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What are Central Banks Expected to do in 2012?

The New Year has begun and it is important to see what the market is pricing in for central banks this year. As you may know, central bank rate hike expectations change often but as of last week, most central banks are expected to keep monetary policy unchanged in the coming year but one [...]

FOMC Voters 2012 Dove Hawk Scale

The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee changes dramatically in 2012. Gone are Evans (the most dovish member of the FOMC), Fisher, Plosser and Kocherlakota (the Trio of hawks) and in comes Lacker, Pianalto, Lockhart and Williams. Three hawks and one dove will now be replaced with three doves and one hawk. We can [...]

Kathy is Getting Married - Returning Jan 9th

First I want to apologize for being MIA for the past few weeks. Didn’t realize wedding planning would be so tough! But - all is finally done and I am happy to say that I will be getting married on Dec 12th and will then be off for a nice long honeymoon. [...]

Bloomberg Interview on Safe Haven Currencies

I was on Bloomberg Television on Wed afternoon talking about Safe Haven Currencies

Speaking in Chicago - Free Webcast

I will be speaking at the Chicago World Money Show this weekend. If you are in town, please come say hi at my 2 presentations. Learn the 3Ms of Forex Trading on Thurs at 2:45pm and Battle Tested Forex Trading Strategies on Friday at 2:10pm
If you can’t attend, here is a link to [...]

Bloomberg TV: Impact of Downgrade on FX

I was on Bloomberg Television a few hours ago talking about the potential impact of the S&P downgrade of US debt on the dollar, euro, aussie and other currencies. Click on the image to access the video:

My Sydney and Singapore Itinerary

I am headed to Sydney and Singapore. Here are my travel plans - hopefully I’ll meet some of you in Asia!
Sydney
Mon Aug 8 (Local times)
8-9am Sky News Guest Hosting
11:40pm Bloomberg
7:45pm ABC Lateline
Tues Aug 9
12:40pm CNBC Asia
Sydney Trading and Investing Expo (Friday and Sat)
GFT Booth
10am - FX and CFD Tips and [...]

BNN Interview: What Happens if US is Downgraded?

I was on the Business News Network this morning talking about what could happen to currencies if the U.S. is downgraded. Click on the image to access the video

CNBC Interview: Central Banks Could Intervene if US is Downgraded

Was on CNBC last night talking about how Central Banks could intervene to weaken the Yen if the US is downgraded or defaults

April 2011 Forex Volume Data - Trading Rises in London

I’m a few days late because the market has been keeping me super busy but here’s the latest FX Volume Data and Charts from the main central banks
London Link to Report
- Average daily reported UK foreign exchange turnover was $2,191 billion in April 2011, 23% higher than in October 2010, and 30% higher than [...]