Forex News
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Mining giant BHP offered to buy Anglo American, a longtime rival with a market capitalization of about $35 billion, in a potential megadeal that could reshape the global mining industry. Anglo American said Thursday it had received a proposal from BHP made up of an all-share offer for the company, contingent upon Anglo American’s demerger of shareholdings ...
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Caitlin Clark appears to be on the cusp of setting another record. The most prolific scorer in NCAA Division I history and the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft will continue her association with Nike by signing a $28 million contract that spans eight years and includes a signature shoe. The Wall Street Journal and The Athletic reported the pending deal, ...
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Most readers are probably familiar with the basic math behind interest rates and bond prices: When interest rates go up, bond prices go down. As the market recalibrates what a bond’s future cash flows are currently worth, a higher discount rate reduces the value of future coupon payments, resulting in lower bond prices. But there’s also a secondary impact ...
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Yen traders are bracing themselves for a redux of September 2022, when Japan intervened in the market to prop up the ailing currency in the wake of a central bank decision that reaffirmed accommodative monetary policy. With the yen already much weaker than it was then, and US interest rates unlikely to come down anytime soon, the mere lack of any hawkish ...
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Japan chief cabinet secretary Hayashi: • Won't comment on forex levels or forex intervention. • Important for currencies to move in stable manner reflecting fundamentals. • Rapid fx moves undesirable. • Closely watching fx moves. • Will be ready to take full response. • Expect BOJ to work closely with govt. • Expect BOJ to conduct appropriate monetary ...
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post: USD/JPY Rises to 155.40; Highest Since June 1990
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Quiet macro day with Durable Goods Orders looking like a beat - but only because of sizable downward revisions - as orders and shipments are actually down on a YoY basis. chart ...
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The United Nations’ atomic watchdog expects to meet senior Iranian officials next month to discuss growing concern the Persian Gulf nation could build a nuclear weapon in response ...
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Yen traders are bracing themselves for a redux of September 2022, when Japan intervened in the market to prop up the ailing currency in the wake of a central bank decision that ...
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post: USD/JPY Rises to 155.40; Highest Since June 1990
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Japan chief cabinet secretary Hayashi: • Won't comment on forex levels or forex intervention. • Important for currencies to move in stable manner reflecting fundamentals. • Rapid ...
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post: PBOC SETS YUAN MID-POINT AT 71058 / DOLLAR: 7.2461 TO PREVIOUS CLOSE
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On Thursday, April 25, an amplified threat of an intervention to bolster the Yen could influence buyer demand for the USD/JPY. The USD/JPY broke through the 155 threshold on Wednesday (April 24), with the markets considering 155 as the intervention zone. Nevertheless, the Japanese government has remained on the sidelines despite the USD/JPY return to 155. ...
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A Canadian Dollar counter-offensive is underway with USD/CAD off nearly 1.4% from the yearly highs registered last week. A reversal off technical uptrend resistance is now searching support with an outside-reversal candle today poised to snap a five-day losing streak. These are the updated targets and invalidation levels that matter on the USD/CAD weekly ...
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FNG has learned that a number of leading (and not-so-leading) retail prop trading firms have begun to implement rules for their clients that restrict the trades that can be made (or, profit that can be booked) by traders immediately around major news events. The practice, known as News Trading, is a risky strategy whereby a trader takes a significant ...