Week Ahead: highlights include China trade and inflation, RBA, UK GDP

[ad_1] MON: FOMC SLOOS, BoJ Minutes (Sep), BoC Market Participants Survey; Japanese Jibun Final Composite/Services PMIs (Oct), German Industrial Orders (Sep), EZ Final Construction/Services PMIs (Oct), UK Final Construction PMI (Oct), US Employment Trends (Oct). TUE: RBA Policy Announcement, EIA STEO; Chinese Trade Balance (Oct), EZ Producer Prices (Sep), US International Trade (Sep), Canadian Trade

EUR/USD closes its best-performing week since June amid weak USD

[ad_1] Share: EUR/USD gained more than 1% on Friday, rising near 1.0730. The USD, measured by the DXY index, will close with a 1.40% weekly loss. The dovish stance of the Fed and weak NFPs from October made the USD tumble. In Friday’s session, the EUR/USD soared to 1.0730, closing a 1.50% gaining

MUFG trade of the week: Going short USD/MXN, and short USD/SEK

[ad_1] USDMXN daily MUFG Research added 2 new trades to its TOTW portfolio. Short USD/MXN – (spot ref @ 17.400), Target @ 16.900 & Stop @ 17.800 and Short USD/SEK – (spot ref @ 10.980,) Target @ 10.650 & Stop @ 11.200. “We are recommending a new short USD/MXN trade idea. While the pair has

S&P 500 close to erasing two weeks of losses just this week

[ad_1] As 10-year Treasury yields basically undoes whatever happened in October, equities are finding much comfort especially in the last two days. Tech stocks have been surging but general sentiment in itself is extremely buoyed as major indices look to wrap up the week with another round of gains. That would make it five for

Plenty of big events still to come on the week

[ad_1] Even today, while most market players might be focused on the FOMC meeting, I would say that the main event on the day is the Treasury refunding announcement. I detailed more on that yesterday here. As for the rest of the week, there is still the BOE monetary policy decision tomorrow and then the

Brent Crude Oil Starts the Week on the Back Foot as ‘War Premium’ Subsides

[ad_1] Oil (Brent Crude) News and Analysis The weekend premium was deflated on Monday as markets look to the Fed Oil heads lower after respecting resistance at $89 a barrel EU data underscores growth slowdown in major economies The analysis in this article makes use of chart patterns and key support and resistance levels. For

Dollar holds near 150 yen ahead of busy central bank, data-packed week By Reuters

[ad_1] © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, British pound and Chinese 100-yuan banknotes are seen in a picture illustration shot January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar held steady in cautious trade on Monday and pinned the yen near 150 as traders