Market Overview

Pay 5Y swap against 2Y/10Y swap 3M fwd @ -28bp. P/L:-15bp/-38bp. 3M roll down flat.As rates have moved steadily lower, unsurprisingly, the yield curve curvature has steadily decreased. The 5Y point on...

The event we’ve been waiting for all week is finally upon us and all eyes will now be on Janet Yellen to see if she can deliver what investors so desperately crave, clarity on the near-term path...

Forex News and EventsRisk appetite and oil (by Peter Rosenstreich) While the favorable conditions for further risk taking remain intact, financial markets have become more prudish with positioning....

Dollarama Inc. (TO:DOL) is a holding Company headquartered in Quebec, Canada, that operates discount retailers, AKA dollar stores. The stock is up 22% so far this year and earlier this week it broke...

Yellen's presentation at Jackson Hole today is the highlight of the week. It also marks the end of the summer for many North American and European investors. It may be a bit of a rolling start for US...

It is all about the US dollar today.The FOMC’s Chair Janet Yellen will speak at the Jackson Hole Symposium at 3:00pm London time. Investors world-wide will be seeking and trading any piece of...

UK consumer still dragging economy forwardToday’s Q2 UK GDP figures are merely revisions and the headline quarter-on-quarter growth number is expected to remain at 0.6%. Nonetheless, we’ll...

Markets in the US closed down for a third consecutive session yesterday, as the major US Indices lost further gains by the closing bell. The downturn was led by the health-care stocks having another...

The financial markets are staying in tight range as markets are waiting for rate clues from Fed chair Janet Yellen in her speech in Jackson Hole symposium today. DJIA closed -0.18% lower at 18448.41...

Market BriefThere we go, it’s Friday and we’ll finally get Janet Yellen’s thinking about the eventuality of an interest rate hike. The market has been increasingly impatient to hear...

We have an eventful day in store in the markets on Friday following what has been a pretty quiet week until now, with Janet Yellen headlining with her speech at Jackson Hole this afternoon.Before that...

Today’s durable goods report was uniformly ugly, if not borderline atrocious. The view from especially capital goods, the vital investment that the US economy sorely needs to snap out of its...

The long-awaited speech at Jackson Hole by Fed Chairman Janet Yellen is due today at 16:00 CET. She will speak on the Fed's 'monetary tool kit' but is also expected to give her view on the timing of a...

Is the Riksbank making a mistake about what a specific policy decision means in terms of monetary conditions?Our case is that the government bond purchase program is extended by another half year in...