Market Overview

In the next few years, the US economy is expected to grow faster than any developed country in the world. The IMF World Economic Outlook predicted that US growth will tip over 2% in 2017. This week,...

The financial crisis of 2008 devastated portfolios far and wide and brought the global economy to the brink of collapse. It was a disaster, but there was at least one positive outcome from the...

Chinese FX reserves fell to a six-year low in January and broke below USD3trn to USD2998.2. Adjusted for currency moves we estimate it was a decline of around USD36bn - a similar pace of decline as in...

Here's the regular 5 macro technical charts (going as far as individual commodities, currencies, bonds, and sectors, as well as the rest of the major indexes and benchmarks). No comments on anything...

Year-end commentary included an in-line trading update for FY16. Epwin (LON:EPWN) has progressed in a number of different areas in the year, not least the roll-out of a new window system. FY17 will...

Walker Greenbank's (LON:WGB) pre-close trading statement reinforces market estimates, puts its major flood largely into the history books and enables the market to concentrate on the future....

by Eli WrightRising political uncertainty in both the US and Europe continues to drive global risk-off sentiment. Gold has advanced, up near a two month high at $1,232.25 while stock markets are...

French election to be every bit as scandalous as the USA’s before itFrance’s bond market suffered yesterday and took the euro with it, as markets have taken a more hesitant approach to...

Today, German industrial production for December is set to be released. Industrial production was solid throughout October and November, with 0.5% and 0.4% monthly increases, respectively. However,...

Dollar recovers mildly today but momentum stays weak. Philadelphia Fed president Patrick Harker said that he's open to a March hike, but markets thought otherwise. Harker noted that he's "supportive...

As noted earlier, the Bank of Japan has a whole host of problems over its QQE with YCC attachments. Japan’s central bank has belatedly discovered Finance 101, where being one-dimensional...

Economists expect German industrial production to increase again in December A mild rise in US job openings is on track for today’s December update Will Japan’s 10-year yield continue to...

Those of us that have been around the block in the investing world know that there are several important signals for investors to watch. One of the most important of these is known as the catalyst. At...

Range of the Week: 1.2800 – 1.3250The U.S. dollar lost ground against the other major currencies for the fourth straight week to end the month down more than 2.5%, making it the worst January...