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Currency Trader (April 2006)

January 17th, 2007

Author(s): Publisher: Year/edition: 2006 (April) ISBN: Language: English File size: 9.8 MB

2006 March Currency Trader magazine. In this issue:
- Japan signals intention to raise rates. What does Japan’s decision to abandon its zero interest-rate policy mean for the yen and other currencies?
- FXCM pulls plug on Refco negotiations. Forex firm abandons acquisition — for now.
- Forex brokerages take different routes to execution. Which brokerage you use can have a big impact on how your forex trade is handled.
- Dollar/Canada bounces off notable low. Has the U.S./Canadian dollar rate established a significant low?
- British pound waffles in a range. What will happen to the British pound this year?
- Canadian dollar. A look at what the stats say about the Canadian dollar’s longer-term performance after months like March 2006.
- Top currency traders of 2005. A summary of last year’s best-performing professional currency traders.
- Supply and demand in the FX market (by Barbara Rockefeller). Analyzing ongoing battle of bulls and bears in the currency market.
- The index approach to currency risk management (by Howard L. Simons). Using dollar index futures to hedge non-dollar investments.
- Applying candlestick analysis to the dollar/yen (by Darrell Jobman). A look at different candlestick
patterns that formed in the dollar/yen rate over the past year.
- Merc, China hook up on forex trading. The Chicago futures exchange will soon offer electronic trading access to forex products to Chinese institutions and investors.
- Spot forex taxation: The case for “60/40” treatment (by Roger D. Lorence, LLM). Tips for tax treatment of spot FX contracts.

…and more.

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