Forex Fundamental Analysis

Q1 2012 is going to see some interesting market fluctuations - see how one professional trader expects things to go for EUR/USD, AUD/USD and more major pairs.

Investors would love to be able to see the future and thereby ensure that they back the right stock or currency pair to turn a healthy profit.

It has always been trite to suggest that the world is a “global village”, but like many such ideas, there is at least a grain of truth in it.

Last Friday marked the final trading session for the month of June and the second quarter of 2013.

The US Federal Reserve is currently supporting the economy through regular asset purchases; mainly of government bonds and mortgage-based securities.

The recent bailout obtained by Cyprus raised concerns throughout the EU financial sector because ordinary depositors were asked to help foot the bill for Cyprus’s share of the bailout costs.

The housing sector is an important part of the US – or virtually any – economy; both in terms of new construction and from the sale of existing stock.

Few people will have heard of BIS or the Bank of International Settlement, but it is a kind of central banker’s central bank. See what the BIS is saying and why it matters.

With the exception of the Nikkei, all of the world’s major markets closed lower as investors tried to come to grips with the idea that the Federal Reserve’s stimulus measures have to end at some stage.

German economic output increased for the second month in a row, but it also saw its sharpest decline in employment since 2010. See what this, and more data mean.

The one thing markets detest more than anything else is uncertainty. And fears of a Fed taper are rattling the markets - see why here.

The G8, meeting this week in Northern Ireland, has announced a raft of measures which are designed to curb tax evasion. This will affect the currency markets - here's why.

The biggest trade deal in world history is being negotiated now - will it come through? Get the analysis here.

Last week all of the world’s major stock indices losing ground as fears that the Federal Reserve will scale back its stimulus measures persisted.

LIBOR (Libor) stands for the London Interbank Offer Rate and it is a benchmark used to set interest rates around the world, having implications in trillions of Dollars of deals on a daily basis (the value has been estimated to be as much as $300 trillion).