Market Overview

Market movers today Today, ISM manufacturing for March is due out in the US. ISM manufacturing has soared over the past couple of months, emphasising that there is progress in manufacturing. In the...

Reflation has been the big theme since November and the driver of most financial markets. However, we believe some of the engines fuelling reflation are set to lose steam over the next three months....

Clients remain bullish on the Scandies, both vs EUR and USDClients stick to their newly adopted USD-bearish view SEK and NOK will appreciate on the back of a le Pen victory A majority of our clients...

In Sweden it is time for PMI (tomorrow at 08:30 CEST), which receives a great deal of financial market attention. Then, on Wednesday (at 09:30 CEST), Statistics Sweden (SCB) is due to publish February...

FTSE +25 points at 7347DAX +68 points at 12,380 CAC +13 points at 5135 European markets look set for a positive open on Monday with little in the way of movement in currencies in the Asian trading...

We hit on a controversial topic last week. Who knew the subject of time would get such attention?It’s a funny thing to think about. Time is something we all have. Some have a lot. Some have a...

We utilize the latest interview by Fed member James Bullard as the basis to explain the Black Swan Scenario theta the Federal Reserve faces over the next investment period, and the ramifications this...

The BEA released the 3rd revision to 4Q GDP. Overall growth was 2.1% quarter to quarter and 1% Y/Y.Let’s analyze the four major spending categories, beginning with personal consumption...

EM FX was mixed last week. The rebound in oil helped some, such as COP, RUB, and MXN. On the other hand, idiosyncratic political risks weighed on South Africa. This week could pose a challenge to EM,...

The macroeconomic fundamentals have not changed much in the first three months of the year. The US growth remains near trend, the labor market continues to improve gradually, both headline and core...

Academic bloggers and other high-profile commentators have argued there is still sufficient slack in the economy to warrant keeping rates low for now. Labor utilization measures (such as the U-6...

The week’s biggest news was the UK’s invocation of Article 50, formally beginning “Brexit.” Numerous people have offered commentary on this event. But there are only 2 firm...

Every century the US has been in existence, there has been a new USD. We believe it is time for a new US dollar in the 21st century. In the following paragraphs we hope to explain why this is...

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