Tag: BRL

  • Reassessing Risks with the U.S. Dollar Strengthening

    Reassessing Risks with the U.S. Dollar Strengthening

    Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the USA holding 290 votes of the Electoral College against 228 earned by former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. In the popular vote the democratic candidate won by 668,273 votes, but Trump’s success to gain in key swing states took the majority of the…

  • To hike or not to hike, that is the Question

    To hike or not to hike, that is the Question

    The day after tomorrow, Wednesday September 21st, the FOMC finishes its meeting and market participants see only a 20% chance of a hike to happen, according to Bloomberg. Several analysts share the opinion that a move before the US-presidential elections will not happen and the bets for a December increase of interest rates are fairly…

  • Origins Benefiting as their Currencies Slide

    Origins Benefiting as their Currencies Slide

    Risk assets had a steep decline last Friday after a voting member of the FOMC commented that the economy could overheat if rates remain low. The fall came a day after ECB’s president disappointed the expectations for an extension of the bond buying program of the monetary authority, saying that the committee will study how…

  • DXY, Weather and End of Strike Push Coffee Lower

    DXY, Weather and End of Strike Push Coffee Lower

    The European Central Bank left rates and its bond buying program unchanged, saying that it will consider adding stimulus later this year once it has a clear picture of the economic impact from the UK’s vote to leave the EU. Comments released last week from the director of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) saying “there…