Market Overview

The oil market has very swiftly made an about-move in recent days, with low prices driving disruptions in Nigeria, coupled with greater output from Iran and expectations of renewed demand all pushing...

A TSI subscriber recently reminded me of an indicator that I regularly cited in ‘the old days’ but haven’t mentioned over the past few years. The indicator is the bond/dollar ratio...

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...

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

There are no important economic key events in either of the Scandi currencies this week.In Sweden, we have a series of central bank speeches that we will keep an eye on. Ingves, Skingsley, Floden,...

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...

UK Retail Sales should be a very tradable release Thursday as these reports should move GBP crosses in the direction of the surprise for at least 45 minutes to 2 hours.4:30am (NY Time) UK Retail Sales...

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...