Market Overview

CurrenciesEUR/USD: This pair is trading in a downward channel on a 4 hour time frame. The next support is near the 1.0518 level and the resistance is 1.0899. USD/JPY: The pair is trading in a...

• Chinese yuan may join IMF’s reserve basket The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund is broadly expected to include the yuan in its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket at a...

The US dollar remains firm against most of the major currencies to start what promises to be a critical week for investors. There are two main considerations. The first is the last minute position...

Market BriefHere we are, on Thursday the ECB is expected to take action by increasing its support to the economy. Mario Draghi has plenty of tool to do it but we anticipate that the ECB will cut in...

The November jobs report is one of the key releases ahead of the FOMC meeting on 15-16 December, at which we expect the Fed to raise the Fed funds rate target for the first time since 2006. Our models...

It is a week filled with plenty of events for the market as there are three central bank meetings kicking off with Australia on Tuesday, Canada on Wednesday and the ECB on Thursday together with...

The European stock markets reversed earlier losses on the weaker euro, leaving the FTSE stocks back in the negative territory. The rout in iron ore is leaving its mark and preventing any credible...

It was indeed a holiday week last week, with very low volume and no price movement to speak of. The last five days have traded almost completely level, a most unusual episode, so one would expect some...

U.S. and European stocks ended mostly lower while avoiding the heavy declines seen in the Chinese stock market. Chinese shares fell around 5% on Friday as concerns over regulation and the industrial...

A big final week of 2015 for central bank policy and macro data this week – the only remaining event after this week is the December FOMC.What’s factored in? A no-move is fully priced in...

A weaker CNY midpoint fixing and a renewed selloff in Mainland Chinese markets have heightened fears that Friday’s selloff could merely be the beginning of a more significant correction for...

Think of “market internals” as the blood pressure and insulin levels of the financial world. They operate below the surface, frequently unnoticed, but over time they have a big say in the...

It has been said "truth" is a funny concept. What is truth to one may not be to another because opinions vary from one person to another. "Truth" in this context consists of one's opinion or point of...

This post is a slightly-modified excerpt from a recent TSI commentary.In the US, the commercial banks can create money and the Fed can create money. A chart showing the change in the US money supply...