Market Overview

Housing starts are expected to total 1.157 million units (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in today’s January update, according to The Capital Spectator’s average point forecast of several...

That was a bit of a mess of a day. Certainly, for the bulk of the day, the market seemed to be repelled by even the thought of trading. We saw a marginal new low in EUR/USD and marginal high in...

Feb. 17, 2016USD/MAJORS - Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren earlier said that the Federal Reserve should be "unhurried" as it considers when to raise interest rates again given problems overseas and...

In a bit of an off week for top-tier US economic data, traders are likely to focus intently on the release of Wednesday’s FOMC minutes.The extreme market volatility we’ve seen so far in...

Last month when China’s exports “only” declined by 1.7% (revised) the entire orthodox world took it as a definitive signal for the long-awaited monetary stimulus effects. Whether it...

Gold prices are slightly higher on Tuesday, following sharp losses a day earlier. In the North American session, the base metal is trading at $1212.69 an ounce in the North American session. In...

The first two trading days of this week have been marked by the return of some positive risk appetite. While one can cite many factors for this – bargain-hunting, positive US economic statistics...

New York Forex Report: After a solid rebound higher yesterday, oil prices have turned sharply lower over the early European session today, driven by reports that the Saudi Arabian Oil Minister is...

Let’s take a look at the German shares index (FDAX) first. Since yesterday was a holiday (which could also observed in the DAX), there was not so much movement. In the big picture we have...

Russia and Saudi Arabia have today committed to freezing oil output at levels close to a record high.The decision was a disappointment for the oil market and will not affect the current global...

UK CPI inflation increased to 0.3% y/y in January 2016 from 0.2% y/y in December 2015 (Danske Bank: 0.4% y/y, consensus: 0.3% y/y) . Core inflation declined to 1.2% in January from 1.4% y/y in...

US markets were closed for a President’s Day holiday on Monday but stock futures were rising as global stocks recovered. The dollar strengthened against most other currencies, live dollar index...

Deutsche Beteiligungs (DBAG) reported a strong performance in the first quarter of FY16 with a 10.6% increase in NAV underpinned by robust earnings and budgets across the carried portfolio. The...

Theory into practiseNegative interest rates were once confined to the models and thought experiments of economic academics.But in recent times this most unconventional of monetary policy tools has...