http://www.figfx.com Forex & CFD Online Trading Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:23:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When it comes to silver, patience is golden. But patience has already been sorely tested. The overall demand for silver is still very low compared to gold. Some economists think that because silver's price is driven much more strongly by global industrial demand rather than investor demand; it has underperformed as ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/commodities/201003191327/silver-patience-reward.aspx The US currency ticked up against major opponents following the release of the consumer price index or CPI report. The report showed that consumer prices were unchanged in February, as falling energy prices offset increases in prices of cars, medical care and food. In other words, the U.S. Labor Department said ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/behind-the-scenes/201003181324/little-inflationary-pressure.aspx Today, worries with regard to the budget deficit woes continue all over Europe. The news releases today from the U.K. and the Euro zone are showing that the agony is continuing as the deficit widened. Data released today revealed that government spending in U.K. exceeded revenue by 12.4 billion pounds last ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/market-analysis/201003181321/market-insight.aspx The yen and dollar weakened after the Japanese and U.S. central banks pledged to keep interest rates near zero, boosting demand for stocks and higher-yielding currencies. Especially the dollar fell against 12 of the 16 most-traded currencies a day after the Federal Open Market Committee left the federal funds rate target ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/market-analysis/201003171318/markets-after-the-interest-rates.aspx The Bank of Japan kept its key interest rate unchanged at 0.1% Wednesday by unanimous vote, as had been widely expected and also announced plans to double the scale of a lending program introduced in December. "Japan's economy is picking up, mainly due to various policy measures taken at home and ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/market-analysis/201003171314/summary-of-interests.aspx Canada economy has already started to create jobs, more jobs than expected were created in February, led by full-time positions, while the jobless rate declined for a second month, pushing the Canadian dollar to its strongest level since July 2008, according to reports. Employment rose by 20,900 last month, the second ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/behind-the-scenes/201003171306/canada-is-creating-jobs.aspx The U.S. economy continues to show progress in the manufacturing sector, where the New York empire manufacturing report came out to show further expansion in economic condition in the sector for the eight consecutive month. The manufacturing sector expanded for the first time back in August 2009, and continued to present ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/behind-the-scenes/201003161304/us-economy-tops-news.aspx Despite the economic growth and improvements that are seen in the releases of the U.S. Official data for weeks, the Federal Reserve is still expected to be holding interest rates near zero for an extended period. Analysts widely expect the central bank to say again that high unemployment and low inflation ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/market-analysis/201003161300/fed-expectations.aspx When the euro was founded in 1999, it was obvious that its central weakness was the lack of control over budget deficits. The 16 nations that make up the Euro zone are seriously exploring the creation of a "European Monetary Fund," a bailout fund that would help euro-member countries that ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/behind-the-scenes/201003151293/european-monetary-fund.aspx After a month of bad news about housing starts, existing home sales, and mortgage delinquencies, the number of homes going into foreclosure is slowing rapidly, as reported by Wall Street. RealtyTrac reported 308,524 U.S. properties foreclosures last month, a decrease of 2% from the previous month but still 6% above the ... http://www.figfx.com/archives/behind-the-scenes/201003121288/lower-foreclosure.aspx