Market Overview

Greece will give in to the European demands to unlock the fresh credit line, but this move will not be humiliating for the Greek politicians as the prime minister has won sufficient backing from...

Portuguese bonds show contagion risk from Greece There’s a lot of talk nowadays that the EU could afford to let Greece leave the euro without worrying too much about the impact elsewhere....

Behavioral economics is now mainstream, at least outside of the stodgiest of economics departments. In fact, as the author writes, “This maturation of the field is so advanced that when this...

Market BriefTrading volumes were thinner yesterday as half of the world’s financial exchanges were closed. The economic calendar was light. The USD is gaining momentum after US CPI surprised...

Comfort in the familiarWe are still in the grip of some very familiar trends as we come to the end of a rather volatile month. World markets are still looking for a few things before the general...

Talking Points: US Dollar Extends Rebound, Hits Strongest Level in a Month S&P 500 Still Treading Water After Setting New Record High Gold, Crude Oil Continue to Oscillate in Congestion Ranges ...

The Rally Continued In TokyoJapanese stocks rose for a seventh consecutive day, closing at a new 15-year high due to expectations of higher dividends and recovery of the domestic economy.The Nikkei...

US markets are closed for the Memorial Day holiday, but European and Asian trading markets are open.As the week starts, the euro is down sharply against the dollar. This comes as Greek government...

Market Movers Focus will be on a number of US data that should at least to some degree confirm that growth is poised to rebound in Q2 on the back of a subdued Q1. Durable goods orders for March...

European credit indices ended the week a tad wider on the back of worrying signs from Greece that a default on the IMF-payment in June could be approaching. The iTraxx Main and Crossover-index ended...

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.0907 and 1.0884(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.0866, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.0854. Break of the latter would result in...

Dollar is back from holiday trading broadly firmer. The dollar index is trading above 96.60 at the time of writing and the technical development affirmed that recent pull back is finished. Further...

Looking at the upcoming session, without a doubt the real market moving event will be the Core Durable Goods Orders number, coming out of the United States. With that, we feel that the S&P 500...

The economic numbers start rolling in again after a lull due to a long holiday weekend in the UK and US. One of today’s key releases is the CBI Distributive Trades Survey for Britain, which will...