Market Overview

Happy Winter, everyone! Yes, it’s the winter solstice. As we wind down the last few trading days of the year, volatility is collapsing to levels hardly ever seen in financial history. It...

The outlook for U.S. growth in the fourth quarter is still muted vs. Q3’s pace, according to recent updates from various sources. The strong 3.2% increase in Q3 is expected to decelerate to...

Bondholder bail-ins are on the way in Italy as private investors pulled the plug on a bank rescue.Rome plans a €20 billion bank bailout, but under eurozone rules junior bondholders have to take a...

Wednesday December 21: Five things the markets are talking aboutStocks, the dollar and U.S yields are trading at lofty heights on the “potentials” of Trump’s fiscal stimulus packages...

by Eli WrightStocks mostly gained yesterday with some indices including the Dow and Germany's DAX nearing benchmark levels – this despite thinning volume ahead of the Christmas holidays....

The U.S. dollar is narrowly mixed as the holiday markets make for light turnover. Global equity markets are not finding much encouragement from the new record highs by the Dow Jones Industrials.There...

The Dow Jones composite closed on another day high, and is now only inches away from 20,000 points. The important milestone could be reached much quicker than expected. Even with bearish news coming...

CurrenciesEUR/USD – even though it dropped yesterday, it was able to recover most of its losses over the course of the day and today is erasing these completely, at least for now. With the...

Ready for ChristmasWith little impetus to rock the boat before the end of the year, both investors and policymakers are taking things nice and easy. The greenback remains strong but spent most of...

US equities surged yesterday on Santa rally, yet DJIA failed to take out 20k handle and closed at 19974.62, up 91.56 pts, or 0.46%. It was, nonetheless, a record high. Meanwhile, S&P 500 also...

Apart from tonight's FOMC minutes, today's data calendar is dominated by Scandi events. While equity markets have been supported by a synchronised global recovery, we increasingly see a risk of...

When Ben Bernanke sat down with 60 Minutes for an interview in March 2009, it was then the first time in 20 years a sitting Federal Reserve Chairman had appeared on TV one on one. The timing was not...

The US dollar index climbed to a fresh fourteen year high of 103.65 in New York yesterday. The Dow Jones and Nasdaq renewed record.Asian traders sold into yesterday’s US dollar rally. All G10...

Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index has never been higher than it is today. The “Trumphoria” that has gripped the nation ever since Donald Trump’s miraculous victory on...