Fed to Change Policies as Recovery Takes Place The US dollar pulled back from a 14 month low on Friday after remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke who said that the Fed will tighten monetary policies when recovery is apparent. The Canadian dollar rose as data showed that Canada added sic times as many jobs [...]
Fed to Continue Mortgage Backed Securities Program On Wednesday (Sept. 23rd) the dollar hit a new low against the euro and declined against the Japanese yen after the US Federal Reserve said in a statement that the US economy is recovering and that the Fed will continue, but slow, the purchase of mortgage backed securities. As [...]
Declining Stocks, Commodities, Gold Spur Safe Haven Demand Last week’s big winners, the Aussie and Kiwi dollars fell for the third straight day against the US dollar as declining stocks, commodities and gold spurred safe haven demand. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets Tuesday and Wednesday to decide monetary policies putting downward pressure on both [...]
Dollar at One Year Low The already beleaguered US dollar fell to a one year low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday (Sept. 16th). Higher global share prices pared safe haven demand as investors sought higher yielding assets. The Japanese Yen reached a seven month high against the greenback after Japan’s incoming finance minister said [...]
Forex trading has become wildly popular worldwide and the Islamic world is no exception. It has been estimated that the amount of money invested in Shariah compliant investments totals over $2.7 trillion dollars.
Andrew Wilkinson of Interactive Brokers Group is predicting that the euro could fall as low as $1.33 by the end of summer. Arguments in favor of the euro include the fact that the Euro Zone has been more temperate in addressing the recession than the US and the UK both of whom have injected billions into their economies in attempts to address the financial crunch and credit crisis.
In the US the unemployment rate fell for the first time in fifteen months and fewer jobs were lost than expected. Emerging markets are starting to benefit from the recovery. Nick Chamie of RBC Capital stated, "Emerging markets are hopefully going to benefit from a global recovery that gains a bit more traction in the second half of this year."
09 October 2009
Fed to Change Policies as Recovery Takes Place The US dollar pulled back from a 14 month low on Friday after remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke who said that the Fed will tighten monetary policies when recovery is apparent. The Canadian dollar rose as data showed that Canada added sic times as many jobs [...]
23 September 2009
Fed to Continue Mortgage Backed Securities Program On Wednesday (Sept. 23rd) the dollar hit a new low against the euro and declined against the Japanese yen after the US Federal Reserve said in a statement that the US economy is recovering and that the Fed will continue, but slow, the purchase of mortgage backed securities. As [...]
21 September 2009
Declining Stocks, Commodities, Gold Spur Safe Haven Demand Last week’s big winners, the Aussie and Kiwi dollars fell for the third straight day against the US dollar as declining stocks, commodities and gold spurred safe haven demand. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets Tuesday and Wednesday to decide monetary policies putting downward pressure on both [...]
16 September 2009
Dollar at One Year Low The already beleaguered US dollar fell to a one year low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday (Sept. 16th). Higher global share prices pared safe haven demand as investors sought higher yielding assets. The Japanese Yen reached a seven month high against the greenback after Japan’s incoming finance minister said [...]
31 August 2009
Forex trading has become wildly popular worldwide and the Islamic world is no exception. It has been estimated that the amount of money invested in Shariah compliant investments totals over $2.7 trillion dollars.
12 August 2009
Andrew Wilkinson of Interactive Brokers Group is predicting that the euro could fall as low as $1.33 by the end of summer. Arguments in favor of the euro include the fact that the Euro Zone has been more temperate in addressing the recession than the US and the UK both of whom have injected billions into their economies in attempts to address the financial crunch and credit crisis.
