Market Overview

The flurry of first-quarter earnings releases has begun to ebb with nearly 89% of the S&P 500 members having already released their numbers. The list includes most of the heavyweights across...

David Einhorn, the famous billionaire hedge fund manager, just found his next target: U.S. onshore E&Ps or the oil fracking companies. He laid out his short thesis during the annual Sohn...

I’m not sure whether yesterday was a success. EUR/USD performed the best and USD/CHF performed but half-heartedly. Given that USD/CHF still needs to recover a little more, it’s a bit...

Using a Prechteresque term, Bill Gross Says the "Bull Market Super-Cycle is Nearing End".The attempt by global central banks to cure a debt crisis with more debt doesn’t have much further to...

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans reiterated Monday his preference for delaying liftoff until 2016 saying he wants to see confirmation the first quarter's weakness was indeed...

Over the weekend, Sam Ro at Business Insider wrote The Truth About 'Sell In May And Go Away, stating: "It's May. And one of the oldest 'rules' on Wall Street is 'sell in May and go away.' Based on...

Is this the beginning of a USD rally?The US dollar picked up steam again Friday after losing some 5.5% over the last three weeks in April against major currencies.Over the same period, the loonie...

The non farm payrolls print for April is due for release this Friday 8th May with a consensus estimate of 225k increase. This follows a disappointing March result of 126k vs consensus of 244k.Given...

The U.S. dollar index pulled back sharply last month from the relative performance extreme notched in March. Declining ~5 percent from the intra-month high on April 13th, the index gained considerable...

European markets are mostly trading lower and volume is thin as traders are enjoying the long weekend break. The euro has come under fresh pressure this morning on the back of mixed bag of economic...

The dollar may have been feeling a little sorry for itself this last week or two, but it now looks like it is getting over its March nonfarm payrolls hangover, and readying for another push across the...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 21 April to 28 April 2015. IMM positioning data released on Friday showed that the aggregate speculative positioning in the USD saw another week of long...

The US dollar is narrowly mixed to start the new week. Both Tokyo and London markets are closed today, making for somewhat lighter turnover. The dollar has been confined to about a quarter of a yen...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) ticked lower in April, dipping for the second straight month. GMI — an unmanaged, market-value weighted mix of the major asset classes...