Market Overview

Market MoversMain events are the Riksbank and ECB meetings. At the ECB meeting the question is in our view how dovish Draghi will be following the latest drop in 5Y5Y inflation expectations. Already...

Japan reported this week that gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.4%, or 1.6% on an annualized basis, during the second quarter.Meanwhile, Japan is carrying out the most aggressive money...

Cautious Asian trading during Chinese holidayADP employment in the US was slightly below expectations at 190,000. This may mean that the all-important Non-Farm Payrolls data on Friday could similarly...

Asian markets were supported by a strong move higher in S&P futures yesterday, suggesting some of the 1.8% rally in the S&P 500 cash session is already baked in. However, since the close of...

Thursday’s a busy day for economic news, including the European Central Bank's policy announcement at 1145 GMT, followed by a press conference at 1230 GMT. A few hours ahead of the ECB events...

Both private and community foundations depend heavily on U.S. equities. Indeed, domestic equities remained the bright spot while other strategies underperformed in 2014. A new report from a...

One of the many challenges for participants today in navigating the macro-straits, is at times dismissing the conventional market wisdom for more counter-intuitive perspectives - and always keeping an...

Did you drop off and have an impromptu nap while watching the market yesterday? Probably when you woke up, the market had only moved by a few pips… The way things are developing with lower...

Much has been made of the rising tide of volatility consuming financial markets. One needs look no further than oil prices to witness the sheer scale of intraday momentum swings to understand the...

The slowing down of the Chinese industry is not a problem that concerns the Asian country alone. Several countries, especially those which acted as suppliers of raw materials, that somehow became...

Global stock markets were hit with another wave of selloff on Tuesday. US stocks fell on fears China’s economic growth will slow down sharply after data showed manufacturing activity in August...

Uncertain times in CanadaNot surprisingly, Statistics Canada confirmed that the country was in a technical recession yesterday, meaning that all is not totally doom and gloom, particularly the gains...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) fell in August, sliding to the lowest level in recent history. GMI — an unmanaged, market-value weighted mix of the major asset...

The recent turbulence in financial and commodity markets has cast a dark shadow over the near-term outlook. Not surprisingly, given the depth and speed of the rout, a number of forward-looking...