What was previously unheard of happened last Friday - the Standard & Poor's rating agency cut the rating of US debt from AAA to AA+. The US dollar weakened against the euro and its other rivals during Asian forex trading hours today. On the other side of the spectrum the euro open much higher - with a gap - for the day. Rumours have it that we can witness an intervention to support Italian and Spanish bonds. Forex traders have already taken the necessary positions to make use of this piece of information.

