Market Overview

The safe-haven trade dominated last week’s market activity. Investment-grade bonds in foreign and US markets delivered the only gains for the five trading days through Dec. 11, based on a set of...

European markets are looking at one element and one element only, which is how the Fed will react to their decision which is due in a two days time frame. All bets are on pause until then and traders...

CurrenciesEUR/USD: This pair has broken its downward trend line on a 4 hour time frame. The next support is near the 1.0657 level and the resistance is 1.1085. USD/JPY: The pair has bounced from its...

This post is an excerpt from a commentary posted at TSI about two months ago.Whenever the government intervenes in the economy in order to bring about what it deems to be a more beneficial outcome...

Market BriefThe People’s Bank of China lowered the renminbi for a sixth straight day against the backdrop of a persistent sell-off in equity markets. The central bank set USD/CNY to 6.4495, the...

Risk sentiment is rather good at the start of this year’s last Fed-focus-week. The Fed is expected to take the first step toward policy normalisation on Wednesday and the market is presently...

Selloff in commodity currencies were the main focus last week as WTI crude oil tumbled to settle at USD 35.62 a barrel. That represented over -10% loss for the week and hitting of a 7 year low. The...

Risk aversion dominates the market as investors are preparing for FOMC rate hike later in the week. Sentiments are also weighed down by the plunges in oil and Chinese Yuan. Nikkei ends the day down...

U.S. shares erased Thursday’s minor gains on Friday’s session, resuming the downward trend observed last week. The ongoing rout in energy prices has been seen as the cause, although this...

This week shapes up as one which could go down in the history books! Markets last week were tumultuous from weak equities, illiquid credit markets, FOREX markets in disarray and commodities hitting...

War GamesInquiring minds may wish to take a peek inside a Fed ‘War Games’ Exercise conducted this past summer, just recently reported on by the Wall Street Journal.Commercial real-estate...

So far there has been neither (reindeer) hide nor (snowy white) hair of Santa this December. The Grinch, on the other hand, has hardly been scarce and month-to-date, through the 11th, the S&P 500...

Oil prices plunged, junk bonds hit a 2 ½ year low, stocks took a nearly 4% hit, a junk bond fund halted withdrawals, the country’s biggest pipeline operator cut its dividend by 75% and...

This one powerful tip will make you a better investor.It’s a simple idea, and yet, despite all the evidence I’ll show you, I’m willing to bet the majority of readers won’t take...