Forex Jokes : The rain rain rain came down down down...

The meteorologists predict that the situation will further deteriorate in the southern and southeastern parts of Germany. The Danube and Elba rose, and other rivers overflew their banks because of the incessant heavy rainfall. Bavaria has borne the brunt of the recent flooding. Several hundreds of its citizens were evacuated, the autobahns and railroad were drowned. The government has declared the state of emergency in ten towns, the residents of the small ones were transported to secure areas. The catastrophic large-scale surge of water has been recorded in Passau, which is surrounded by the Inn, Ilz, and Danube. The historical center was inundated, houses and basements were submerged, and the water level has reached 11 meters. The country's authorities have decided to involve the military to deal with the aftermath of the natural disaster. Angela Merkel has given the government directions to form  emergency services in order to help people suffering from the flood the most. The dwellers of potentially dangerous regions are asked to keep away from the rivers and take safety measures. The train traffic has been blocked, moreover, the railroad has been flooded, which has caused Deutch Bahn AG a modification of the train timetable and closure of most of risky destinations. The deluge made Prime Minister of Saxony Stanislaw Tillich cancel his visit to Turkey. The Germany's government is keeping the current state of affairs under the control. Thanks to the well-functioning system of notifications and operational work of the local municipalities heads, no victims have been reported yet.

Forex News: Euro rises on PMI data

The euro rose broadly on Monday after the manufacturing sector in the euro zone showed signs of stabilising, while the dollar fell against the yen as a slip in equities kept the safe-haven Japanese currency supported.

Analysts said both the euro and the yen could, however, trade lower in coming months if economic data from the U.S., like this week's non-farm payroll figures, pointed to a sustained recovery in the United States.

This could give impetus to the view the U.S. Federal Reserve would scale back its $85-billion-per-month stimulus programme and drive the dollar broadly higher.

The euro rose after data showed the slump in euro zone manufacturing had eased significantly in May.

The euro was up 0.3 percent against the dollar at $1.3025. Resistance was cited at last week's high of $1.3062. Reported option expiries at $1.3000 could keep the currency pinned to that level.

The dollar faltered against the yen as losses for the Nikkei steepened, eventually closing down 3.7 percent, while European shares extended losses on Monday.

The dollar was last down 0.4 percent at 100.10 yen, its lowest in 3-weeks. Support was cited at 100 yen and a large option expiry was reported at 101.3 yen.

"Dollar/yen has been held hostage to the broader risk-off environment," said Alvin Tan, currency strategist at Societe Generale. "Market is very short yen and that means that it is vulnerable to further short covering in the yen, meaning a lower dollar/yen...if risk continues to be under pressure this week."

Tan however expects the dollar to rise to 108 yen by the end of the year. The Bank of Japan's aggressive easing policy is likely to keep the yen under pressure, analysts said.

"The obvious support is at 100 and it will be difficult for it to break that unless stocks fall an awful lot more," said Takako Masai, head of forex at Shinsei Bank in Tokyo.

The dollar has so far managed to stay above the 100 yen level as investors remain bullish on the dollar after the last strong non-farm payrolls raised expectations that the Fed may start unwinding its massive stimulus programme.

The dollar added 1.9 percent in May against a basket of currencies, spurring currency speculators to raise their bets in favour of the greenback to the highest since at least June 2008.

Forex Jokes : Keeping secrets is out of fashion

The government of Switzerland will present a bill, which is aimed at improving the relationships with the Internal Revenue Service of the U.S.A. This measure will become a key point in the long-standing conflict over tax evasion by the U.S. citizens, who are holding accounts in the Swiss banks. Next week this law proposal will be brought before the Parliament and will enter into force approximately on July 1. The document will make the financial institutions to disclose information about their American clients to the U.S. authorities on condition that the interests of Switzerland are protected. In fact, that means that the banks will face multimillion fines for the assistance with tax avoidance. The total amount of fines may equal $7-$10 bln. The part of the amount will be paid by the country's government, and later the public money spent will be reimbursed by the banks. Currently, more than ten Swiss banks are involved in such law violation cases. The criminal investigation may be launched into thousands of Americans, who managed to hide their private incomes from the IRS by using offshore bank services. So, the Switzerland government is in a predicament now. On the one hand, the country sticks to the centuries-old tradition of non-disclosure. On the other hand, it has to react to the financial claims of the leading world power. The situation will clarify in the nearest future

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Forex News : YEN and USD signal for this week

U.S. Dollar Rises To 4-day High Of 102.00 Against Yen

BOJ offers to buy 400 bln yen in commercial paper (CP) from 5/31

The U.S. dollar gained ground against other major currencies in early Asian deals on Tuesday. The greenback hit a 5-day high of 1.2883 against the euro, 4-day highs of 1.5063 against the pound, 0.9686 against the franc and 102.00 against the yen. If the greenback rises further, it may find resistance level around 1.27 against the euro, 1.49 against the pound, 0.98 against the franc and 103.00 against the yen.

Forex Jokes : Races

Soros and a Bernanke went to the races. Soros suggested to bet $10,000 on a horse. Bernanke was sceptical, saying that he wanted first to understand the rules, to look on horses, etc. Soros whispered that he knew a secret algorithm for the success, but he could not convince Bernanke.
Soros: You are too theoretical, he said and bet on a horse. Surely, that horse came first bringing him a lot of money. Triumphantly, he exclaimed: I told you, I knew the secret!
Bernanke: What is your secret?
Soros: It is rather easy. I have two kids, three and five year old. I sum up their ages and I bet on number nine.
Bernanke: But, three and five is eight,
Soros: I told you, you are too theoretical! Soros replied, “Haven't I just shown experimentally that my calculation is correct?!”

