Market Overview

The leadership of US equities in the horse race among the major asset classes is a sight to behold. By almost any yardstick, the stock market for the world’s biggest economy has been and remains...

The market that got strong attention overnight has clearly been US and Brent crude, with price falling 1.6% on the session, although at one stage was trading the lowest levels since November 2016 on...

For commodity exporting emerging countries, the rebound in commodity prices in 2016 helped boost foreign exchange reserves. However, they are still 15% below the peak of mid-2013. With the exception...

In the US, the FOMC meets today. This meeting is one of the small meetings (no updated projections and no press conference) and we do not expect any changes in monetary policy or any major changes in...

EUR/JPYToday’s support: - 122.17 and 121.95 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 121.72, where correction also may be. Then follows 121.50. Break of the latter would result...

One hundred BILLION euros (puts little finger to mouth)I’d be lying if I said that yesterday was a particularly memorable day in currency. The rambling narrative of 3 or 4 political schisms...

The euro continues to have a quiet week, as EUR/USD trades just above the 1.09 line in the Wednesday session. On the release front, German Unemployment Claims came in at -15 thousand, beating the...

Dollar strengthens mildly as markets await FOMC rate decision but momentum is limited against European majors. Notable moves are seen in Canadian dollar which is weighed down by oil prices. Meanwhile,...

If you’re new to value investing and want a fast-reading primer, Charlie Tian’s Invest Like a Guru: How to Generate Higher Returns at Reduced Risk with Value Investing (Wiley, 2017) is...

Here's a quote from the President of the United States..."Our country needs a good government shutdown to fix this mess." Good ol' Trump. Never manages to disappoint. All kidding aside this is pure...

GBP/USD quotation nearing the 1.30 hurdle and softer commodity prices dented the appetite in the FTSE stocks in London. Mining (-0.75%) and energy stocks (-0.45%) lead gains at the open.Tensions...

by Pinchas CohenYesterday, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported it sold fewer iPhones during the quarter ending April 1—50.8 million, down from 51.2 million units YoY and significantly fewer than the...

The dollar was little changed against the yen and the euro as markets awaited the Federal Reserve to complete a two-day policy meeting later today. Many say it will be a non-event since the Fed is not...

QE figures for April showed that the average maturity of German Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP) purchases was unchanged in April at 4.7 years. We expect German purchases to continue to be...