Market Overview

We estimate non-farm payrolls increased by 170,000 in December in line with the recent trend and more or less in line with the consensus of 178,000.The unemployment rate likely rose to 4.7% in...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 20 December to 27 December 2016.To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

The European Commission's Eurobarometer for autumn 2016 showed higher support for the euro as a single currency. Support was at 70% in the euro area, which equals the record highs reached in autumn...

EM FX was a mixed bag over the past week. dollar softness vs. the majors allowed some in EM to gain traction, with ZAR and PEN the biggest gainers since Christmas. On the other hand, ARS, TRY, and INR...

It’s always difficult to judge the market on the first trading day – or even first trading week – of the New Year. I’ve seen New Year markets bolt right out of the gate while...

Before we completely close the books on 2016, we decided to take a look at what users found most appealing on the site during the past year—the most read news and analysis articles; most...

by Eli WrightLast week, as with every post-Christmas holiday week, was all about low volume, quiet trading. Sell-offs predominated, but Bitcoin experienced a wave of upward momentum that moved the...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 20 December to 27 December 2016.To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. – Charles Dickens,...

Reading Time:7 minutesThe last Housing Market Review covered data reported in November for October, 2016. At that time, the iShares US Home Construction (NYSE:ITB) was experiencing its first...

We´ll be getting the Canadian Employment Change release figure but once again US Nonfarm Payroll is scheduled at the same time, so I’d recommend trading the US release, or at least focus...

US NFP is expected to be around 165K, and with recent releases showing a positive trend and the fact Janet Yellen practically told us that rate hike will happen this month, we should not see much...

US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI is a leading indicator and if it goes in the same direction as the earlier ADP release, market should position ahead of the BLS release on Friday, but if the opposite is...

US ADP NFP Employment Change is usually a good indicator for NFP and once again this week with a slightly shortened week (as Monday is still holiday), this release is ever more important. As a matter...