Market Overview

Holding an EU/euro referendum would be difficult for Le Pen without strong parliamentary backing.EUR periphery spread widening if Le Pen wins but ECB to stand ready to ease financial...

The Dow’s winning streak is set to be seriously tested on Friday, with US futures currently indicating that all three major indices will open around one third of a percentage point lower.In the...

Bitcoin hit $1172.09, an all-time peak for the cryptocurrency.The digital currency is linked to bullish bets in times of uncertainty, currently making a name for itself as a safe-haven asset. During...

FTSE -12 points at 7259DAX -32 points at 11915 CAC -7 points at 4884 Euro Stoxx -7 points at 3326 The risk-off trading pulled the Asian stocks lower on Friday, although the major Asian stock indices...

What impact could the NATO defence spending renegotiation have on EU budgets, bonds and stocks? In 2006 NATO partners agreed to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence Germany’s defence spending...

The US dollar is finishing the week on a mixed note in choppy activity in narrow ranges. It is an apt way to finish this week, which has been largely directionless as investors wait for fresh...

Do they or don’t they?We have a slightly confused market this morning as the politics of trade and sitting governments trump the politics of elections for once. Most of the confusion is focused...

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...

If the economy was on its uppers, Trumpenomics could be reasonably compared with Reaganomics. But that is not the case. The economy is operating close to capacity, ....any further fiscal and monetary...

Anytime the Dow makes a new high you can be reasonably assured of hearing the B-word bounced around in the media. Memories of the last bubble are still vivid and painful enough to trigger flashbacks...

Is Mexico about to go down the same road as China, Brazil, and so many others have the past few years? The more interesting question may be what took so long, if they are. Mexico’s central bank...

Striking back at the nannycrats who want “more Europe” including a “superstate”, French presidential candidate Marine le Pen instead seeks a “Europe of...

Numerous corporate results, a positive development for mainstream French politics and typically vague minutes from the latest US interest rate-setting meeting have given investors pause for...

Numerous corporate results, a positive development for mainstream French politics and typically vague minutes from the latest US interest rate-setting meeting have given investors pause for thought. ...