Market Overview

Amid light news, the downward pressure on the US dollar has continued against the majors but is more mixed against the emerging market currencies. The key driver is illustrated by the spate of...

Commodity currencies: the end of the rally? After a 2-week rally, the market is wondering whether it is time to play the correction or to reload long positions and make good use of the upside...

U.S. stock markets closed last week’s final trading session on a subdued note, with benchmarks eking out modest gains despite posting marked gains over the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Market Brief G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD NZD 0.49 CAD 0.26 AUD 0.18 SEK 0.17 GBP 0.15 NOK 0.14 DKK 0.12 EUR 0.11 JPY 0.08 CHF 0.01 Global Indexes Current Level % Change Nikkei 225 Index...

All the way back in March of 2015, just as everyone was extremely bullish on the US dollar with the view that a Fed rate hike as a done deal, we here at Short Side of Long predicted that a meaningful...

Markets unable to push onLast week’s central banking hangover has cast a pall over markets as we open up this week’s trading. With the most recent minutes of the Federal Reserve, European...

Market Movers Only tier 2 data will be released today ahead of an otherwise busy week with US retail sales on Wednesday, US CPI on Thursday, Chinese September trade data and the German ZEW on...

Is Housing Bubble #2 heading for the same shoals that popped housing bubble #1 in 2007-08? Markets discover price via supply and demand: Big demand + limited supply = rising prices. Abundant supply +...

Dollar is trading with a soft tone as markets start the week quietly. Fed vice chair Stanley Fischer said over the week end that its "an expectation" that Fed will hike interest rate this year, "not a...

A bank holiday in the U.S. and a lack of economic data on Monday is likely to result in a slightly quieter start to the week in the financial markets, although there are a number of Federal Reserve...

The UK’s Guardian newspaper, of Edward Snowden leaks fame, just published a good overview of the world’s recent financial missteps titled The world economic order is collapsing and this...

Is this rally for real? This is the question of the moment and the week ahead should hopefully hold a number of answers for traders.Assessing price action, behavioural analysis and fund flow data will...

Last week saw some of the biggest trading upside moves in global market for over six years.Energy had its biggest consecutive rally since 2009, with oil having its best weekly gain in over two...

Key Events This Week: October 12th – October 16thSun: CNY – New loans and aggregate financing Tue: GBP – CPI, EUR – German ZEW Wed: CNY – CPI, USD – Retail sales...