All Entries in the "Bonds & Currencies" Category

IB Interest Rate Brief: Looming auction and hearty Chinese data hinders bonds

March 11…Interactive Brokers Daily Interest Rates Brief

IB FX Brief: Currencies calmly accept rampant Chinese growth

March 11…Interactive Brokers Daily FX Brief

IB Interest Rate Brief: Easing Eurozone tensions push bond yields higher

March 10…Interactive Brokers Daily Interest Rates Brief

IB FX Brief: Chinese export data pressures yen

March 10…Interactive Brokers Daily FX Brief

Plummeting British Pound Leads to Worries of Another Currency Market “Black Wednesday”

Outside of the earthquake rescue efforts in Chile and the Greek-rescue efforts in Brussels, the big news in the world economy last week occurred in currencies. As you can see in the chart below, the plummeting British pound sterling has dropped even more than the beleaguered euro in the past month and a half, while [...]

IB Interest Rate Brief: Political pressure on CDS instruments rises

March 9…Interactive Brokers Daily Interest Rates Brief

IB FX Brief: Sterling under more pressure

March 9…Interactive Brokers Daily FX Brief

Gravest Dangers and Greatest Profits

We now face the gravest financial dangers — and the greatest profit opportunities — in two generations.

But before I tell you about what the future could bring, let me tell you how my family and I have come to this place and time.

Over a half century ago, my father founded our Sound Dollar Committee, a nonprofit organization with a clear mission — to promote a balanced budget, avoid the erosion of America’s credit, and defend the U.S. dollar.

IB Interest Rate Brief: Global optimism spurs weaker bond prices

March 8…Interactive Brokers Daily Interest Rates Brief

IB Forex Brief: Ready, Willing and Able

March 8….Interactive Brokers Daily Forex Brief