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USD price insight: 50 factors that affect the value of the USD

November 1, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

A very good link which talks about a number of factors that determine the value of the US dollar: http://www.currencytrading.net/2007/50-factors-that-affect-the-value-of-the-us-dollar/ So next time you need to determine the outlook for USD, consider the outlook of these factors to determine which the USD is most likely to move.

Silver price update: Silver on the rise

November 1, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

Silver was seen to be having a bullish trend in today’s trading in the Asian market. Silver for December delivery was trading $0.411 or 1.67% higher at $24.975 per troy ounce at 0632 GMT in the Globex e-trading session. Weak USD has been responsible for this recent increase in the price of precious metals. At…Read more

Crude oil review: Week in review

November 1, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

Crude oil prices last week saw considerable fluctuations, mostly because of the uncertainty over the size of QE2 which overshadowed the market the whole week. Such was the volatility in the price of crude oil that the week saw price of crude oil for December delivery above $83/barrel and below $81/barrel as well. At 0323GMT,…Read more

AUD price update: AUD fluctuating with USD

October 30, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

Uncertainty in the USD affected the AUD-USD exchange rate on Friday. The market is still unsure about the size and scope of QE2 and its effects on the USD which should be clear after the Fed’s meeting next week. This uncertainty can be witnessed from the USD and was also the main reason for fluctuations…Read more

Silver price update: Silver finished up on Friday

October 30, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

Friday’s US GDP report showed a modest increase in the third quarter’s GDP of 2%. Though the figure increased from the second quarter’s figure of 1.7% but was still less than what the economists expected to be 2.1%. This had an impact on the prices of gold which saw a bullish trend on Friday and…Read more

Crude oil update: Oil down and gold up after GDP report

October 30, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

Much awaited US quarterly GDP figures were released by the US Commerce Department on Friday. The report showed modest US economic growth for this quarter of 2% which is greater than the previous quarter’s figure of 1.7% but less than the economists estimated figure of 2.1%. This modest increase in the GDP impacted the price…Read more

Crude oil update: Market waits for the release of GDP quarterly figures and Fed’s meeting

October 29, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

Crude oil fell in Asian trade today as the investors behaved cautiously ahead of Fed’s meeting next week and release of US quarterly GDP figures today. We believe that the release of quarterly GDP figures by US Commerce Department today will determine the oil demand outlook but these figures will not leave a very aggressive…Read more

Crude oil update: Oil and gold up on the back of weak dollar and strong US data

October 29, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

Light sweet crude oil for December delivery went up by 24 cents, or 0.3%, to settle at $82.18/barrel receiving lifts from a weak USD and a decrease in the US weekly jobless claims data. It traded between $81.50 to $82.64/barrel while the trading volume on Thursday was the lowest for this year as the investors…Read more

Crude oil outlook: Oil expected to go down

October 27, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

Industry analysts polled by Bloomberg expect EIA’s report today to show an increase of 1 million barrels in crude oil inventories. We might well be seeing a bearish trend in the price of oil in today’s trading session. API has already reported an increase in the oil inventories in its weekly report on Tuesday. The…Read more

Crude oil insights: Oil prices increase slightly on US data

October 27, 2010IrfanCrude Price Outlook, Uncategorized

We predicted yesterday in our post that we might be seeing a recovery from the USD on Tuesday which will help in easing oil and gold prices. There were some signs of recovery from the USD as the USD-EUR exchange rate remained well below the $1.40/Euro barrier and later in the day it was trading…Read more

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