Market Overview

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.1036, 1.1003 and 1.0983(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.0958, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.0934. Break of the latter would...

The most important day of the week is today and investors are going to remain laser focus towards the concluding remarks of the FOMC two day meeting. Investors will endure caution ahead of this...

The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) is due to meet later on today for a two day meeting on the state of the economy and to set monetary policy. They are widely expected to raise interest rates...

• A bit better tone There was a bit better tone to markets today. Chinese stocks were up at the opening and managed to poke their nose above yesterday’s close now and then, although at the...

European futures are pointing to a higher open on Wednesday ahead of the FOMC decision and statement this evening, which could offer clues on the timing of the first rate hike in more than nine...

Waiting on the statementDespite all the news and fears swirling around markets, the past 24 hours have been rather soporific. Tonight’s Federal Reserve meeting is a rather large checkpoint for...

Market MoversThe main event will be the FOMC meeting tonight. There will be no press conference following today’s announcement. Instead, focus will be on the statement released in connection...

It was the night before the FOMC and most of the Asian markets stood still.Australian equities have been the regional outperformer, however, with all sub-sectors of the market in the black. The key...

US Dollar Index TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices declined as expected after negative RSI divergence hinted at ebbing upside momentum. A daily close below the 23.6% Fibonacci retracementat 11985...

Economists ShockedEconomists were shocked by the plunge in the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index this morning, well below the any economist's guess in Bloomberg's Econoday Forecast.The...

Last week's trading markets were dominated by the sharp drop in the price in gold. As this week starts, gold has recouped some of those losses, currently trading at $1,103.10 per ounce. This...

As much as things change, they still remain the same, at least when it comes to the euro and European politics. One must become an eternal optimist these days to appreciate the economic strides in the...

The second quarter saw a continuation of the frenetic volatility that has characterized the stock market environment since September of last year. The range in the second quarter was tighter, however,...

As residential real estate prices rise, home ownership continues to decline. The Census Bureau has now released its latest quarterly report with data through Q2. Here is a snapshot of the...