By Jerry Furst - Sr Analyst “1st on Forex” at Investors Education Network .com Mid Week Review As we await Interest Rates from the ECB and the UK. The fools on the hill continue to entertain us with their multi-trillion dollar show… The Cast of Characters: The President, The Fed Ch...

Good News and Signs Emerge The US Consumer is feeling more optimistic, and the President Elect continues to show he is working hard at putting together his team to address the US and World economic situation. The Currencies React At 8:30 the news hit the charts that the US GDP came in at the consen...

Currency Without a Nation   Fundamentally - Political uncertainty can undermine a nations currency. The Euro is in a unique and interesting situation that may cause some currency volatility as the European Union itself is being reopened to debate. Will the Euro stay in the current consolidation...

Euro Poised at Support - Will It Hold? Click to Enlarge Chart   No "Plan C" for the EU So it all comes down to Ireland today as there is no "Plan C" to the Lisbon Treaty. But if the 27 nation bloc fails - it will not be because of one tiny Ireland. The Dutch and French said no to the previous t...

Read my post of January 8 – As at that time two months ago we were awaiting Interest rate announcements from across the pond. Since then the UK has lowered rates a .25% to 5.25% and Trichet and the ECB has held rates steady at 4.0% - But the key point here is that at that time – it became appare...