Market Overview

Risk appetite returned overnight with financial sector leading stocks higher. The surge in WTI crude oil through 50 handle also boosted overall sentiments. DJIA closed up 0.33% at 20728.94 and would...

The pound shortly reversed gains accumulated through the Asian session, as the European Council revealed the draft guideline for the Brexit.The EU said ‘nothing is agreed until everything is...

The US dollar fell against all the major currencies in the first three months of 2017. The weakness initially seemed to be a correction to the rally, which began before the US election last year. The...

FTSE -32 points at 7337DAX -30 points at 12226 CAC -18 points at 5071 Euro Stoxx -11 points at 3470 The US economy grew by 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2016, slightly higher than 2.0% expected by...

EUR/AUD Today’s support: - 1.3946 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3922, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3908. Break of the latter would result 1.3894. If a...

U.K. Government’s next step: The Great Repeal BillWith Article 50 triggered, the next step for David Davis and Co is The Great Repeal Bill. This measure will draw all existing EU law (including...

Our International ETF strategy analyzes fiscal and interest-rate policy and complements that research with trading analytics to determine portfolio risk/reward and valuations. The strategy has the...

Market movers today In the euro area, focus remains on inflation with the release of the aggregate figure. We expect headline inflation decline to 1.6% in March, from 2.0% in February, driven partly...

ECB sources and German inflation put things on track againWe maintain our view - how to play mortgage bonds?

The latest index reading came in at 24.6, down 3.3 from the previous week.The RecessionAlert Twitter Feed, @RecessionAlert2, had an interesting observation about the indicator levels last...

Consumer Confidence at 125...are you kidding me?The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence index for the month of March was reported on Tuesday to be 125.6! If I recall, this index bottomed out near...

The following five percentages gained/lost graphs show, at a glance, which countries and currencies gained the most, so far, this week (Monday, March 27 to, and including Wednesday, March 29). Of...

Time heals all wounds, and in the case of stock markets the amount of time is about a week to move on from disappointment at Donald Trump’s failure to reform US healthcare.StocksStocks are still...

From Invesco: The Brexit process started Wednesday when British Prime Minister Theresa May formally notified the European Union (EU) of the UK’s intention to withdraw from the Union under...