Market Overview

CurrenciesEUR/USD – hit the lowest level since January 2003, a 14 year low. This came after very strong data out of the US which showed that the ISM Manufacturing PMI was better than expected....

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is seeking out a larger hold on the self-driving car industry. The technology company have announced that they will be purchasing a 15% stake in HERE, a mapping company, to aid in...

In April and May this year the French presidential election will be held, which is expected to be a tight race between Fillon from the centre-right Republicans and Le Pen from the far-right Front...

The UK has been remarkably resilient to Brexit uncertainties, but we think growth will slow this year. However, we stress that the uncertainty surrounding our forecast is higher than usual due to the...

QE purchases slowed to a mere EUR60bn in December. The slowdown is some EUR5bn lower than we had expected based on the September-November frontloading. Monthly net purchases in December amounted to...

So much for the Santa Claus rally. The red sled never even left the garage. Why were the last two weeks of 2016 a dud?1) Worries about potential roadblocks for the incoming Administration 2) Trade war...

Like China, manufacturers in the US report feeling better about manufacturing. Also like China, this is nothing new. The ISM Manufacturing PMI was estimated to have increased to 54.7 in December, up...

China’s official manufacturing PMI fell just slightly for December 2016, after rising for November to the highest since mid-2014. The overall index pulled back to 51.4 from 51.7 the previous...

Gold, silver and their quasi-industrial brothers, platinum and palladium are ignoring the USD playbook in the first two trading sessions of the year. Ignoring USD strength trampling over the G10 space...

Consensus has Eurozone inflation rising to a 1.0% annual rate for December Higher inflation will prompt speculation about ECB policy changes US auto sales for December are on track to ease for a...

With yesterday being the first day back there’s always a bedding-down process just to confirm I have caught the structures. Thus, my expectations were cautious - and to a degree - were at least...

In the early decades of the 19th century, a new cultural and philosophical movement emerged that embodies all that makes America great. Led chiefly by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau,...

The Tweeter-in-Chief is at it again.A series of tweets from President -elect Trump over the last two days has reminded traders that 2017 will be a year unlike any other for political risk. Epitomizing...

Mexico's inflation is likely to be boosted higher as the government announced that it would be hiking fuel prices by nearly one-fifth from January. The government said that fuel price ceilings will be...