Market Overview

Forex News and EventsHeads up…Expect Fed comments to drive volatility In an uncertain environment one thing has been certain, Fed comments have driven USD volatility. In what has become...

Traditionally, you would expect that the President would help encourage Americans to have confidence in their financial institutions. While Trump isn’t our President, he’s on a warpath to...

Tuesday April 5: Five things the markets are talking aboutTrading volumes across the various asset classes are lower than usual, volatility is non descript, but brewing, while the ‘mighty’...

Job growth in March posted a solid gain, inspiring a new round of upbeat comments on the outlook for US payrolls and the economy generally. But newly minted numbers for two multi-factor measures of...

Janet Yellen has gone out of her way to reassure financial markets that the Fed will raise interest rates very slowly, but she would do well to lay out a schedule for rate increases.After keeping the...

Currencies EUR/USD: The pair is trading above its upward trend line on a 4 hour time frame. The next support is near the 1.0801 level and the resistance is at 1.1493. USD/JPY: The pair is...

UK’s dominant services sector expected to pick up some more steam Despite the sensitivity of UK services to business sentiment, this morning’s Services PMI release is expected to reveal...

Market BriefOn Monday, the greenback continued to slide further amid disappointing economic data from the world’s largest economy. Factory orders contracted 1.7%m/m in February, matching...

Catalysts for change: part one - oil I currently have my eye on three catalysts that I see changing the global market in the second quarter: 1. The oil conundrum 2. Earnings ‘growth’ 3....

In the US, the most important release today is the ISM non-manufacturing index for March. The index has declined for four consecutive months reflecting the slowdown in the economy, which began by the...

Last week continued the positive tone on credit markets following fairly dovish statements by the Fed and a relatively strong US non-farm payrolls report, which beat consensus by 10,000.European...

Range of the week : 1.2800-1.3300Last week was relatively charged with economic news and events, both in the U.S. and Canada. Speeches given early in the week by several members of the Federal Reserve...

European markets are under heavy selling pressure this morning as Germany factory order data fell off the cliff. The data was battered and traders are still not elated with it. The forecast was for...

AUD/CADIn this forex pair we can see a very young uptrend in the medium trend size. The last correction led the price deep down into the green correction zone. At the lower edge, enough buyers...