Market Overview

It’s Bank of Japan (BoJ) Day. For short-term traders very little else matters today. Yesterday, USD/JPY overnight implied options volatility was at the highest since 2008 and the second highest...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is increasing its purchases of ETFs but has kept the policy interest rate and bond purchase programme unchanged at -0.1% and JPY80trn, respectively. The BoJ is keeping the door...

Buy SGB1054 versus SGB1052 @ 30bp. P/L: 18bp/40bp. Carry/roll down: +1.5bp/3M.Sell SGB1052 ASW versus receive RIBAMAR17 and pay FRADEC16. -26bp and -2.5bp. P/L:-18bp and 0bp/-32bp and -10bp. Tax...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has disappointed the markets and the yen has strengthened. The BoJ only expanded the purchase of ETFs and doubled the size of a USD lending programme while keeping the policy...

A moderate stimulus package from the Bank of Japan overnight got the final trading day of the week off to a disappointing start, leaving traders to look towards the large number of earnings and data...

CurrenciesEUR/USD – rose on the backdrop of better than expected data out of the Eurozone and weaker data out of the US. It reached the resistance around the 1.1116 level before moving a bit...

It is a month after Britain’s surprise vote to leave the EU.A new Conservative Prime Minister and Chancellor are in place, both David Cameron and George Osborne having fallen on their swords....

We are bullish on the U.S. market for the next few weeks, and suggest buying on dips in August. Although the market is not cheap, the U.S. is a haven for money leaving Europe because of Brexit and...

Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending July 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 266,000, an increase of 14,000 from the previous...

Over the last decade the general trend has been consistent: The rate of home ownership continues to decline. The Census Bureau has now released its latest quarterly report with data through Q2...

The Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey business conditions indicator measures activity in the following states: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, western Missouri, and northern New...

The latest index reading comes in at 14.4, up from the previous week's revised 14.2.RecessionAlert has launched an alternative to ECRI's Weekly Leading Index Growth indicator (WLIg). The Weekly...

Five out of the twelve Federal Reserve Regional Districts currently publish monthly data on regional manufacturing: Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Richmond, and Philadelphia.Regional manufacturing...

A Cycle Top in The Stock Market Next MonthIt was “Panic Buying” that pushed the Dow Jones and the SPX Indices to record highs. To be sure there is trouble brewing in this rally. Smart...