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Cocoa Bean Market Will Remain Deficient for the Third Consecutive Year
Feb 05, 2024
Cocoa futures prices kept rising non-stop for the sixth straight session on Friday and hit their highest in more th...
Schwab Dividend Stocks of America ETF (SCHD): To Kill Two Birds with One Shot
Jan 26, 2024
Picking individual stocks is not an easy task, and not everyone has his aspiration for such a tiring job amidst an...
Japanese Yen Seems Unemotional after Fed’s Hints at Monetary Policy Turnaround, as BoJ Keeps Slightly Negative Interest Rate in Place
Jan 24, 2024
The Japanese yen consolidated as the Bank of Japan issued a restrictive statement that it is expected to withdraw i...
Fed’s “Dovish Touch” Helped S&P 500 and Dow Jones to Overcome Doldrums: What’s Next?
Dec 18, 2023
The S&P 500 ended the week up 2.49% at 4,719.19 on Friday, posting gains in four of five sessions.
Transitory Dollar Weakness Temporarily Pushed Yen and Other Asian/Pacific Currencies Higher
Dec 07, 2023
The USD/JPY pair experienced a significant correction of around 1.5% lately.
Spectacular Sight of the Falling Yen May Be Interrupted by BoJ’s Interventions – First since October
Sep 27, 2023
The widening interest rate differential between the U.S. and Japan has pushed the yen lower since the Federal Reser...
Japanese Yen and Australian Dollar Diverge on Respective Central Bank Policies and Outlooks
May 02, 2023
The Japanese yen continued its sharp downward slide on Tuesday, May 2, hitting its 15-year low against the euro, as...
Best Index Funds to Invest in for April 2023
Apr 21, 2023
The Bankrate.com recently conducted a survey to define best index funds that would cater to investors needs to hedg...
Dow Jones U.S. Banks Index vs. Dow Jones Industrial Average Index: The Moment of Truth
Apr 11, 2023
NYT published a highly polemic article in the wake of the start of the U.S. quarterly reporting season, saying Wall...
U.S. Dollar vs Japanese Yen: If “Ifs” and “Buts” Were Candies and Nuts, We’d All Have Merry Christmas
Apr 10, 2023
Selling the dollar for the yen was the main trade idea at Morgan Stanley as of end-March as investors await confirm...
Japanese Yen: Year in Review and General Outlook
Dec 29, 2022
USD/JPY rose 0.3% to 133.72, as of this writing, bouncing back after dropping as low as 130.58 just over a week ago...
Yen Remains Near September Intervention Levels
Oct 10, 2022
Bank of Japan, BoJ, will not intervene as long as the USDJPY rate is below 145.
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