Market Overview

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) and Commerzbank (LON:CZB) are discussing merger talks. The fact that these meetings are occurring is a signal that Germany’s banking troubles are indeed accelerating.The...

The ECB disappointed the market last week. Many market participants had expected further policy easing in the form of new interest rate cuts or an extension/expansion of QE.The ECB's wait-and-see...

Risk markets face new headwind from loss of momentum in business cycleFed on hold this year as economy slows again Bond yields to stay very low EUR/USD range to continue To read the entire report...

Data from the US on Thursday dealt yet another blow to hopes of a September hike from the Federal Reserve, with retail sales disappointing for a second month and casting more doubt on whether the US...

Quantitative Easing (QE) is a risk. Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) is a big risk. Governments using the threat of terrorism as an excuse to dramatically increase their own powers and reduce...

Softer-than-expected data continues to weigh on the August economic profile for the US. Retail sales slumped last month as did industrial output; translating the numbers into year-over-year changes...

The bulls have wrestled some sort of control back in US equity indices, but with the S&P 500 closing at 2147 there is still a good amount of technical work to be done for the bulls to fully be...

Assessment to focus on factors that have potentially hampered achievement of the 2% price stability and the cost and benefits of negative interest rates.We do not expect the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to...

GBP/CAD Today’s support: - 1.7370, 1.7346 and 1.7325 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.7313, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.7280. Break of the latter would...

Dollar stays mixed as markets continued to pare back expectations of a Fed hike next week after weak economic data. Fed fund futures are only pricing in 12% chance of a hike this month. Chance of...

In short, we believe that it is already very close to being reached. The negative side-effects of lower interest rates are being seen in poor performance by pension funds and poor returns to savers....

Bank of Japan chief Haruhiko Kuroda spoke last week at a conference in Japan, ahead of an assessment of how effective Japan’s extraordinary monetary policy has been. Nestled in the remarks, we...

Wall Street closed in positive territory on Thursday after a mixed sentiment in European and Asian markets. Weaker than expected Retails sales and PPI data from the US strengthen estimations that the...

Today, we have plenty of key economic data from the US with the release of CPI inflation figures for August and the preliminary release of the University of Michigan consumer confidence index for...