In addition to looking at fundamentals and sentiment, there is another force at work in the markets, and that is the central banks. They have significant power to move markets, at least temporarily. They most often “jawbone”, or talk about what they want, or what is right, or what they might do. Less often, because [...]

Hello everyone. Thanks to Kris for allowing me to share my fundamentals views on a weekly basis. I thought it might be interesting to think about the dollar and where it’s going long term. As it is the basis or counter currency for most FX volume, it behooves us to have a good handle on [...]

The news dominating headlines across the globe is the so called, “Swine Flu,” which started with pigs but is deadly and contagious among humans as well. The spread of reported cases from Mexico to Spain has got the Eurozone worried and Asia as well, due to their recent painful first hand experience with the SARS [...]