Posts Tagged ‘Volatility’
EUR/USD started the day in London paring gains made yesterday after better manufacturing data eased worries about global growth. The market was quite subdued until Chinese Premier Wen suggested the possibility of more involvement in the developments of the EFSF and the ESM as well as positive comments regarding the shared currency and the euro [...]
“Jobs Friday” can be one of the most volatile trading days of the month and this morning it certainly lived up to that billing, especially for the Canadian dollar (AKA Loonie). Not only were the markets to be affected as a whole with the US Non-Farm Payrolls report (see today’s top story for that discussion) [...]
Prior to the last recession, there was a sharp increase in exchange rate volatility. Fast forward three years and, once again, we are witness to another obvious uptick in currency price instability. This time around, factors such as the Eurozone debt crisis and the resulting flight to the safety of the dollar have served as [...]
Is the Media or High-Frequency Trading Causing Volatility?
by Justin Dove, Investment U Research
Monday, September 26, 2011
According to an editorial by a high-frequency trading (HFT) firm’s CEO, increases in media coverage and access to the market are causing volatility, not HFT.
High-frequency trading has received a lot of attention over the last few months, as market volatility [...]
By The Sizemore Letter
Writing for the New York Times, Louise Story and Graham Bowley note that large market swings are becoming a lot more common than they used to be. (See “Market Swings are Becoming New Standard”)
“It has become more likely for stock prices to make large swings—on the order of 3 percent or 4 [...]
The coming trading sessions could easily see a continuation of the previous weeks volatility. The primary news on traders minds is S&P’s cutting the long-term credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA-plus. Market speculators are well advised to keep an ear to the ground regarding risk trends as the S&P update came [...]
This week witnessed another flareup in the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. As a result, volatility in the EUR/USD pair surged, by some measures to a record high. Even though the Euro rallied yesterday and today, this suggests that investors remain nervous, and that going forward, the euro could embark on a steep decline.
There are a [...]
Not sure if its true, but it is memorable line nonetheless…
EUR/USD has dipped to the 1.4070 level as its earlier bounce faltered in the low 1.4080s.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — 2010 was a year marked by uncertainty and volatility, to say the least.
Stocks got off to a good start in January but worries about European debt quickly deflated that early optimism. As the market got accustomed to these daily anxieties, and Greece managed to crawl out of its default hole, stocks [...]