Market Overview

With the British referendum a mere month away, Investors are trying to position themselves accordingly by taking into considerations the most likely outcome and the affect it will have on different...

Market BriefRisk appetite continues to fade from the markets as expectations for a US rate hike grow. Markets are exhibiting all the classic signs of a “taper tantrum”. The US Dollar Index...

It seems the Federal Reserve’s hawkish message on interest rates is finally starting to sink in which is weighing on U.S. futures ahead of the open on Thursday.For months, Fed officials have...

Forex News and EventsFed minutes take markets by surprise The Fed’s April meeting minutes have shown that most members of the US central bank are ready to raise at the next meeting. The EUR/USD...

The stronger US dollar appears to be the key theme in play as hawkish Fed minutes handed the US dollar direction back to the bulls. Apparently, the market has fast forgotten Janet Yellen’s...

Summary: At the panic low in equities in February, fund managers' cash was at the highest level since 2001, higher than at any time during the 2008-09 bear market. Since 2009, allocations had only...

On May 10, 2016, New York University’s Stern Center for Sustainable Business and The Huffington Post hosted a conversation on “The 21st Century Corporation.”The discussion featured...

Higher US rates and light positioning are USD supportive factors near term.The USD is set to strengthen further in 3M particular versus JPY and EUR currencies. On 3-12M we continue to look for EUR/USD...

USD/SGD Today’s support: - 1.3770 and 1.3722 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3703, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3682. Break of the latter would result...

Remain camp takes largest lead in three monthsSterling surged yesterday, rising resolutely above 1.46 and enjoying its strongest day in weeks as the latest Ipsos MORI poll on the EU Referendum showed...

Most participants judged that if incoming data were consistent with economic growth picking up in the second quarter, labor market conditions continuing to strengthen, and inflation making progress...

Dollar jumped broadly overnight as the modestly hawkish FOMC minutes spurred hope of rate hike in June. Indeed, fed fund futures are now pricing in 34% chance of a June hike, sharply higher than 4% at...

Markets are playing catch up to communications from the US Federal Reserve as they appear to have dramatically under-priced the likelihood of a rate rise over the coming months. The release of the Fed...

The minutes from the FOMC meeting held in April revealed that the FOMC is more divided than we previously thought. In general, the FOMC members agreed that the labour market continues to strengthen,...