Forex analysts 22 Mei 2013

GBP/USD - Fractal support at 1.5081 - for May 21, 2013 (daily strategy)

Today after the release of the UK inflation report, the British pound has fallen. It grew less than expected, making stumbling to the British currency to its lowest since April 4. In the medium term the pound remains a downward trend that could be extended to the 1.48 area. Now, in the short term there a support on the daily fractal is at 1.5081. This level will be the immediate support that could push it up, so we expect that upward bounce is in this area. Therefore, we recommend buying this level with targets to 1.5335 fractal.


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AUD/USD - Key level of 0.9818 - for May 21, 2013 (daily strategy)

Forex News : Australian Economy may have developed a Classic Case of 'dutch Disease'

Quotes from Standard Chartered: 

- We expect a slowdown in the Australian economy, after the mining investment peak, to weigh on the currency. As a result of its reliance on mining, the Australian economy may have developed a classic case of 'Dutch Disease'. This is where a boom in natural resources creates distortions in the domestic economy and contributes to a significant appreciation of the real exchange rate. 

- As a result, other sectors have grown increasingly uncompetitive as labour costs increase while profit margins get squeezed. The risks posed by this two-speed economy could become more troubling if we see no sustained signs of a pick-up in non-mining growth in the coming months.

USD/JPY level teknik intraday untuk 21 Mei 2013

Level teknik hari ini: 

Resistance 3: 103.16. 

Resistance 2: 102.96. 

Resistance 1: 102.76. 

Support 1: 102.51. 

Support 2: 102.31. 

Support 3: 102.11. 

Deskripsi: 

Perhatikan level support 3 (102,11) dan resistance 3 (103,16). Biasanya saat level dicapai USD/JPY akan naik dari level minimum sebelumnya 10-20 pip, namun jika level ditembus lebih dari 50 pip, maka akan menjadi tanda bahwa mata uang tersebut telah menemukan tren hari ini. 

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USD/JPY level teknik hari ini untuk 20

Show full picture Level hari ini:
Resistance 3: 103.36.
Resistance 2: 103.16.
Resistance 1: 102.95.
Support 1: 102.71.
Support 2: 102.50.
Support 3: 102.30.

Deskripsi: 
Perhatikan level support 3 (102,30) dan resistance (103,36). Biasanya saat level dicapai, USD/JPY akan naik dari level minimum sebelumnya sebanyak 10-20 pip, namun jika level ditembus lebih dari 50 pip, maka akan menjadi tanda bahwa pasangan telah menemukan kecenderungannya hari ini.

Forex News : Yen bounce back as Japan indicates negative effect from further losses

The yen bolster against all 16 major counterparts after Japan’s Economy Minister Akira Amari said further losses in the currency would threaten to negatively affect people and the government’s job is to minimize that. The yen decline from near its worst in more than four years against the greenback after Amari said yesterday there’s speculation the Japanese currency’s past strength has “been corrected a lot.” Wagers the dollar will gain versus the euro and yen bolstered last week amid bets the Federal Reserve will signal a tapering of bond purchases. New Zealand’s dollar strengthened as its finance minister said home price gains will pressure the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates.
“The market has been spooked by official suggestions the bulk of the yen depreciation may be behind us,” said Mike Jones, a currency strategist at Bank of New Zealand in Wellington. “Speculative longs in U.S. dollars have crept up to extreme levels and the comments sparked a dash for the exit.” A long position is a bet a currency will rise.

Forex News : Japan Upgrades Economic View Amid Export Recovery

The Japanese government on Monday upgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time in two months, as a weak yen helped revive the country's exports and factory output.

"The Japanese economy is picking up slowly," the Cabinet Office said in its May monthly report. This was an upgrade from previous month's assessment when it said that economy was showing "signs of picking up while weakness can be seen in some areas.

" Exports are showing signs of picking up and industrial production is slowly gathering pace, today's report said.

fxopen - Forex Analytics: AUD/USD Forecast 20 May 13

AUD/USD Forecast 20 May 13

May 18th 2013, 07:41

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Good day forex traders and readers.
In the previous AUD/USD forecast we noted ongoing bearish pressure. A bearish target would be 0.98+. Resilience of the Australian economy might be weakening.

Technical Analysis
Looking at the AUD/USD daily chart above we note that the currency pair was strongly bearish for the week. The bearish target of 0.98 + was hit and I would like to congratulate the traders who had short positions.
There are no apparent signs of a weakening bearish momentum although RSI suggests an oversold situation. If the bearish momentum continue, we may be looking at a bearish target based on a previous low point of 0.95 + .
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News Today : EUR/USD: Daily H&S pattern about to be triggered

Sumber : fxstreet.com
The strong bearish momentum seen in EUR/USD this week, has put the pair under risk of massive selloff as price is approaching a key support level, the neckline of a H&S figure around 1.2750. Considering the fact that the year low is at 1.2744, and therefore stops below should be large, a break lower should be the kick start of another round of dollar demand against the Euro.

The figure height is of around 950 pips, which means the target comes at 1.1800!! However, don’t get too excited about it: price did not manage yet to break lower, and to anticipate a 950 pips straight fall seems way too boldly. Besides if that actually happens, it will take at least a couple of months to achieve the target.

However, a daily close below 1.2740 should put traders on alert, and even close to panic, and the rally will likely accelerate towards its immediate target of 1.2660, November 2012 monthly low. FED Minutes next week and the possibility or not of tapering QE, will have the final word on the matter. Sustained losses below 1.2660, will expose then 1.2430/70 area, where the pair presents several monthly highs and lows since October 2008.

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