Market Overview

Summary the news that North Korea test-launched ICBM triggered risk-off sentiment and boosted safe havens like gold and the Japanese dollar, which is likely to be short-lived. there are some key...

FTSE +3 points at 7360DAX +3 points at 12440 CAC +5 points at 5179 Euro Stoxx -4 points at 3475 The overnight trading session was dominated by a decent risk-off sentiment after the North Korean...

Market movers today Today, PMI services indices in June for several countries are due out. Especially the UK index may attract attention, as both the manufacturing and construction indices fell,...

QE figures for June showed that German PSPP purchases are running below what the capital key suggests and remain biased towards the short-end. The average maturity of the German purchases increased...

The FX reserve was unchanged in June at DKK464bn as Danmarks Nationalbank (DN) stayed on the side-lines in the FX market for the third straight month.EUR/DKK traded at the low end of the historic...

Analysts see euro area retail spending rising for the fifth straight month in May Brazil’s latest political crisis could take a bite out of its Composite PMI That crisis could hurt the recovery...

GBP/USD has recorded small losses in the Tuesday session. In North American trade, the pair is trading at 1.2930. On the release front, British Construction PMI, softened in June, with a reading of...

US markets were closed on July 4. Asian and European equities moved lower as did most bond yields. The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index fell a third of one percent. It was the third consecutive losing session...

Unexpected 4th of July Fireworks With the US markets closed for Fourth of July festivities, it was a somewhat directionless overnight session due to lack of participation, but the overriding tone is...

In this video we discuss how this all ends for the global financial system. The discussion addresses Janet Yellen`s recent comments about the health of the banks, and not experiencing another 2007...

North Korea overnight carried out its most advanced missile test so far with the launch of what was probably an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).The test underlines that North Korea is not...

Currency MarketsHawkish global central banks have sent the dollar lower this year, while the Japanese yen and the Aussie dollar have gained. Higher US interest rates have done little to stimulate the...

UK PMI shows slowing growthA day of looks at the world’s manufacturing sector depressingly confirmed a lot of the sentiment towards the UK economy versus some of its closest trading partners;...

Since the election of Donald Trump, equity prices have soared as investors bet on an injection of fiscal stimulus from Washington through increased spending on infrastructure and a bout of tax cuts....