Market Overview

By Stefan Gleason, Originally Published on Money Metals ExchangeOctober could see a ramping up of volatility across all asset markets. The month is notorious on Wall Street for the 1987 stock market...

The US ISM Manufacturing PMI has bounced back with a vengeance. Serious warning signs were flashing up when the August PMI unexpectedly dropped to a contractionary 49.4, and many were concerned that...

Perhaps the real drama came with the RBA’s website failing to launch for at least a whole two minutes and halting traders ability to seek out the narrative in the statement that could give clues...

Market Drivers October 4, 2016 Cable drops below 1.2800 RBA stays on hold Nikkei 0.83% Dax 0.73% Oil $48/bbl Gold $1311/oz. Europe and AsiaAUD RBA on hold 1.5%GBP UK Construction PMI 52.3 vs....

On several occasions, we have argued that one of the most obvious effects of the Riksbank's QE purchases can be seen in the ASW curve. Longer dated bonds (10Y) have been trading dear since Riksbank...

The countdown has been revealed; Theresa May has said she will invoke the formal process for the UK to leave the European Union by March 2017 – with a two year negotiating timeline that would...

AUD/NZDToday’s support: - 1.0507, 1.0479, 1.0456 and 1.0440(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.0427, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.0401. Break of the latter...

We estimate non-farm payrolls increased 160,000 in September, below consensus of 170,000 , but slightly higher than the job growth of 151,000 in August. In September, signals on employment growth are...

Aussie stays steady after RBA left the cash rate unchanged at 1.50% as widely expected. The accompanying statement provided little new information as the central bank also maintained a neutral stance....

UK construction activity forecast to continue to contract in September Will Brazil’s annual industrial output sink deeper into the red for August? Is the Mexican peso’s strength linked...

Asian markets all look set to open higher today after news that Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) was likely to settle with the US Department of Justice for less than half the purported fine. Deutsche Bank...

Quick take: Based on the September S&P 500 average of daily closes, the Crestmont P/E is 93% above its arithmetic mean and at the 98th percentile of this fourteen-plus-decade monthly metric.The...

Was the March 2009 low the end of a secular bear market and the beginning of a secular bull? At this point, seven years later, the S&P 500 has set an inflation-adjusted record high based on...

Clients generally see a rebound in the SEK vs EUR, stabilizing in EUR/NOK just below 9.00, and EUR/USD to move sideways within a tight range.Clients generally think that both Norges Bank and the...