Market Overview

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...

Forex News and Events Tories and Labour neck-and-neck Latest survey provided by YouGov indicates that Conservatives lead Labour by 1 point at 34% versus 33%; Labour were leading Tories in the last...

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 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...

May is the month for USD to gain vs EURThe dollar took a beating last week, but rallied strongly on Friday, rising against almost all the currencies we track. It probably was just position-squaring at...

The way we see it, history is needed to guide us. Greece cannot continue indefinitely in depression, and it cannot pay. There is no good outcome. The people of Greece need a political outcome to give...

One more round of negotiations between Greece and the rest of its European partners to seek a last-minute solution before the Greek government runs out of money. Negotiations could end up going in any...

Some well-known money managers have been badmouthing the financial markets for what seems like a really long time. Peter Schiff — just as in the early 2000s — has been correct but early in...

Advisor Perspectives’ Doug Short recently published an update on margin debt, accompanied by several well-made charts. But it only takes one to make the point.See below for the relationship...

Summer is on its way, the temperature is rising, and the markets are cooling. So far the world is slowing down economically in spite of strong QE from many central banks. We anticipate a slow summer,...