Market Overview

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, American’s exorbitant privilege might be at risk with broad implications for the U.S. dollar and investors’ portfolios. Let me...

In the second instalment of the analysis of the US economy, we look at the effects of inflation and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. The decrease in oil prices and the strength of the...

Caution continues to rear its head in financial markets on Wednesday and yet, a day after setting record intraday highs, US indices are poised to open a little higher once again.Political risk remains...

First-quarter GDP growth for the US is expected to pick up after a sluggish Q4, according to forecasts from several sources. It’s still early in the quarter, but the preliminary estimates for...

The US dollar is edging higher against most of the major currencies in a session devoid of much news. The Canadian dollar and the Japanese yen are the exceptions. The euro is the weakest of the...

by Eli WrightIn the face of ongoing global political and economic uncertainty, as well as falling oil prices after yesterday's API weekly crude oil stock release showed a bigger than expected build in...

Market movers today There are no major events for the market today, so focus is once again on any news from the new US administration. The market will also scrutinize any polls from France that could...

Each year in January, April, July and October, the INSEE releases a survey on investment expectations (nominal terms) in the manufacturing industry (covering this way 25% of productive investment in...

USD/SGDToday’s support: - 1.4152, 1.4130 and 1.4119 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.4108, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.4086. Break of the latter would...

After slipping earlier in the week, the dollar had a very strong session yesterday, with political headwinds holding back both the pound and the euro.Deal or no deal Despite topping 1.27 at the...

The financial markets are lacking clear direction for the moment. DJIA hit new record high at 20155.35 overnight but pared back much gain to close at 20090.29, up only 0.19%. Treasury yields dropped...

China’s Foreign Exchange Agency reported a $12 billion drawdown in that country’s foreign “reserves” holdings during January 2017. That was considerably less than the past...

There were no surprises in the updated JOLTS estimates for December 2016, just more of the same sideways. The level of Job Openings was 5.501 million (SA), practically unchanged from November’s...

Highlight 1. The US Dollar Index is running out of steam and falling below multi-year support levels, despite rising yields and rosy US economic forecasts;2. 2-year and 10-year US Treasury yields have...