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Daily Forex Fundamentals – November 10, 2011

With risk aversion back in vogue, the dollar and the yen are looking mighty fine to investors. Now the question is, how long will the current market sentiment last? Read up on my daily forex fundamentals report and know the events that could shift sentiment!

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G20 Summit: Another Non-Event?

Remember remember the fifth of November… When the G20 leaders could’ve and should’ve done better. Excuse my Guy Fawkes reference, but it seems like the recent G20 summit turned out to be a huge disappointment. Read on to find out what happened.

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Trading the BOE Interest Rate Decision

We could be in for a jam packed session soon as we’ve got a major release on the calendar! No, I’m not talking about Modern Warfare 3! I’m talking about the Bank of England interest rate decision! After last month’s surprise, what could be in store for us this time around?

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Political Instability Hit Greece and Italy

If the euro zone debt problems are enough to give you headaches, then make sure you have a boatload of aspirin by your side before you read on. Aside from ballooning debts, another problem that has hit the region is the increasing political instability in Greece and Italy.

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Mario Draghi Starts His Term Off with a Bang

It looks like it didn’t take long for Mario Draghi to settle in as the new President of the European Central Bank (ECB). In his first ECB rate statement as the central bank head, Draghi surprised the markets with an unexpected rate cut, the first the euro zone had seen in over 18 months. Talk about starting your term off with a bang!

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Hodgepodge

It is sad to see how easily just one hubris-filled hack can so easily devastate a company. At least now we have a new term to add to the financial world’s expanding lexicon of ugliness.

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Understanding the FOMC Statement

If you were expecting to be enlightened about the Fed’s monetary policy stance but instead ended up even more confuzzled, then you are not alone! Many are still trying to decode the Fed’s mixed signals and make sense of its recent FOMC statement.

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