19th September 2009
Money flow depends on perception of market safety. During time of typical economic expansion, it has tendency to move where there is most activity and opportunity. As long as current conditions are considered "normal" most market participants see this beh...
15th September 2009
Most of the world's central banks have injected massive amount of liquidity, or money, over the course of last couple of years. Through rate cutting and quantitative easing, CB's have been trying to crack credit dead lock by making money available to majo...
04th September 2009
Financial panic of 2008 caused many currencies to dramatically fall in value. In search of safe haven. investors and speculators alike flocked to the safety of US Dollar. At the same time last phase of carry trade unwind lifted Japanese Yen and put additi...
26th August 2009
Since the beginning of the financial crisis, many less known currencies have been making headlines. Icelandic Krona became a poster child of the global turmoil, with many analysts claiming it was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and pushed...
18th August 2009
Forex market is very popular among speculators. There are many reasons attributing to it, like liquidity, availability of large margin, possibility of around the clock trading and many others. One of them rarely mentioned as a specific benefit of over the...
12th August 2009
Over last few weeks a small country in Europe found itself in a center of a financial storm. In a situation closely resembling plight of Iceland last fear, Latvia is suffering an economic crisis harsher than any other country in Europe. Outcome of which c...
19th July 2009
Historic financial milestone was reached in China. National foreign reserve holdings exceeded the $2 trillion mark, as money pours back into China to take advantage of faster economic growth. Swiftly inflating asset prices are also cited as a reason. The ...
