Market Overview

Only three of the eight indexes on our world markets watch list posted gains last week, down from six the previous week and eight the week before, and the skew was definitely downward. The average of...

There is no doubt that the decision by the ECB this past week has badly stained the reputation of both Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank. The ferocity of the price moves seen across the...

Earlier this year, we argued investors should snatch up biotech bargains while they were hot. And, boy, were we right. This week’s chart looks at the performance of the ARCA Biotechnologyand the...

The market's disappointment with the ECB unleashed pent-up corrective forces in the foreign exchange market. This leg up in the dollar began in mid-October. Through the day before the ECB, the euro...

Markets: A strong US jobs report sent stocks soaring Friday, and saved the market from a big down week. The Dow and NASDAQ led for the week, with the Russell small caps negative, and the S&P...

Markets go up and markets go down. It shouldn't matter much, but many new market timers (and traders) find that their own personal mood fluctuates with the markets, moving from extreme euphoria as the...

1. Given the large moves in prices shortly after the CFTC reporting period ended on 1 December renders the latest Commitment of Traders report more dated than is usually the case.2. The Thanksgiving...

Findel's (L:FDL) shares responded positively to the announcement of the sale of Kitbag and the arrival of Sports Direct (L:SPD) on the share register at the end of September with an 18.9% stake....

The Riksbank is not likely to move until April, after the ECB.We revise our inflation outlook. We keep our positioning unchanged for the time being. We look at the Riksbank's Per Jansson and the...

ECB disappointed this week by delivering a rather 'light' menu of easing measures.We nevertheless think that this marks the end of ECB easing as the euro recovery is set to gain traction in...

After yesterday’s massive ECB-induced moves across all markets, traders were a bit shell-shocked heading into the always-important Nonfarm Payrolls report. Today’s jobs report was even...

On Thursday the US stocks slumped as well as the US dollar. The S&P 500 live data show the index fell 1.4%. The main factor weighing on the markets was the ECB decision to leave the current level...

U.S., European and Asian stock markets tumbled after the European Central Bank fell short of expectations in the expansion of the Eurozone’s current stimulus program. While shares fell, the euro...

EUR/USDCurrent level - 1.0888 The reversal at yesterday's low at 1.0513 set the beginning of a massive rise, all the way up to 1.0980 and current pullback should be considered corrective, preceding...