Market Overview

Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending February 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 244,000, an increase of 6,000 from the...

Markets appear to be caught in limbo on Thursday, with European equities mixed and US futures pointing to a similar open on Wall Street.The minutes from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, which we were...

Federal Reserve official are considering another interest-rate hike, according to yesterday’s release of minutes for the Jan. 31-Feb. 1 monetary policy meeting. The hawkish tone offers another...

The Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes were released yesterday. The minutes showed that given the encouraging economic data as well as possible Trump inspired fiscal stimulus, the Fed...

The Dax was previously trading in a tight range, lagging behind its US counterparts. However, as the European market turns bullish, the Dax has enjoyed an upswing. The index has been dubbed as a proxy...

The US dollar is confined to narrow ranges today within yesterday's ranges. Equity markets posted small gains in Asia and have an upside bias in Europe. Core bond yields are softer, and today this...

German bonds are trading strong amid a pickup in safe haven flows and need for high quality collateral. So far, SGBs have not performed significantly despite the Debt Office cutting bond supply in...

Qatar Oman Investment Company (QA:QOIS) (QIF) aims to generate long-term capital growth from a relatively concentrated portfolio of c 25 holdings. The majority of the fund is invested in companies...

The FTSE slipped below the 7300p level at the open. Mining stocks (-0.50%) lead gains as copper and iron ore traded 0.93% and 1.87% lower respectively. Financials (+0.16%) were slightly better...

The U.S. dollar index was flat yesterday after the Federal Reserve published the meeting minutes from the January 31 -February 1 monetary policy meeting. The minutes showed that members discussed the...

In the past one thing could always be relied upon from FOMC minutes; market guidance. Whilst Messrs Greenspan and Bernanke wouldn’t have gone in for “advance guidance” which is the...

CHF/JPYToday’s support: - 111.84 and 111.60 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 111.38, where correction also may be. Then follows 111.15. Break of the latter would result...

FTSE -22 points at 7280DAX +2 points at 12000 CAC +3 points at 4898 Euro Stoxx flat at 3339 The Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting minutes triggered a ‘sell-the-fact’ wave in the US dollar, as...

Today, we have a very thin calendar with no major economic data releases.As expected, the FOMC minutes released late last night gave little news, as many FOMC members have already expressed their...