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The next 12 months could turn out to be a rollercoaster ride for the global economy, but there are still plenty of opportunities for trading in Forex, equity and commodity markets

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09 February 2010

Greece is the talk of the town as stocks take a beating in the US session

Christian Blaabjerg, Chief Equity Strategist, Saxo Bank

Daily Trading Stance

Short positions against the EUR are at record levels, while there's an expectation forming that an announcement from the EU on the Greek situation is forthcoming.


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09 February 2010

FX Update: Has the impact of the Greek situation run its course?

Andrew Robinson, FX Analyst

On a day with an almost blank data sheet, currency markets were generally range-bound overnight with mild short-squeeze on the majors detected as traders scaled back dollar longs. EURUSD peeped back above 1.37 but the weight of concerns about Greece’s debt situation remained, and the pair drifted back lower into the close to finish back where it started.
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08 February 2010

Sovereign debt fears rule the markets

Ole S Hansen, Senior Manager, Saxo Bank

Weekly commodity update

The early February rally was brutally halted as renewed dollar strength and growing strains in sovereign debt markets weighed on sentiment and prices. On Thursday Portuguese and Spanish stocks suffered their biggest daily fall since 2008 as the worries surrounding Greece spread to other weak economies within the Euro zone. This fear led to sharp falls in shares across continents and a worldwide flight to the safety of US dollar and treasuries. The Euro currency traded down to a seven month low and all projections about a year of continued dollar weakness has all but disappeared, for now at least.
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