Factors impacting major currencies explained: Part 2, the US Dollar
Federal Reserve (Fed) The US central bank, with complete independence regarding monetary policy, is striving towards maximum non-inflationary growth. Fed policy signals comprise mainly open market operations, discount More...
Factors impacting major currencies explained: Part 1, the EURO
The eurozone comprises 18 countries, which have adopted the euro as their national currency: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the More...
Risk aversion versus risk appetite
The fluctuation between risk appetite, also known as “risk on”, and risk aversion, dubbed “risk off”, is a daily changing sentiment on the market. Difficult as it may seem to get insight into risk sentiment, More...
Some forex basics
Spot Rate Spot rate denotes the market price of one currency with respect to another.All currencies’ spot rates against the US dollarare basic spot rates, and the remainder are cross rates. Major currencies include More...
