Market Overview

What’s at stake: Almost a year after the UK voted to leave the European Union, its economic performance has showed mixed results. The risks of a Brexit-induced recession do not seem to be...

Softer U.S. data may prompt USD/JPY to drop below 113, good time to short?U.S. dollar downside risks seen increasing after soft inflation Dollar index fell below its 200-day moving average during...

Is DAX Topping Out?Last week the French president Emmanuel Macron was elected and shortly afterwards the European indices slowly slowed down the enthusiasm. Only the TOPIX was rising to record gains....

A massive global cyber-attack hit more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries since Friday. Businesses across all industries are expected to be affected. The UK’s NHS (National Health Service)...

It was a swing and a miss on U.S. CPI Friday, following Thursday’s below forecast PPI report. Headline retail sales also undershot estimates, though upward revisions to February and March...

The dollar came under pressure against most major counterparts but rose against the yen. Oil prices jumped higher on expectations that oil production cuts will be extended to next year. The yen was...

The forex markets open the week rather steadily. New Zealand Dollar trades mildly higher after better than expected retail sales data. Canadian Dollar is also lifted mildly by rebound in oil price,...

FTSE +15 points at 7450DAX +45 points at 12815 CAC +9 points at 5414 Euro Stoxx +7 points at 3644 A massive global cyber-attack hit more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries since Friday and could...

Market movers today Today is a rather quiet day in terms of data releases (so is the rest of the week actually). In the US, regional PMIs begin to tick in now and we estimate them to have declined...

In Sweden , the week ahead looks slow, at least when browsing the calendar. The only data of any interest is industrial and retail inventory data (Monday at 09:30 CEST), which will be some of the last...

If last week had gone a little differently, we might have lost the euro.Fortunately, free-market centrist Emmanuel Macron cinched the French presidential election, assuring the currency bloc’s...

The New York Fed Manufacturing Index is expected to tick higher in May The rise will reflect another month of moderate growth in the US US home building sentiment will dip again, but stay near its...

Key Points: Weak technical bias could see a ranging phase occur. Fundamentals likely to be more important as we move ahead. Consumer Sentiment data likely to be the key risk event. The AUD/USD was all...

A recent report from the PEW charitable trusts discusses the degree to which the pension funds of the states of the United States are increasing their use of “complex investments.” It also...