Forex: Now What?

Are We at the Long-Awaited Shift in Risk?

Dollar Rally Stalls as Traders Await S&P 500’s Fate to Commit

Sterling Stumbles as Disinflation Accelerates; Light Week Ahead

The yen rallied the most in a year against the dollar as speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve will reduce stimulus that has boosted global markets spurred declines in riskier assets that may have risen ...

The Canadian dollar touched the weakest level in a year against its U.S. counterpart amid investor concern that gains in riskier assets have outpaced global economic growth.

Will EUR/USD Break 1.3000 or 1.2750 on Heavy Data, Risk Trends?

Australian Dollar May Have Scope to Rise Amid Profit-Taking

Dollar Could Surge as Markets on the Brink of Something Big

Key currency exchange rates Friday, compared with late Thursday in New York:

The dollar erased losses against the euro, trimming a weekly decline, as a higher-than-forecast increase in orders for U.S. durable goods added to speculation the Federal Reserve may slow monetary stimulus ...

* C$ at C$1.0321 vs US$, or 96.89 U.S. cents * Equity, currency markets volatile on Fed stimulus concerns * Oil prices end week 2 percent lower * Bank of Canada and GDP in focus next week By Solarina Ho ...

* Yen's rebound can extend further, but weaker trend intact * Dollar drops 2 percent this week vs yen * Euro posts 1st weekly gain in three vs dollar after German Ifo By Wanfeng Zhou NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) ...

* Yen rebound can extend further, but weaker trend intact * Dollar on pace for 2.2 percent weekly loss vs yen * Euro heads for 1st weekly gain in three after German Ifo NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The ...

The Japanese markets have been largely a one-way path higher in the last six months, as market participants focus on the bold actions of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) targeting 2% inflation through unprecedented ...

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The dollar extended its declines against the yen in afternoon trade on Friday and was on track for its biggest weekly loss in three years against the Japanese currency. The ...

Even after the financial crisis and amid debt worries, the U.S. dollar's status as the world's go-to currency doesn't appear to be in serious jeopardy. 

The Japanese yen continued to gain against the U.S. dollar Friday, extending an advance that was spurred in part by a selloff in Japanese bonds.

BERLIN (Reuters) - A leading German politician criticised EU draft plans for a financial transaction tax as "rubbish" on Friday, in a sign of growing concern that the tax could do more economic ...

Bullish Dollar Factors That Backfired

LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100, which had raced to its highest level in nearly 13 years this week, fell sharply for the second straight session on Friday as a decline at major bank HSBC hit the market. ...

By Laurence Fletcher LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Hedge funds hungry for trade ideas after the success of their bets on Japan's recovery have been turning their attention to the Australian dollar, betting ...

* FTSE closes down 0.6 pct at 6,654.34 points * FTSE fall sharply for second straight session * Index had hit near 13-year highs earlier this week * HSBC fall takes most points off FTSE 100 index * London ...

* U.S. durable good orders better than expected in April * Better German Ifo makes ECB easing less likely * Yen stays firm versus dollar after strong gains Thursday NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The dollar ...

Europe Needs Structural Change

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The role of the European Banking Authority must be beefed up beyond current plans to ensure that regulation of Europe's banks does not fragment into two competing systems, one ...

* Co said May 15 it had been approached on possible offer * Said consortium had offered only modest premium * Several top investors say would consider offer at 23 stg or more * Shares trading at 20.56 ...

A Trusted Trade That Didn’t Work

Currency Swings Fuel Blowout Volumes

* C$ at C$1.0326 vs US$, or 96.84 U.S. cents * Equity and currency markets volatile on Fed stimulus concerns * Bond prices generally higher across curve By Solarina Ho TORONTO, May 24 (Reuters) - The Canadian ...

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The dollar fell 1.1 percent against the yen to a session low below the 101 yen level on Friday as investors adjusted positions ahead of the long U.S. Memorial Day weekend on ...

With the world's largest economy suddenly awash in oil and gas, might the U.S. dollar join the ranks of the dollars of Canada and Australia as a "commodity currency" - which tend to correlate ...

* U.S. durable good orders better than expected in April * Better German Ifo makes ECB easing less likely * Yen stays firm versus dollar after strong gains Thursday NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The dollar ...

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium plan to sell bonds next week, expecting to raise an estimated combined total of about 16-17 billion euros. * Belgium aims to raise between ...

NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The dollar pared losses against the yen and the euro fell against the dollar on Friday after the release of better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for April, which eased ...

By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) - World share markets looked vulnerable to further falls on Friday, with brighter economic news from Europe doing little to encourage investors who are worried that ...

* World shares steady but liquidity fears remain * U.S. stocks set to follow European markets lower * German Ifo index seen pushing back ECB rate cut * Dollar index down 0.3 pct, yen resumes rise By Richard ...

Euro Fails to Breakout as ECB Fires Warning Shot- H&S Intact

MILAN, May 24 (Reuters) - Writedowns on bad loans held by Italian banks will total 19 billion euros ($24.51 billion) this year and 48 billion euros in the three years to 2015, according to a report by ...

Euro-Zone Bonds Move Back into Lockstep

* Euro gains as better Ifo makes ECB easing less likely * German Ifo business climate survey well above forecasts * Yen stays firm versus dollar after strong gains Thursday By Jessica Mortimer LONDON, ...

The Canadian dollar fell against its U.S. counterpart amid investor concern that gains in riskier assets have outpaced global economic growth.

MADRID, May 24 (Reuters) - State-controlled Spanish lender Bankia's share price is unlikely to rebound and instead is likely to settle down at its current level, the bank's chairman said on Friday after ...

EUR/USD Retests $1.3000 on Better German Data; Yen Rallies Again

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures slipped on Friday, retreating from the highest level in a week reached in the prior day's trade, when a softer dollar and drops in global equities supported the metal. ...

USD/CAD Technical Analysis 05.24.2013

World share markets looked vulnerable to further falls on Friday, with better economic news from Europe doing little to encourage investors who are worried that central bank stimulus may curtailed. MSCI's ...

By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) - World share markets looked vulnerable to further falls on Friday, with better economic news from Europe doing little to encourage investors who are worried that central ...