Are you full? You know, appetite wise? Probably not, for most of you read the Pfennig in the morning, with a cup o' Joe… The renewed appetite for risk that the markets were displaying yesterday disappeared yesterday afternoon. The markets were full of risk, I guess… For the selling was swift and damaging to the levels that the currencies, commodities, and stocks had gained overnight on the news that China would allow more flexibility in the renminbi (CNY).
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Consumer Confidence Data Affects the Euro
Yesterday morning I told you that the euro (EUR) had broken above 1.30, and I would check it to see how long it remained there… Well, this time it was more than 10 minutes, and the euro rose to 1.3040… But then the rug was pulled from under the single unit, and back below 1.30 it went… In fact, it fell to just above 1.29, before turning around once again and heading higher, eventually ending the day at 1.30.
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