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Euro and sterling – love to loathe
Daragh Maher, foreign exchange strategist at Crédit Agricole in London, discusses the struggle of the euro and sterling in the face of recent political events, and asks which is winning the battle of the battered
Briefs 17.5.10
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Informa: Dollar miles ahead of flagging euro and sterling
Informa topped the one-month currency forecast rankings with a bullish dollar view amid turmoil over the euro and sterling.
Option prices rocket over euro crisis and UK hung parliament
LONDON – Options prices shot up dramatically last week as liquidity fell, amid long-term concerns over the European Central Bank’s (ECB) handling of the eurozone deficit crisis and uncertainty about the outcome of the UK election.
BNP Paribas: pound is going down
BNP Paribas topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings and made a top five appearance in the one- and 12-month year-to-date index, by focusing on changing global liquidity conditions.
Traders prep for more euro troubles
LONDON - Options markets are pricing in further euro downside risk, despite expectations a multibillion euro bailout package for Greece will be unveiled soon.
Gain Capital: outer eurozone will drag euro down
Gain Capital topped the three-month currency forecast rankings with a bearish stance on the euro, having predicted the Greek debt crisis would spread to neighbouring economies.
Euro loses as markets play it safe
Greece continues to dominate the headlines. However, the contagion effect to other eurozone peripherals as well as concerns over Chinese monetary tightening and proposed financial regulatory reforms have been driving financial markets recently –…
Lloyds TSB: USD will win G-3 currency race
Lloyds TSB has topped the three-month currency forecast rankings this week by maintaining its dollar-bullish stance, according to Trevor Williams, chief economist at the bank in London.
Saxo preps for slowing global growth
Saxo Bank has topped this week's three-month currency forecast and the 12-month year-to-date index by focusing on scenario analysis.
Wells Fargo boosted by US recovery
Wells Fargo has topped the three-month year-to-date index this week with a consistent dollar-bullish approach. Nick Bennenbroek, head of currency strategy at Wells Fargo in New York, attributed its forecast to economic factors and market positions.
Informa: Yen set to regain funding crown
Informa topped the one-month currency forecast rankings this week with a dollar-bullish view.
BNP Paribas: Liquidity withdrawal key to dollar recovery
BNP Paribas has topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings by focusing on the long-lasting effect of central bank liquidity measures.
Greek bailout fails to inspire FX traders
The Greek bailout fails to appease forex traders
Corporate hedge ratios reach record levels
JP Morgan corporate survey released
Central bankers see reserve currency future for renminbi
The renminbi will over the long term become a reserve currency, according to a survey of central bank reserve managers carried out by Incisive Media's Central Banking Publications in autumn 2009.
Dollar-bullish view pays off for Crédit Agricole CIB
Crédit Agricole CIB (CA) has maintained its dollar-bullish position as it tops the one-month year-to-date index.
CBA: Hung parliament won’t kill sterling
Euro-bearish CBA tops currency forecast index
Fiscal policy could prove fatal for sterling
George Magnus, senior economic adviser, and Mansoor Mohi-uddin, chief currency strategist at UBS in London and Singapore respectively, join the UK policy debate
TMS: the only way is up for EUR/USD
TMS Brokers tops one-month forecast
Greek deadlines loom for euro
Dealers look ahead to Ides of March as lack of clarity on Greece debt crisis keeps trading range-bound for now.
Scotia scoops the 12-month forecast again
Scotia tops 12-month poll for second week running
Saxo stays low on the euro
Saxo Bank tops one-month currency forecast index