Last week started a volatile period for Nikkei 225. As we noted on May 24th, there are two opposing forces acting on the Japanese economy. One is Abenomics and the other is formed by a combination of fundamental reasons, namely –1) Weak closing of S&P 500 following confusing testimony of Chairman Bernanke; 2) Volatility in…
Shanghai Composite peaked in October 2007 at 6124 after rising almost six fold from July 2005 low of 1015. Then along with rest of the global equity markets it crashed, finally bottoming in October 2008 by reaching a low of 1665. Since then once a global leader, it has been a global laggard. In the…
Despite an economy that is sinking deeper in recession, British Pound has done quite well against the euro. One of the causes is the uncertainty about eurozone due to the Greek crisis. As Greece grapples with her debt and insolvency issues, the number of alternatives available to her is decreasing. One alternative is that she…
USD/JPY was in the midst of a potential saucer – or rounding bottom – pattern. However, the mysterious Yen has struck again in the aftermath of the news that ECB is stopping lending to some Greek banks and its President Mario Draghi signaled the ECB won’t compromise on key principles to keep Greece in the euro…
In recent times, one of the flight-to-safety trade in currency markets has been USD/JPY. When the market uncertainty goes up, JPY goes up against USD. USD made an all time low of 75.57 on October 31, 2011. It again came down to within 50 PIPs of this low in early Feb ’12 before rising up to 84.178…
After making an all time low of 71.05 in April ’08, Dollar Index bounced back up to 89.25 by November ’08, retracing between 78.6% – to -89% of the drop from the previous high of 92.53 reached in November ’05, arguably, driven by the fear trade in the aftermath of ’08 financial crisis. For the…
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