Market Overview

After a very volatile and worrying start to the week for the markets, they finally appear to be finding their feet thanks in large part to the stimulus efforts from the People’s Bank of China...

Market Drivers Aug 27, 2015China Soars fueling risk on flowsMarket eyes US GDPNikkei 225 1.08% Europe 3.14%Oil $40/bblGold $1125/oz Europe and Asia:AUD PCE -4.0% vs. -2.5%EUR Money Supply 5.3% vs....

Summary: China is both the key driver of the world economy and the least well known of the major nations. With unreliable economic statistics, a rapidly evolving economy that defies easy analysis, and...

The global capital markets are staging a convincing recovery. The strong sustained gains in US equities yesterday have fueled continued recovery in Asia and Europe. The strong rally of the Shanghai...

Wall Street seemed to have responded very well to China's stimulus measures. DJIA surged 619.07 pts, or 3.95%, to close at 16285.51. S&P 500 rose 72.9 pts, or 3.90% to close at 1940.51. That's the...

After China’s surprise currency devaluation on Tuesday, markets are focusing on the prospect of more global central bank monetary easing and a pushback on U.S. rate hike chances, allowing for...

• Asian stocks followed gains in US equities The strong rebound in the US equity markets on Wednesday spurred a reversal of the flight to safety. The positive sentiment was rolled into the Asian...

U.S. stocks staged a late rally yesterday and oil regained more than 2% as the market recovered from China uncertainty. Better than expected U.S. durable goods orders were also in focus as traders...

Daily BriefingCurrenciesEUR/USD: The pair fell from our identifed resistance of 1.1717-1.1785 (which was given on 25th) on a 4 hour time frame. The next resistance is at 1.1557 and the support is at...

Asian markets trading in a strong positive territory as investors are cheering the news from the People Bank of China. The PBOC is combating the uncertainty by turning on all of its cylinders. No...

Cautious Optimism ReignsStrong durable goods numbers out of the US and tempting valuations saw a phenomenal bounce in all US equities. This was particularly the case for high-beta growth stocks, so no...

The People’s Bank of China this week announced a raft of stimulus measures aimed at propping up a faltering economy. What were they and will this have any effect?Or will it merely kick the can...

Volatility works both waysMore exaggerated movements in overnight trade. What strikes me as more interesting is what triggered it. In market conditions like what we’re currently experiencing, it...

Thursday is the busiest day this week for economic releases, including the monthly update on money supply data for the Eurozone. Later, two US updates will offer deeper insight into the strength of...