Market Overview

The European credit indices widened slightly during last week as iTraxx Main ended at index 71 - up from 68 last week - and iTraxx Crossover widened some 15bp to 330 on the back of increased...

A quiet session in Asia overnight is offering little direction for European traders ahead of the open on Tuesday, as people appear to position themselves nicely on the fence ahead of two major central...

Both the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve are set to meet and decide this week. The last Central Bank to meet, the ECB, caused the financial markets to swell and swirl. The markets remain on edge...

The economy of 2015 started out “unexpectedly” weak before succumbing to “global turmoil.” It was the events of last summer that began to sow serious doubts about not just the...

The pinnacle of the global financial system is warning that conditions are right for a “full-blown banking crisis” in China. Since the last financial crisis, there has been a credit boom...

The consensus 3rd quarter GDP estimates show U.S. economic growth may accelerate just before election day.This prompted the Wall Street Journal to ponder the October Surprise? But how can stronger...

Fed And BoJ On This Week’s DocketThree key charts are trying to hold onto the “breakout followed by a retest” as described on September 14. Given that the market is bracing for a...

We were closely watching decisions and comments by many central bankers again last week: Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) of Atlanta Dennis Lockhart, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel...

The analog to markets is the struggle over the last three years between corporate earnings fundamentals and interest rates for control of stock prices. Earnings have been at or near a peak since 2013...

Markets remain turbulentFriday’s inflation data out of the United States showed a slight upward pressure on prices, which quickly brought the possibility of an interest rate hike this year back...

The dollar-value of all the goods and services the US produces has never been larger. There are two other metrics that capture the recovery. These two great graphics come from the Wall Street Journal...

EUR/SEK is trading too high while normal drivers suggest the pair is overbought.The Riksbank will shadow but not out-ease the ECB and is done cutting rates. The krona has underperformed with Swedish...

The greenback opens the week broadly lower as markets await FOMC meeting. The stronger than expected August CPI reading in US would possibly heat up the debate between hawks and doves. But after all,...

The Japanese Yen and Dollar ended last week as the strongest major currencies, ahead of BoJ and FOMC meeting. Dollar traded soft most of the week as pressured by receding expectation for September...