Saturday, April 30, 2011

Action Insight Weekly Report 4-30-11

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Action Insight Weekly Report Markets Snapshot

Dollar Selloff Accelerated after FOMC, More Downside to Come

Dollar's down trend accelerated again last week after Fed Chairman Bernanke expressed that there is no time frame for the central bank to exit from policy stimulus. Dollar index breached 73 level to new three year low at 72.83 and is set to extend towards record low of 70.70. Almost everything else climbed against dollar. Gold soared to new record high near to 1570. Stocks extended recent up trend with DOW closed strongly at 12810. Among major currencies, Swissy Franc and Aussie were the biggest winner as the Swissy was boosted by hawkish comments from SNB. Aussie rode on strong CPI reading as well as commodities.

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USD/CHF Weekly Outlook

USD/CHF's down trend continued last week and dropped to new record low of 0.8625. Initial bias remains on the downside this week and further fall should now be seen to 100% projection of 0.9774 to 0.8921 from 0.9339 at 0.8486 next. On the upside, break of 0.8832 resistance is needed to signal short term bottoming. Otherwise, outlook will remain bearish even in case of recovery.

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The Week in Review and Preview


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Friday, April 29, 2011

Action Insight Mid-Day Report 4-29-11

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Mid-Day Report: Dollar Remains Weak Despite Solid Personal Income and Spending, Swissy Up on SNB Comments, Euro Up on CPI

Dollar edged lower in early US session but managed to pare some losses after upside surprise in personal income and spending report. Personal income rose 0.5% in March while spending rose 0.6%, both were above expectation. COre PCE deflator rose 0.1% mom, 0.9% yoy, inline with consensus. Headline PCE, though, rose less than expected by 1.8% yoy. Employment costs index rose 0.6% qoq in Q1. But after all, the greenback is still facing strong pressure as Swissy Franc, Australian dollar and gold make record high. Canadian dollar is stuck in range as GDP unexpectedly contracted by -0.2% mom in February.

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USD/CHF Mid-Day Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 0.8693; (P) 0.8726; (R1) 0.8763; More.

USD/CHF's down trend resumes by taking out 0.8670 today and reaches as low as 0.8644 so far in early US session. Intraday bias is back on the downside for 100% projection of 0.9774 to 0.8921 from 0.9339 at 0.8486. Next. On the upside, above 0.8832 resistance is needed to signal short term bottoming. Otherwise, outlook will remain bearish even in case of recovery.

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RBNZ Leaves OCR At 2.5%, Staying Dovish As Earthquake Aftermath Remains

As widely expected, the RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 2.5%. We mentioned after the previous meeting (when the central bank lowered the policy rate by -50 bps) that the OCR would stay at current level for the rest of the year and this meeting reinforced our view. At the accompanying statement, the central bank explicitly mentioned that 'higher oil prices and the elevated level of the New Zealand dollar are both unwelcome' as they will have 'some dampening effect on economic activity'.

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Fed Signals No Plan To Tighten

The April statement, inaugural press briefing and the downwardly revised growth outlook suggested that the Fed will not begin tightening this year. Indeed, policymakers signaled that the timing is uncertain and is dependent on evolution of the economy. Concerning QE2, the Fed said that it will 'complete purchases of $600B of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the current quarter'. At the press briefing, Chairman Ben Bernanke stated that the central bank is 'going to continue to reinvest maturing securities, both Treasury and MBS' so that securities holdings 'will remain approximately constant'. The Fed also maintained the reference that 'exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period'.

