Market Overview

Black Friday should shake up the US markets and encourage the blue chip companies expanding gains towards fresh all-time highs.The shopping-mania will be enhanced by the recent rise in inflation...

The US dollar's recent gains are being trimmed today, and it is down against all the major currencies. Many emerging market currencies, including the Turkish lira, Indian rupee, and Hungarian forint...

EUR/CHFToday’s support: - 1.0720 and 1.0711(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.0704, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.0681. Break of the latter would result...

Summary: Ripples of Trump’s win rock the boats ofForecast Barring a decision to loosen government controls on credit, investment and home purchases, China’s housing and construction...

Over the course of 2016 the world’s leading central banks have subtly changed their approach to monetary policy. Although they have not stated that QE has failed to stimulate global growth they...

November is by far the strongest month for the Nikkei index. The gains were helped by weaker yen, favourable Bank of Japan monetary policies and a slowly recovering economy. The Nikkei composite index...

The Japanese yen remains the weakest major currency for the week and the month after release of inflation data in Asian session. National CPI core dropped -0.4% yoy in October, improved from -0.5% yoy...

Two weeks ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi demonetised an estimated 86% of rupees in circulation, offering conversion into a bank account or into smaller currency notes until 31...

The Venezuelan bolivar lost 45% of its value against the US dollar so far this month, the biggest monthly decline ever.Officially it takes 10 bolivars to buy a US dollar. On the black market it takes...

Last week saw precious metal miners plummet and base metal miners march higher.The below table highlights that 4 of the FTSE 100’s 5 best performers over the last 7 days were base metal miners;...

While US markets were closed for the celebration of Thanksgiving, the underlying trends remained intact. Here is a summary of several developments.The euro edged to a new low, a little below $1.0520...

Optimism back in the spotlightOther solid economic data from the U.S. propelled the U.S. dollar (“USD”) to a high not seen in over 13 years against the other major currencies. U.S. Durable...

While US markets were closed for the celebration of Thanksgiving, the underlying trends remained intact. Here is a summary of several developments. The euro edged to a new low, a little below...

Thursday November 24: Five things the markets are talking about The dollar is extending its gains following yesterday’s strong U.S durable goods and consumer confidence data, along with Fed...