Market Overview

Over the past few months, the Riksbank has repeatedly made it clear that tolerance for negative (low) inflation surprises is very small and that it is ready to act again, even between regular policy...

On Wednesday 20 May, the SNDO will introduce the previously announced new 10Y loan SGB1059. During the following four business days, switches against SGB1058 (May 2025) and SGB1057 (November 2023)...

European futures are pointing to a higher start on Tuesday although given the choppiness in the markets recently, that could soon change depending on the kind of bond market moves we see after the...

Every day, we are hit with economic reports, earnings for stocks, speculation, opinion, and a flood of other information. Some of these events move markets; some are non-events. How can we manage the...

The monthly update on opinion in Germany’s financial sector will focus attention on recent signs that Europe’s primary economy has hit a speed bump. Later, we’ll see revised consumer...

Do you remember what happened when Cyprus decided to defy the EU? In the end, the entire banking system of the nation collapsed and money was confiscated from private bank accounts. Well, the nation...

Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2015: “One of the keys to running a hedge fund is learning how to say you don’t. Grappling with years of uneven performance, image problems and deep-pocketed...

On Wednesday the Fed will release the FOMC Minutes for its April meeting. Meanwhile let's take a quick look at a couple of items in the May Wall Street Journal survey of economists, starting with...

“China orders banks to keep lending to insolvent provincial projects.” That front page headline in the May 16-17 weekend edition of The Financial Times shines a spotlight on one of...

US 2-Year The US 2 year yield currently trades in a larger range between 1.671- 0.395, both encompass the 5 and 10 year averages at both range extremes. The current price at 0.54 sits just above the 1...

Daily BriefingCurrencies EUR/USD: The pair is trading above its upward trend line on a 60 minute time frame. The next resistance is at 1.15 and the support is at 1.128. USD/JPY: The pair has broken...

Last week’s disappointing economic news has raised new worries about business cycle risk for the US. It’s still premature to assume the worst, but it’s clear that there’s still...

EUR/USDCurrent level - 1.1388 Today's outlook is bearish below 1.1415 resistance, for a corrective slide towards 1.1290 support zone....

The latest IMM data covers the week from 5 May to 12 May 2015. The USD index fell for the fifth consecutive week after Wednesday's disappointing retail sales and Friday's very weak University of...