Market Overview

Brexit means leaving the single marketSterling had its best session against the US dollar since the early days of the Global Financial Crisis yesterday as Theresa May delivered her plans for Brexit....

The annual growth rate of outstanding Portuguese bank loans to the non-financial corporations and to the households of the Euro area is bouncing back since end 2012. In spite of a growth rate...

In her speech today, Prime Minister Theresa May outlined 12 principles for Brexit. In our view, the most important news was that the parliaments will get to vote on the final deal (principle one) ,...

Market movers today The UK labour market report for November is due out at 10:30 CET. While we have noticed small signs that the labour market recovery is on pause, the impact of Brexit uncertainties...

Dollar remains the weakest major currency over the week despite some positive comments from Fed officials. Fed Governor, Lael Brainard indicated that material increase in fiscal stimulus measures...

FTSE +20 points at 7240DAX +60 points at 11600 CAC +20 points at 4879 Euro Stoxx +15 points at 3300 The US dollar sold-off aggressively in the US session amid the US President-elect Donald Trump told...

No change is expected for UK unemployment but the claimant count could rise The UK has proved more resilient than expected in the wake of the Brexit vote US consumer inflation is projected to rise to...

The British pound surged nearly 3% today after UK Prime minister Theresa May added clarity to the Brexit decision. “No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain,” sad...

The stock market has been incredibly interesting to follow as of late, and for good reason. At the end of the day, there’s a lot going on with regard to the global economy, and it’s all...

As we gear up for China's Q4 data dump on Friday here's a look at a few charts on China's property market, updated with the latest data (December, just released). The average YoY% price gain of the 70...

In 2009, Martijn Cremers, of the University of Notre Dame, and Antti Petajisto of New York University, introduced a new portfolio measurement they called Active Share, measuring in percentage terms...

“Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Folly.” – Benjamin Franklin (ed.), Poor Richard’s Almanack Markets were basically sideways again last week, as...

Overall, yesterday was a steady day with the exception of GBP/USD that decided to take up pole dancing – not that it managed any classy swings on the way up. It has, at least, cleared up the...

Immediately after the U.K’s Brexit vote, economists predicted that Britain would fall into recession. That hasn’t happened. In fact, the most recent PMI surveys from Markit indicate the...