Market Overview

News that the FBI was once again ending its investigation into Clinton's emails and use of private servers spurred sharp dollar against the major European currencies and yen. The dollar-bloc...

The US election is all that matters, as markets are holding their breath to find out who, between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, will be the next US president.The outcome of the US presidential...

There have been a number of comparisons drawn from the event risk around the upcoming US presidential election and the Brexit referendum earlier this year. There are a number of similarities, most...

The first week of November wasn’t kind to stocks, commodities, or real estate investment trusts (REITs), but a falling US dollar supported foreign bonds—the only corner of the major asset...

In this week's market analysis, we will look at potential trading opportunities and zones where we should look for price action, evidence and potential moves.Pairs and markets analyzed this week: oil,...

RBNZ Interest Rates decision is expected to cut by another 25 basis points, so if there are no surprises, we should stay out of the market. However, if RBNZ surprises the market by over-cutting (50...

FBI off…Needless to say with a little over 24hrs until the polls open on Election Day in the United States it is the dollar that is in focus and those watching it are seeing a nice run of...

While market focus remains centred on tomorrow's US Presidential election (see sections below), today's data calendar is dominated by euro area releases.Since August, Sentix investor confidence index...

The market is expecting high volatility this week as the U.S election takes place on Tuesday, 8th November 2016.Analysts have forecasted that a Trump victory would be detrimental to the Global...

by Eli WrightGlobal markets continue to be driven by the uncertainty surrounding tomorrow's US elections outcomes. Yesterday's announcement by FBI director James Comey that the re-opened investigation...

European equity markets are positioned to open more than half a percentage point higher on Monday, boosted by the news that the FBI has not changed its conclusion on the Hillary Clinton email...

There we were, awaiting the roller coaster ride (aka NFP), and it flopped big time – rather like “Ronin”.Actually, I was wondering how this would play out, considering the position...

Note: This commentary has been updated to include Friday's release of Nonfarm Employment for September.Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee,...

New factory orders in Germany are expected to increase again for September Healthy export orders should give German manufacturing a welcome lift Analysts see Eurozone retail sales dipping for a second...