| How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Short the Euro (at BusinessWeek) Meet Andrew Law and his fraternity of global currency traders. Are they shameless speculators, an essential oil in the gears of capitalism -- or both? us.rd.yahoo.com |
[$$] Forex Markets Show Companies Need Better Hedging (at The Wall Street Journal) Companies Need Better Hedging Managing companies exchange rate risks often involves more art than science, as is clear from a slew of earnings results after an especially volatile quarter in currency markets. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Forex & Commodities: Aussie Jumps on Strong Jobs Report [at CNBC] - The Australian dollar jumped on Thursday, as a solid domestic jobs report lifted expectations of a rate hike down the road. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Currencies: Dollar edges up from five-month low versus euro [at MarketWatch] - The dollar edges higher Thursday, as the euro softens on Europe manufacturing data and U.S. home sales improve. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Dollar recovers most of losses versus euro The U.S. dollar recovered most of its losses on the day against the euro, which had pushed to a new 8-month high above $1.40 on Thursday, after Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, was deemed not excessively bearish and traders adjusted positions ahead of Friday's U.S. jobs report. us.rd.yahoo.com |