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US: Wholesale Inventories: -1.400 %
Saturday, 12 Sep, 2009 – 0:15 | No Comment
US: Wholesale Inventories: -1.400 %

Date (GMT)
Event
Cons.
Actual
Previous

Sep 11 14:00
Wholesale Inventories

-1.400 %
-1.700 %

Read the Monthly Wholesale Trade Report at US Census Bureau
News

US Wholesale Inventories falls 1.4% in Jul (FXstreet.com)
Fri, Sep 11 2009, 14:02 GMT Read more »

Economic News Release Forex Trading Strategies
Saturday, 5 Sep, 2009 – 14:20 | No Comment
Economic News Release Forex Trading Strategies

The Euro responds very well to US economic news releases. There is at least one US news release each week when the market moves very fast and is an excellent (although stressful) way to make some quick big pips. One way to capture these large moves is to use ENTRY STOP ORDERS.
Entry stop orders … Read more »

Economic Indicators Affecting Forex Markets
Saturday, 5 Sep, 2009 – 3:37 | No Comment
Economic Indicators Affecting Forex Markets

Economic indicators are snippets of financial and economic data published by various agencies of the government or private sector. These statistics, which are made public on a regularly scheduled basis, help market observers monitor the pulse of the economy. Therefore, they are religiously followed by almost everyone in the financial markets.
With so many people poised … Read more »

Forex Currency Rate and Economic Factors Impact on Exchange Rate
Saturday, 5 Sep, 2009 – 3:37 | No Comment
Forex Currency Rate and Economic Factors Impact on Exchange Rate

The delusion conceptually propounds that intraweek and intraday FOREX currency quotes movement is governed by either improvement or by deterioration of the state’s economic situation. But in reality, even in case the actual Forex news are superior to the estimated one, the FOREX quotes up/down movement is of 50/50 probability.
This statement is thoroughly important. Once … Read more »

US: Existing Home Sales: 5.240
Sunday, 23 Aug, 2009 – 17:18 | No Comment
US: Existing Home Sales: 5.240

Date (GMT)
Event
Cons.
Actual
Previous

Aug 21 14:00
Existing Home Sales
5.000 M
5.240 M
4.890 M

Read the Existing Home Sales data at NAR
News

Forex: USD/JPY: Dollar bounces from 93.40 to 94.40 on housing data (FXstreet.com)
Fri, Aug 21 2009, 14:36 GMT
Forex: EUR/USD: Euro soars to 1.4375 after housing data (FXstreet.com)
Fri, Aug 21 2009, 14:24 GMT
Dollar down to week lows on better than expected Existing … Read more »

US: EIA Crude Oil Stocks change: -8.400
Wednesday, 19 Aug, 2009 – 18:10 | No Comment
US: EIA Crude Oil Stocks change: -8.400

Date (GMT)
Event
Cons.
Actual
Previous

Aug 19 14:30
EIA Crude Oil Stocks change
1.100 M
-8.400 M
2.500 M

Read the Crude Oil Stocks data at EIA
News

US EIA Crude Oil Stocks down on 8.4M barrels (FXstreet.com)
Wed, Aug 19 2009, 14:37 GMT Read more »

US: Total Net TIC Flows: -31.200 $
Monday, 17 Aug, 2009 – 15:06 | No Comment
US: Total Net TIC Flows: -31.200 $

Date (GMT)
Event
Cons.
Actual
Previous

Aug 17 13:00
Total Net TIC Flows

-31.200 B $
-65.700 B $

News

US Jun Net Long-term TIC Flows increase to $90.7B from $-19.4B (FXstreet.com)
Mon, Aug 17 2009, 13:04 GMT

Reports

US: TIC: Higher Yields Lead to Strong Purchases of U.S. Securities (Wells Fargo Investments, LLC)
Mon, Aug 17 2009, 14:17 GMT Read more »