IB FX BriefMonday June 27, 2011Buyers pushed the euro higher spurred on by the ugly reality of what might happen should Greek lawmakers fail to vote for the austerity measures on Wednesday. Fears ...

IB FX BriefFriday June 24, 2011The run in to the weekend has investors dashing to take position in their currency of choice. To make a decision they have to carefully weigh up the pros and cons of ...

IB FX BriefThursday June 23, 2011The dollar is sharply higher following Bernanke’s downbeat assessment of the world’s leading economy having revised growth lower as the economy takes ...

IB FX BriefWednesday June 22, 2011An earlier in the week rally for risk that carried the euro     higher on hopes that Prime Minister Papandreou would win the confidence of fellow ...

IB FX BriefTuesday June 21, 2011The dollar fell across the board as the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting – the outcome of which, few investors expect to learn much. Several analysts have...

IB FX BriefFriday June 17, 2011At a Berlin meeting on Friday German and French leaders appear to have come to a compromise that would ultimately lay the groundwork for the next round of emergency IMF ...

IB FX BriefThursday June 16, 2011Demand for dollars is showing up in European money markets as banks scramble to borrow cheap funds, which in turn is forcing near-term funding costs in the United ...

IB FX BriefWednesday June 15, 2011There’s no shortage of individual catalysts to drive foreign exchange prices midweek although the single conclusion is a strengthening of the U.S. dollar to its...

IB FX BriefTuesday June 14, 2011The decline in activity at U.S. retailers wasn’t as bad as analysts had braced themselves for while ever-strong activity in China has provided some relief on ...

IB FX BriefMonday June 13, 2011A moderate rebound in risk appetite is eating into the dollar’s recent gains in fairly directionless trading at the outset of a new trading week. The data-free ...