Market Overview

Could the US economy withstand the increase in interest rates in 2016? This is the main issue for the majority of investors.It is well known that the perfect balance of macroeconomic indicators...

US stocks closed lower on Monday as industrials and materials sectors fell following declining oil prices. The dollar weakened with dovish comments from Fed Chair Yellen last week about the need to be...

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...

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...

USD/SGDToday’s support: - 1.3525 and 1.3500 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3487, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3463. Break of the latter would result in...

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...

As expected the RBA stood pat on its overnight cash rate, keeping it at 2% but leaving the door open for additional policy easing on foot of weak inflation levels.The Bank of Japan's governor Kuroda...

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...