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Economic Indicators Update

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GMT Ccy Events Actual Consensus Previous Revised
22:45 NZD Trade Balance (NZD) Mar 464M 200M 194M 193M
08:00 EUR Eurozone M3 Y/Y Mar 2.30% 2.20% 2.00% 2.10%
09:00 EUR Eurozone CPI Estimate Y/Y Apr 2.80% 2.70% 2.60% 2.70%
09:00 EUR Eurozone Consumer Confidence Apr -11.6 -11.4 -11.4 -11
09:00 EUR Eurozone Economic Confidence Apr 106.2 107 107.3
09:00 EUR Eurozone Industrial Confidence Apr 5.8 6.6 6.6 7
09:00 EUR Eurozone Services Confidence Apr 10.4 10.5 10.8 11
09:00 EUR Eurozone Unemployment Rate Mar 9.90% 9.90% 9.90%
09:30 CHF KOF Leading Indicator Apr 2.29 2.2 2.24 2.25
12:30 USD Personal Income Mar 0.50% 0.40% 0.30% 0.40%
12:30 USD Personal Spending Mar 0.60% 0.50% 0.70% 0.90%
12:30 USD PCE Core M/M Mar 0.10% 0.10% 0.20%
12:30 USD PCE Core Y/Y Mar 0.90% 0.90% 0.90%
12:30 USD PCE Deflator Y/Y Mar 1.80% 1.90% 1.60%
12:30 USD Employment Cost Index Q/Q Q1 0.60% 0.50% 0.40%
12:30 CAD GDP M/M Feb -0.20% 0.00% 0.50%
13:45 USD Chicago PMI Apr 68.5 70.6
13:55 USD U. of Michigan Confidence Apr F 70 69.6
Forex Trade Ideas

No update on 29 April, next update on Monday 2 May

Candlesticks Intraday Trade Ideas Update Schedule (GMT):
1st Update: 0630 - 0700; 2nd Update: 0930 - 1000; 3rd Update: 1230 - 1300; 4th Update: 1500 - 1530
Pairs Covered: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF

Elliott Wave Daily Trade Ideas Update Schedule (GMT):
AUD/USD, EUR/JPY: 0800 - 0830; EUR/GBP, USD/CAD: 1330 - 1400

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Action Insight Daily Report 4-29-11

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Daily Report: Dollar Soft in Tight Range, Remains Vulnerable

Dollar remains soft in tight range against other major currencies. The post-FOMC selloff stalled yesterday but the greenback is still vulnerable to deeper decline. Overall market outlook is not favoring a rebound in the greenback yet. Risk appetite is still firm with DOW extending recent rally to close at 12763 overnight and is still in progress to 13000 level. Gold made another record high at 1538.8 yesterday and is heading towards 1600 psychological level. Though, crude oil continues to struggle around 113 level and thus, helps keep USD/CAD above recent low of 0.9453.

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EUR/GBP Daily Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 0.8851; (P) 0.8887; (R1) 0.8928; More

WIth 0.8845 minor support intact, intraday bias in EUR/GBP remains mildly on the upside for further rally. Break of 0.8922 will confirm resumption of recent rally and should target 100% projection of 0.8067 to 0.8940 from 0.8284 at 0.9157 next. On the downside, below 0.8845 minor support will flip bias back to the downside for another fall to extend the consolidation from 0.8922. But we'll stay bullish as long as 0.8713 support holds and expect rise from 0.8284 to resume sooner or later.

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RBNZ Leaves OCR At 2.5%, Staying Dovish As Earthquake Aftermath Remains

As widely expected, the RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 2.5%. We mentioned after the previous meeting (when the central bank lowered the policy rate by -50 bps) that the OCR would stay at current level for the rest of the year and this meeting reinforced our view. At the accompanying statement, the central bank explicitly mentioned that 'higher oil prices and the elevated level of the New Zealand dollar are both unwelcome' as they will have 'some dampening effect on economic activity'.

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Fed Signals No Plan To Tighten

The April statement, inaugural press briefing and the downwardly revised growth outlook suggested that the Fed will not begin tightening this year. Indeed, policymakers signaled that the timing is uncertain and is dependent on evolution of the economy. Concerning QE2, the Fed said that it will 'complete purchases of $600B of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the current quarter'. At the press briefing, Chairman Ben Bernanke stated that the central bank is 'going to continue to reinvest maturing securities, both Treasury and MBS' so that securities holdings 'will remain approximately constant'. The Fed also maintained the reference that 'exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period'.

