Last week's widespread rise of the euro against its major counterparts should not be misleading. The single currency is destined to fall further in the coming months, particularly against safe haven currencies (USD, JPY, and to a lesser extent against the CHF due to repeated interventions by the Swi...
A depression? I think not.
The figures on the American economy may evoke memories of a very dark period, but we fortunately don’t have to be as concerned as newspaper headlines sometimes suggest.
EUR/USD remains vulnerable
The world news in 2020 seems to be dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In its purest form, technical analysis focuses exclusively on price charts and the indicators derived from them. In the graph for the EUR/USD currency pair, the influence of the coronavirus and the measures taken to contain it se...
EUR/CHF: BNS sticks to its guns
The euro reached a yearly low against the Swiss franc at €1.0504 at the end of last week, in an increasingly risk- averse environment. The single currency has not only lost ground against the Swiss franc, it has also fallen against other safe havens, the US dollar and the Japanese yen. The rise in t...
China: mega power with mini currency
China has been doing everything in its power for years to catch up with the United States as the biggest economy in the world. Chinese power is also increasing in the fields of international politics and technology. However, the renminbi is condemned to a position along the fringes of the forex worl...
EUR/JPY 110 this summer?
In periods of great uncertainty, market parties in the financial sector traditionally look for so-called “safe havens”. In the foreign exchange markets, the US dollar usually acts as a refuge in such circumstances. Still, everything must be placed in perspective. In recent years, for example, the US...