Archive for Australian Dollar

AUD Reaction to New Prime Minister

It is exciting to be in Australia during such a monumental time when the country ushers in its first ever female Prime Minister. Haslinda from Bloomberg managed to wedge me in between Rudd’s resignation speech and Gillard’s acceptance speech - though I would have been happily bumped by such a significant event.
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China, Australia and Euro

I was on the Australian Broadcasting Channel Wed talking about the impact of Chinese Yuan Revaluation, my outlook for the Aussie and euro amongst other currencies:

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CNBC Interview: Outlook for Australian Dollar and Euro

I was on CNBC Squawk Box Australia last night talking about the outlook for the Australian dollar and euro:

My Favorite Trade Update: CAD Closing in on Parity

Sorry I haven’t blogged as much in recent days but I have been swamped with gearing up for my trip to Singapore later this month - I will be speaking at the ATIC expo, so come by if you are around.
First an update of My Favorite Trades. In mid March, I moved on [...]

My Favorite Trade: AUD/NZD Update Plus USD/CAD and EUR/GBP

Last week, I wrote that shorting AUD/NZD is my favorite trade. At that time, I said that if the currency pair rallies back above 1.31, then the uptrend has resumed and my call is wrong. However, AUD/NZD tortured me and came within 2 pips of 1.31 (1.3098) before reversing sharply lower. There [...]

My Favorite Forex Trade: AUD/NZD

My favorite forex trade right now is shorting AUD/NZD.
After hitting a 9 year high of 1.3124 last week, the rally in AUD/NZD is losing steam. I should have posted about this earlier, but I think there is still room for the currency pair to fall.
Last week, the Reserve Bank of [...]

Reaction to Australian Rate Hike, Outlook for Canada Rate Decision

I was on the Business News Network this morning talking about my reaction to the Australian rate hike, the IMF’s report on Chinese Yuan undervaluation and my outlook for the Canadian rate decision
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Outlook for Australian Dollar

I was on CNBC Australia last night talking about the outlook for the Australian dollar and the upcoming RBA rate decision

My Favorite Forex Trade: GBP/AUD

My favorite long term forex trade is short GBP/AUD. From both a technical and fundamental basis, the currency should be headed lower.
Based upon the recent trend of economic data including the highest level of unemployment in 12 years and the sharpest decline in retail sales since Feb 2009, the Bank of England should [...]

Forex Trading Tips: A Trade Not A Gamble

A Trade Not A Gamble
“Why are you not taking this trade?” one of the subs asked me in our live trading session on Friday. I had just pointed out a possible setup but held back from pulling the trigger because the risk factor was too high.

“Because I am looking [...]