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Economic Indicators Update

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GMT Ccy Events Actual Consensus Previous Revised
22:45 NZD Trade Balance (NZD) Mar 464M 200M 194M 193M
8:00 EUR Eurozone M3 Y/Y Mar 2.20% 2.00%
9:00 EUR Eurozone CPI Estimate Y/Y Apr 2.70% 2.60%
9:00 EUR Eurozone Consumer Confidence Apr -11.4 -11.4
9:00 EUR Eurozone Economic Confidence Apr 107 107.3
9:00 EUR Eurozone Industrial Confidence Apr 6.6 6.6
9:00 EUR Eurozone Services Confidence Apr 10.5 10.8
9:00 EUR Eurozone Unemployment Rate Mar 9.90% 9.90%
9:30 CHF KOF Leading Indicator Apr 2.2 2.24
12:30 USD Personal Income Mar 0.40% 0.30%
12:30 USD Personal Spending Mar 0.50% 0.70%
12:30 USD PCE Core M/M Mar 0.10% 0.20%
12:30 USD PCE Core Y/Y Mar 0.90% 0.90%
12:30 USD PCE Deflator Y/Y Mar 1.90% 1.60%
12:30 USD Employment Cost Index Q/Q Q1 0.50% 0.40%
12:30 CAD GDP M/M Feb 0.00% 0.50%
13:45 USD Chicago PMI Apr 68.5 70.6
13:55 USD U. of Michigan Confidence Apr F 70 69.6
Forex Trade Ideas

Trade Idea Wrap-up: EUR/USD – Hold long entered at 1.4785

Despite intra-day retreat to 1.4776, as the single currency has rebounded after finding renewed buying interest there as suggested, retaining our bullishness for recent upmove to resume after consolidation, a break of intra-day resistance at 1.4882 would confirm this view and extend gain towards 1.4900/05 (1.236 times projection of 1.4494-1.4715 measuring from 1.4630)

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Candlesticks Intraday Trade Ideas Update Schedule (GMT):
1st Update: 0630 - 0700; 2nd Update: 0930 - 1000; 3rd Update: 1230 - 1300; 4th Update: 1500 - 1530
Pairs Covered: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF

Elliott Wave Daily Trade Ideas Update Schedule (GMT):
AUD/USD, EUR/JPY: 0800 - 0830; EUR/GBP, USD/CAD: 1330 - 1400

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Action Insight Mid-Day Report 4-28-11

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Mid-Day Report: Dollar Recovered But Lost Steam after GDP and Job Data

Dollar attempts a recovery earlier today but losses momentum after GDP and employment data. Advanced GDP report showed 1.8% annualized expansion in Q1, basically inline with expectation. GDP price index rose 1.9% qoq, lower than expectation of 2.4% The slowdown from prior quarter's 3.1% growth was expected and Bernanke has already said yesterday's that it's viewed by FOMC as "transitory". A bigger surprise today was the 25k jump in initial jobless claims in the week ended April 23 to 429k, hitting the highest level in three months and is much higher than expectation of 390k. It's also the third consecutive week that initial claims stayed above 400k level. Nevertheless, continuing claims dropped by 68k in the week ended April 16 to 3.64m, the lowest number since September 2008.

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USD/CHF Mid-Day Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 0.8665; (P) 0.8749; (R1) 0.8830; More.

USD/CHF continues to stay in tight range above 0.8670 temporary low and intraday bias remains neutral for more consolidations. But even in case of recovery, upside should be limited by 0.8895 support turned resistance and bring fall resumption. Break of 0.8670 will target 100% projection of 0.9774 to 0.8921 from 0.9339 at 0.8486.

