Market Overview

Asian markets open the week mildly higher following US and were supported mildly by G20 communique. Brexit was the major topic in the G20 meeting in China. The group noted in the post meeting...

Dollar ended the week broadly higher on reviving expectation that Fed is still on course for rate hike this year. The dollar index broke out of recent range and jumped to close at 97.46. The movement...

While today's calendar is very thin, the rest of the week is full of important releases and central bank meetings. Today, the only important data release will be the German IFO, which will give...

At yet another useless G-20 meeting, Italy’s finance minister, Pier Carlo Padoan, made an official denial regarding the plight of Italian banks:“There is no risk in terms of systemic...

Equity and currency traders will have lots of news to digest the week ahead. On the monetary side, central banks in U.S. and Japan will both announce their interest rate decisions. On the data front,...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: WTI Crude Oil CFTC COT data shows speculator’s oil bets fell lower last week WTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Positions: Futures market traders and large oil...

Germany’s Ifo survey data looks set to ease in today’s July report Modest gains for Brazil’s consumer sentiment may be a sign the worst has passed Less contraction is expected in...

EM ended the week on a soft note, as the dollar reasserted broad-based strength against most currencies. The FOMC meeting this week could see the Fed push back against the market’s dovish take...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, we think monetary policy remains an important variable for asset prices. Interest rates and foreign exchange are two dimensions of the price of money. There is a...

Just as I've said, all assets—gold, SPX, oil, CRB—are going up together. Sure, there will be brief periods where something will diverge for few weeks or months. But the natural state of...

A net, widespread improvement in business confidence in France Limited deterioration in the Eurozone The UK plunges July’s improvement in the business climate in France stands as an...

The June FOMC meeting maintained the monetary status quo, also because its members thought it best to be cautious while awaiting the results of the UK referendum. A month after the vote, it is still...

The ECB is maintaining the monetary status quo. The central bank esteems that the Brexit victory increases the downside risks to European growth, but that it is still too early to assess the precise...

Carley Garner, a commodity market analyst and broker at DeCarley Trading, is also a seasoned author. She previously wrote A Trader’s First Book on Commodities, Currency Trading in the Forex and...