Market Overview

Recent updates suggest that the US manufacturing downturn is easing The NY Fed’s data for May should show healing for this battered sector US home builder sentiment is on track for another...

The most notable thing is not what has happened, but what has not happened. The market has not responded to the soft Chinese data over the weekend. Chinese equities began softer but recovered fully...

The financial markets are quite steady as another week starts. China data released over the weekend were disappointing but reactions are muted. Industrial production rose 6.0% yoy in April versus...

Dollar surged broadly last week as hawkish comments from some Fed officials revived talks of rate hike in June. The greenback was further supported by some positive economic data including retail...

We have a very light calendar today in terms of data releases.Most notable data release will be the US Empire manufacturing PMI for May, which is expected to decline to 7.0 in May from 9.6 in...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 3 May to 10 May 2016.To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

UK CPI y/y release should provide plenty of market direction especially being released just a month ahead of the Brexit referendum. Of course, if we get a surprise release on Tuesday, market will...

Employment Change release today will move the AUD, especially if we were to get a miss in Wednesday's forecast. Considering the surprise rate action by RBA and the recent CPI release, I would expect...

CA Core Retail Sales figure could be the catalyst to push CAD to the next level, but I would expect the market to pay more attention to the Core CPI release, which is scheduled at the same time of...

CA Core CPI is likely a high impact release for Canada and considering recent glut in crude oil product from Canada, I’d pay very close attention to this release for loonie’s future...

Pundits are all over the map on the future direction of the economy. Many are simply optimists (or pessimists) regurgitating baseless and emotional views. But even those with a good understanding of...

Bank holiday’s throughout Europe may make for light trading on Monday but going forward, things should pick up significantly with a number of key economic events scheduled for this week.The...

While I think this will be an interesting week, it may not seem like it today. While I hadn’t expected the dollar levels reached on Friday, they were actually the eventual areas I had envisioned...

If you’re just starting out in options, this is not the book for you. And for that I am grateful. There are a lot of good introductory options books but very few that address the intermediate...