategy | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Australian Dollar (AUD) From Monday’s high of USD0.7885 – its highest since last Tuesday – the Aussie Dollar has spent the last 36 hours moving lower, with the move accelerating in North America on Tuesday on a combination of stronger USD, much lower gold prices...
by simplymacrostrategy | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
United States Dollar (USD) Just when the inverse relationship between stock markets and the US Dollar seemed to be re-established during the Asian and European time zones on Monday, so it fell apart again during North American hours as the EUR, EUR and CAD all came...