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RBNZ Leaves OCR At 2.5%, Staying Dovish As Earthquake Aftermath Remains

As widely expected, the RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 2.5%. We mentioned after the previous meeting (when the central bank lowered the policy rate by -50 bps) that the OCR would stay at current level for the rest of the year and this meeting reinforced our view. At the accompanying statement, the central bank explicitly mentioned that 'higher oil prices and the elevated level of the New Zealand dollar are both unwelcome' as they will have 'some dampening effect on economic activity'.

Read more...

Fed Signals No Plan To Tighten

The April statement, inaugural press briefing and the downwardly revised growth outlook suggested that the Fed will not begin tightening this year. Indeed, policymakers signaled that the timing is uncertain and is dependent on evolution of the economy. Concerning QE2, the Fed said that it will 'complete purchases of $600B of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the current quarter'. At the press briefing, Chairman Ben Bernanke stated that the central bank is 'going to continue to reinvest maturing securities, both Treasury and MBS' so that securities holdings 'will remain approximately constant'. The Fed also maintained the reference that 'exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period'.

Read more...

Economic Indicators Update

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GMT Ccy Events Actual Consensus Previous Revised
21:00 NZD RBNZ Rate Decision 2.50% 2.50% 2.50%
23:01 GBP GfK Consumer Confidence Apr -31 -27 -28
23:15 JPY Nomura/JMMA Manufacturing PMI Apr 45.7 46.4
23:30 JPY Household Spending Y/Y Mar -8.50% -7.00% -0.20%
23:30 JPY Tokyo CPI Core Y/Y Apr 0.20% 0.20% -0.30%
23:30 JPY National CPI Core Y/Y Mar -0.10% -0.20% -0.30%
23:30 JPY Unemployment Rate Mar 4.60% 4.80% 4.60%
23:50 JPY Industrial Production M/M Mar P -15.30% -10.60% 1.80%
23:50 JPY Industrial Production Y/Y Mar P -12.90% -8.50% 2.90%
04:00 JPY BOJ Rate Decision 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
05:00 JPY Housing Starts Y/Y Mar -2.40% -2.00% 10.10%
07:55 EUR German Unemployment Change Apr -37K -37K -55K
07:55 EUR German Unemployment Rate Apr 7.10% 7.00% 7.10%
12:30 USD GDP (Annualized) Q1 A 1.80% 1.80% 3.10%
12:30 USD GDP Price Index Q1 A 1.90% 2.40% 0.40%
12:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims 429K 395K 403K
14:00 USD Pending Home Sales M/M Mar 1.50% 2.10%
14:30 USD Natural Gas Storage 38B 47B
Forex Trade Ideas

Trade Idea Update: EUR/USD – Hold long entered at 1.4785

As the single currency has continued to move lower after retreating from intra-day high of 1.4882, further consolidation would take place, however, as long as the Kijun-Sen (now at 1.4757) holds, bullishness remains for upmove to resume later. Above said resistance would extend further gain to 1.4900/05 (1.236 times projection of 1.4494-1.4715 measuring from 1.4630) but 1.4988 (1.618 times projection) would limit upside

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Trade Idea: AUD/USD – Buy at 1.0800

The Australian dollar has surged again on broad-based weakness in the greenback, suggesting recent upmove is still in progress and further gain towrads 1.0990/00 would be seen, however, reckon 1.1060 (61.8% projection of 0.8066-1.0257 measuring from 0.9706) would limit this wave v of 5 and bring correction later.

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Candlesticks Intraday Trade Ideas Update Schedule (GMT):
1st Update: 0630 - 0700; 2nd Update: 0930 - 1000; 3rd Update: 1230 - 1300; 4th Update: 1500 - 1530
Pairs Covered: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF

Elliott Wave Daily Trade Ideas Update Schedule (GMT):
AUD/USD, EUR/JPY: 0800 - 0830; EUR/GBP, USD/CAD: 1330 - 1400

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