Market Overview

FTSE -9 points at 7054DAX -6 points at 11450 CAC -5 points at 4829 Eurostoxx -4 points at 3265 Monte dei Paschi has been rescued by the Italian government after falling short at raising 5 billion...

I’ve been victim of this same media mentality since I issued my Mea Culpa last week.Somehow the media has decided that my admission of mistiming the market very short term was a switch from a...

Yesterday, Donald Trump named China hawk, Peter Navarro, to head up the White House National Trade Council. Navarro is author of the book ‘Death by China’.Today China fired back with a...

Italian lawmakers agreed yesterday to set aside up to €20 billion to support the country's banks as they struggle with financial problems. At the top of the list is Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the...

I have written over the last couple of months the market was likely to rally into the end of the year as portfolio managers, hedge, and pension funds chased performance and “window...

It’s a bad day for European banks, Blackstone (NYSE:BX) ends its ‘endless’ fund, and oil’s rising again. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about...

As expected, the FOMC at its December meeting raised the target policy range for federal funds to 50–75 basis points. The Committee also released its latest summary of economic projections...

The dark art/science of modeling the future has a shady reputation generally, and rightly so. But while extreme caution is always recommended when trafficking in prognostication, it’s a...

Financial markets are calm, as traders slow down activity moving into the year-end holiday session. Tensions between the US and China mount as President-elect Donald Trump appoints Peter Navarro, the...

European markets were poised for one last burst of action before the end of the year on Thursday, with Italy expected to outline plans to rescue the world’s oldest and now its most troubled...

I've picked out a few charts from the Weekly Macro Themes I keep an eye on, that I think will be particularly relevant in 2017 and could flag potential risks and opportunities.The first one, below is...

by Eli Wright Markets continue to move sideways on tepid volume and the lowest volatility levels since 2014—the VIX briefly fell below 11 yesterday, before closing at 11.25. It appears that many...

CurrenciesEUR/USD – has moved up to reach close to the resistance around the 1.046 level. It looks like the USD has trouble around these levels which is around a 14 year low. That is not...

EUR/JPYToday’s support: - 122.21, 121.96, 121.67 and 121.48 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 121.18, where correction also may be. Then follows 121.05. Break of the latter...