Market Overview

A popular Wall Street myth is that bear markets are caused by recessions. The contention is as long as the economy isn’t in a recession stock prices won’t drop by more than 20 percent. And...

Alexis Tsipras won his elections for the second time this year. His party, Syriza, took in 35.5% of the votes against 28% for the closest challenger, the New Democracy. Syriza will therefore be able...

The recent Fed’s statement on monetary policy was accompanied by Yellen’s press conference and the FOMC's Summary of Economic Projections. What can we learn from them?Let’s start...

Last week was a week full of economic data and central bank announcements. Gold came out as the biggest winner, sporting a gain of 2.81%, while stocks, bonds and the dollar eked out minor...

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) shares a near duopoly on the shipping business with UPS (NYSE:UPS). But like every aspect of life, that can be good news in good times and bad news in bad times. And right now it is...

The dollar has rallied against most G10 currencies despite further declines in Fed fund rate expectations on Friday. It seems that there has been strong demand from banks for dollars heading into the...

FTSE opened the week mostly in the green. Early gains were backed by business news in London led by 2.95% surge in Shire as its non-stimulant ADHD treatment received European approval.Energy stocks...

Fed statement cites emerging market concerns. Real facing new lows as Brazilian economy struggles. Bank of England may consider cutting rates. Once again we begin with the Federal Open Market...

The dollar regained lost ground against most of the other major currencies on Friday, rebounding from multi-week lows hit in the previous session, in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s decision...

The weakness in China and emerging markets means we are looking for the weakest euro area GDP growth in five quarters in Q3 15.The biggest impact is expected from lower investments, as a spill-over to...

The latest IMM data cover the week from 8 to 15 September 2015.IMM positioning data released Friday reveal that investors significantly added bearish JPY bets last week after four weeks of...

U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate announcement on Thursday. The central bank opted not to raise interest rates at this time, citing weak inflation...

Asian markets opened the week lower as concern over global slow down. While Japan is on holiday today, other Asian indices are generally lower. Crude oil stays soft below 45 after Friday's dip and...

Europe is expected to open marginally lower on Monday, following a mixed and quiet session in Asia which offer little direction. Japanese markets were closed for Bank Holiday.There still appears to be...