Operation Twist, The Last Time Around
With so many journalists / analysts essentially stating as fact that some version of Operation Twist 2.0 is on the books for tomorrow, I thought it might help to toss up a friendly reminder of
An In-Depth Look at Deleveragings
With the FOMC's latest statement on tap (and taking a sharp turn from yesterday's post) I wanted to shoot out a paper that I flipped through with a good amount of interest lately. It comes
Non-Farm Primer – The ADP Implication and Technical Misconceptions
Following the release of ADP on Wednesday I was groaning on Twitter about this lack of reliability in terms of this report, and how it is really no better than just a consensus estimate. ADP
Had you listened….
….to the bulk of FX analysis on the planet yesterday you probably would have been fiercely buying into EUR/JPY or USD/JPY following the uptick higher leading into yesterday's London session. Consistency seemed to remain across
Chartsweeper: EUR/USD
The trendline that never quit finally threw in the towel today, thanks to some steady increases in US GDP (Advance #) and lackluster rhetoric from the Eurozone. In regards to the GDP: forget the Street
Japan and the US: Two Peas In A Pod?
While we go ahead and make the utterly scary similarities between the US and Japan, the playing field does indeed remain wide open given recent means of monetary policy….but it doesn't change the situation. Since
ADP Opens A Can Of What The…
Hold your horses, cowboy. The ADP shock today blew a little magic dust on the currency markets and boosted USD into a solid 1.02% upclose. Going into the ADP number Euro was declining steadily after
2010 Performance and Aggregate Data
Below you'll find a list of data used to summarize the overall latest picture of where we will end the year in terms of rates and current status of last month/Q3 data for all others.
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