Market Overview

Clients remain bullish on the Scandies, both vs EUR and USDClients stick to their newly adopted USD-bearish view SEK and NOK will appreciate on the back of a le Pen victory A majority of our clients...

In Sweden it is time for PMI (tomorrow at 08:30 CEST), which receives a great deal of financial market attention. Then, on Wednesday (at 09:30 CEST), Statistics Sweden (SCB) is due to publish February...

FTSE +25 points at 7347DAX +68 points at 12,380 CAC +13 points at 5135 European markets look set for a positive open on Monday with little in the way of movement in currencies in the Asian trading...

We hit on a controversial topic last week. Who knew the subject of time would get such attention?It’s a funny thing to think about. Time is something we all have. Some have a lot. Some have a...

February unemployment in the Eurozone should hit its lowest rate since 2009 The 9% plus levels are still high, but there are now grounds for hope on jobs US ISM Manufacturing Index should dip in March...

We utilize the latest interview by Fed member James Bullard as the basis to explain the Black Swan Scenario theta the Federal Reserve faces over the next investment period, and the ramifications this...

Earlier last week I was uncertain of the structure in the dollar rally and provided a warning of a possible direct follow-through. Friday’s follow-through appears to imply that we’ve seen...

EM FX was mixed last week. The rebound in oil helped some, such as COP, RUB, and MXN. On the other hand, idiosyncratic political risks weighed on South Africa. This week could pose a challenge to EM,...

Academic bloggers and other high-profile commentators have argued there is still sufficient slack in the economy to warrant keeping rates low for now. Labor utilization measures (such as the U-6...

The week’s biggest news was the UK’s invocation of Article 50, formally beginning “Brexit.” Numerous people have offered commentary on this event. But there are only 2 firm...

Every century the US has been in existence, there has been a new USD. We believe it is time for a new US dollar in the 21st century. In the following paragraphs we hope to explain why this is...

IntroductionWhatever we create, whether it is trading strategy, risk management system or anything else, our philosophy is to do it as simply and as practically as possible. Whatever we do is supposed...

VIX broke out above its Long-term resistance at 13.45 again to create a potential inverted Head & Shoulders formation.Abuy signal has been made above its Intermediate-term resistance at...

Pim van Vliet and Jan de Koning, both members of Robeco’s quantitative equities team (with van Vliet responsible primarily for the firm’s conservative equity strategies), have written a...