Arbitrage has been in practice since ancient times. Arbitrage is a speculative strategy, where someone attempts to profit from price differences of the same instrument either in the same market or in different markets. It involves buying and selling an asset at two different prices in order to profit from the difference. For example you [...]
NZD is improving early Tuesday morning in Asia. In doing so, the kiwi pair struggles to justify upbeat trading sentiment, backed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) aid package updates from the US, amid lesser volumes due to the year-end holidays. In rare support to the Republican leader, US House Democratic Party members backed President Donald Trump’s [...]
The USD/JPY recently declined after Japan’s industrial production data pleased yen buyers while the US dollar bears the burden of recent risk-on mood. Preliminary Industrial Production shrank 3.4% YoY versus -10.0% forecast and -3.0% prior. Though, the monthly data disappoints by flashing 0.0% figures compared to 4.0% market consensus and previous readouts. Further, Bank of [...]
Fundamental view: The Australian dollar has fallen a bit during the initial week but later managed to overcome against greenback afterwards. A trough-to-peak rise of 38% is impressive for most stocks – and a rarity in currency markets, yet that is what happened to AUD/USD in 2021. Australia’s success against COVID-19, Chinese demand and central bank action are behind [...]