Market Overview

The Fed finally acknowledged at its meeting in March that markets were right all along to expect a much less aggressive path of interest-rate hikes than it had been peddling for the last several...

For the past two weeks the heretofore inseparable tracts of ES and oil have seriously diverged.Since Apr. 22, ES is up about 1% while oil has declined by nearly 14%. ES remains in a well-defined...

Two of the most important terms to understand in stock trading are a bull market and a bear market. You may have heard this terminology before, but might not have a complete grasp on what the...

U.S. jobs beat expectations once againIt’s definitely getting harder and harder to question the strength of the job market south of the border. Once again, employment data released on Friday...

After the past weekend's centralised wage agreement in trade sectors we are halfway through the private sector negotiations.From a monetary policy perspective, the market-based negotiations in the...

U.S. equity markets are expected to start the week on a positive note, with futures currently higher by around a quarter of one percent.In the absence of any major catalysts in the markets at the...

Monday April 4: Five-things the markets are talking aboutHistorically, the first trading session after a U.S. jobs report tends to be the quietest trading session of the month. Yet, watching intraday...

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...

With the AUD making some steady gains against the USD over the past few weeks, some may be tempted to predict a long-term bullish resurgence for the pair. Whilst it is indeed true that in the short...

The crowd was in a buying mood last week, with most of the world’s markets posting gains, based on a set of proxy ETFs for the major asset classes. The main exception: commodities overall, which...

EUR/DKK below 7.4500, positive carry in shorter dated FX forwards and low net position are all reminiscent of the experience from 2014.We believe the current situation is likely to prevail over coming...

Market BriefLast week’s strong job report from the US failed to provide a fresh boost to the greenback as market participants focus on inflation data and global financial market developments,...

EUR/NZDToday’s support: - 1.6500, 1.6472 and 1.6448 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.6425, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.6404. Break of the latter would...

Nonfarm payrolls beat, USD benefitsNonfarm payrolls came in slightly ahead of expectations last week with 215,000 jobs compared with the 205,000 consensus. On the surface, the jobs report appears...