Market Overview

RBA left cash rate unchanged at record low of 1.50% as widely expected. The accompanying statement sounded balanced with little change in growth and inflation outlook comparing to three months ago....

UK manufacturing projected to tick lower but remain close to a two-year high A fractional rise expected for US manufacturing in October US auto sales likely to slip in October, promoting the view...

Just over a week ago, the world (at least in chemistry) celebrated Mole Day. Rather than acknowledge the small underground mammal that immediately springs to mind, Mole Day is in honor of Amadeo...

Personal Income and Spending continue to suggest only further weakness. While there is a whole lot of caution necessary when analyzing this data due to its susceptibility to large revisions, there is...

Another year, another miss: Following a two-day meeting, the Bank of Japan pushed back its inflation target once again. The new target is 2018.Yet, despite the missed inflation target and despite no...

It is encouraging to see that Q3 earnings season is looking a bit better than expected and is on track to produce positive earnings growth for the first time since Q1 2015 (that was six straight...

Here are a few aspects of the current financial situation that I find interesting:1) The spread between the 10-year T-Note yield and the 2-year T-Note yield is a proxy for the US yield curve. When...

Carney's tenure at the helm of the Bank of England became a distraction. Ahead of this week's MPC meeting and Quarterly Inflation Report, he addressed the issue.Several press reports over the weekend...

Four major central bank interest rate announcements line up for this week. High volatility presents more trading opportunities, great news for traders.Last week, we saw WTI oil fell below $49 a barrel...

In this week's market analysis, we will look at potential trading opportunities and zones where we should look for price action, evidence and potential moves. Pairs and markets analyzed this week:...

Peak political uncertaintyFriday’s announcement by the FBI that it was reopening its probe into the much-discussed emails of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has shaken up stock markets,...

The new president will face immediate challenges — the war against ISIS, fixing Obamacare and boosting sluggish growth — but the economic and geopolitical challenges posed by an...

The market gave us a reasonable idea about how it plans to react to a Trump victory, with politics dominating Friday's US trading session. The three words ‘FBI’,...

Forex News and EventsEM still attractive Despite the growing idiosyncratic risk that it’s unlikely that EM demand will taper near term global liquidity remains a primary driver of asset prices,...