Dollar depressed, stocks cheer easy Fed

[Reuters] – The dollar skidded to three-year lows on Thursday, pushing U.S. crude oil to a 2-1/2 year high, while Asian stocks rose as investors bet that the easy U.S. monetary policy will continue to drive money to riskier assets.

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IBM earnings up 10 percent, helped by weak dollar

[AP] – IBM Corp. on Tuesday reported stronger-than-expected net income and revenue for the first quarter, helped by the weak dollar and strong performance in the U.S. and emerging markets.
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Dollar Weakness Dominates Markets

CMC Markets analyst, James Hughes, reviews the European markets and looks ahead to the US open

Japan yen hits record high vs dollar, Nikkei down

[AP] – The yen soared to a record high against the dollar as Japanese stocks drooped Thursday, erasing some of the gains from the day before as the country struggled to avert a post-earthquake nuclear catastrophe.
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FOREX: Dollar Marks a Critical Break against the Euro but Follow through Requires a Bigger Shift

[DailyFX] – On a day that would hold two disappointing, scheduled economic indicators; the US dollar put in for a remarkable bullish move against many of its liquid counterparts. Though the extent of the currency’s advance was remarkable; it was the placement of the moves that really carried weight with the trading community.
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Forex: Dollar Steady through NFPs, Traders Now Look to Fed Chatter, Rates, Risk and EU Summit

[DailyFX] – This past week ended with something of a fizzle as the market seemed to absorb the US employment data with little interest in how the data alters the potential for relative growth, US rates or risk appetite trends.
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Forex: Dollar Would be the Primary Benefactor of Volatility or a Market-Wide Risk Reversal Next Week

[DailyFX] – The benchmark dollar has plenty of event risk over the coming week; but compared to some of the highlights on other dockets, its listings are far from critical. Even so, the greenback will remain at the center of any momentous changes in the FX market derived from underlying shifts in speculative expectations thanks [...]

Forex: Dollar Tumbles Across the Board as Risk Appetite Climbs on Strong Global Manufacturing

[DailyFX] – What chance there was for a meaningful risk aversion move to offer relief from the market’s overleveraged position these past months was dashed Tuesday with a strong follow-up rally in sentiment.
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FOREX: Yen Outperforms in Thin Liquidity, NZ Dollar Gains Despite GDP Drop

[DailyFX] – The Japanese Yen outperformed as thin liquidity conditions amplified volatility while the Kiwi Dollar rose on risk appetite despite a drop in third-quarter GDP.
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Trade Of The Week: Euro Vs Dollar

InTrader Hindsight, we look at the most popular markets and pick out the top trade of the week. While 20/20 vision is a great asset for finding great trades from the past, we also give legitimate reasons as to why you could have spotted the trade yourself. The aim is that this will help you [...]

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