Track the Euro Yield Curve
The German Bundesbank reports daily yield curves on its web site. Eurex trades a 10- and 30-year bund Futures contract and Markit has an index called the iBoxx that reports cash bond-market transactions for the euro.
Markit is many things in Europe: a data vendor, a market analysis provider, and, through a host of indices that calculate within seconds, a market reporter of up-to-the-minute market information. The information materializes quickly, but it is reliable so any trade decision can be instituted with reliability.
The key for EURO/USD in European trade is once German yields are up, the majority of European nations normally follow. At times the peripheral nations can drag down EUR/USD prices such as the Greek ...
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