United States dollar
Finding your currency bearings in 2011
Mitul Kotecha, head of global foreign exchange research at Crédit Agricole CIB, summarises the themes that have been driving the FX markets in the first two months of 2011
Audio: Dollar to win G-3 ugly contest
Nick Beecroft, senior markets consultant at Saxo Bank, predicts the US dollar will stage a comeback in 2011.
Rabobank triumphs with expectations of USD weakness
Rabobank topped this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings with expectations the US dollar would continue to weaken.
London retains premier spot in FX, according to volume figures
London remained the biggest financial centre for FX in 2010 according to volume figures published globally on January 31, despite speculation it would be overtaken as a result of the UK government's clampdown on bonuses.
SEB: Swiss franc will weaken
Scandinavian bank SEB topped this week's one-month currency forecast rankings with a focus on fundamental, technical and quantitative analysis.
4Cast wins out with euro risk
4Cast topped the one-month currency forecast rankings by predicting that the euro bounce at the start of the year would take a hit from the return of concerns over euro sovereign debt.
ParkerFX loses out in November
The Parker FX Index reported a –0.39% return for November as the risk-aversion based US dollar rally caught out the majority of currency managers.
Contrarian view boosts RBC to top of the 12 month rankings
RBC Capital Markets (RBC) topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings by maintaining its contrarian view on yen and Swiss franc strength.
Gain charts breakdown between inverse dollar and commodities correlations
Gain Capital topped this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings by viewing the US dollar as oversold in the run-up to the Federal Reserve’s announcement of a second round of quantitative easing (QE2) at the start of November.
Parker down in October
The Parker FX Index reported a loss at -0.12% in October, as markets were marked by a depreciating US dollar, with the DXY Index declining to -1.85%.
Wells Fargo puts faith in commodity currency growth
Wells Fargo topped this week's three-month forecast rankings with expectations for moderate US dollar weakness against a backdrop of increased instability in Europe, the UK and Japan.
JP Morgan offers streaming spot DXY
JP Morgan is pushing out streaming tradable spot prices for the US dollar index (DXY) over its electronic trading platform MorganDirect, with liquidity across a full forward curve and the ability to roll positions automatically.
Signs of dollar weakness
Divyang Shah, strategist at Thomson Reuters IFR Markets, winner of the FX Week Best Bank award for FX strategy and research, shares his views on broad-based dollar weakness
BarCap predicts trouble ahead for the euro
Barclays Capital dominated this week's one-month forecast rankings with expectations for the euro to benefit from a seemingly hawkish stance by the European Central Bank (ECB).
In Brief, November 15, 2010
Read this week's In Brief to stock up on the latest technology news around the FX world.
QE2 drives Danske’s bullish stance on euro
Danske Bank has topped this week’s one-month forecast rankings with a bullish stance on the euro in the wake of further monetary easing (QE2) announced by the Federal Reserve on November 3.
Hong Kong will not abandon dollar peg: HKMA’s Chan
Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Norman Chan says central bank will maintain dollar peg
Short-volatility strategy wins in October
Currency managers using the short volatility strategy were the best performers in October, indicates research from Royal Bank of Scotland.
FXall and EBS roll out fractional pricing
Fractional pricing is being rolled out at FXall across 72 currency pairs, including EUR/USD, on November 1 as EBS continues its phased rollout.
PPP still has legs in the USD/CAD market
Irene Aldridge, quantitative portfolio manager at Able Alpha Trading, and Steven Krawciw, wealth management executive at Credit Suisse in New York, look at the value of PPP in quant strategies
Parker FX: Rules-based currency managers rule in September
The Parker FX Index made a return of 1.64% in September, as currency markets favoured the euro and commodity currencies over a depreciating dollar.
Hotspot FX reports September year-on-year growth
Hotspot FX reported a 17.1% rise in average daily volumes to $33.8 billion – double count – in September, versus $28.8 billion in September last year.
SEB overhauls management structure and preps Asia push
SEB has realigned senior management to focus on key growth areas in Europe, while preparing to open up shop in Hong Kong next year to target Asian institutional investors.
Informa: Quantitative easing threats weigh on the dollar
Informa Global Markets has topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings for a second week in a row by focusing on the effect of changing US dollar sentiment on the FX markets.