Last year, the Bank of International Settlements announced that FX market volume increased 71 percent between 2004 and 2007 and amidst all of the financial market turmoil, trading is on the rise once again.
The equity, commodity and bond markets have been particularly tough this year, causing many investors to cut back on risk, [...]

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In 2007, the Canadian Dollar was named Time Magazine’s Canadian Newsmaker of the year. Having hit a high of 0.9059 against the US dollar, it smoked its US counterpart. At the time, the Loonie skyrocketed because of a booming economy and skyrocketing oil prices.
However in the second half of 2008, the tides are [...]

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For the US dollar, it is going to be a slow start to the new week with no major data due for release until Thursday. Consumer confidence and house prices will be out tomorrow and given the upside surprises last week, the data could be dollar positive. However investors will continue to be [...]

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