Market Overview

We’ll start by reviewing a bit of campaign history………..With the 72nd failed attempt to “repeal and replace” – – as well as a wall that’s never...

President Trump is falling woefully short on his promise to fix the trade deficit. It’s on track to hit $570 billion this year — up from $505 billion in 2016.Critics blame the trade gap...

Today, in the Asian trading session, the US dollar has sharply weakened against the major world currencies. The pressure is caused by weak reports on inflation and retail sales. The financial markets...

"Since the Great Recession, which is now 8 years old, we've been growing at 1.5 to 2 percent in spite of stupidity and political gridlock, because the American business sector is powerful and strong....

Partly supported by decent economic data out of China suggesting a continued appetite for Australia's commodity exports, the Aussie dollar has forged higher. But Australia's NAB thinks that the...

Tuesday July 18: Five things the markets are talking aboutThe US dollar, equities and Treasury yields are all under pressure on signs the American health-care reform bill is effectively dead in its...

News of the defection of two more Republican Senators doomed the Senate attempt to replace and repeal America's national health care. The failure to replace the system dubbed Obamacare, despite the...

Cable traded below 1.3045 amid the UK’s headline inflation declined to 2.6% year-on-year in June, from 2.9% printed a month earlier. The slowdown in inflation suggests that the decline in...

The last gasp of import-led price inflation?With sterling now buying just over 1.3 dollars at the time of writing, the GBP/USD rate is roughly flat year-on-year and we’ll now start to see the...

USD registered some more losses overnight, due to the fact that the new Republican healthcare bill is highly unlikely to pass the Senate. If that should happen, Trump’s fiscal reforms may be...

Money has been pouring into quant funds even though, on average, in the first half of this year they dramatically underperformed the S&P 500. And even though they were implicated in the recent...

US indices remain firm despite the Republican Healthcare Bill being defeated for the second time. The GOP failed in its second attempt to introduce legislation which would replace the Obamacare...

CurrenciesEUR/USD – appears to breaking through a very important resistance level and a weekly close above this would be another positive signal for the EUR. If this will indeed happen will most...

More healthcare bill turmoil in the U.S. sees the dollar lower, dragging down stocks. Meanwhile, AUD and NZD diverge.Today turned into a game of three halves in the Asia session. New Zeland got the...