Market Overview

Another strong yearLa Doria has reported yet another strong set of results. The updated threeyear plan provides strategic continuity. As previously highlighted, due to the unfounded fears of tomato...

Following a set of packed days in terms of economic data releases today's calendar is relatively thin.Today the ECB's Executive Board member Benoît Coeuré speaks in Frankfurt with...

Prospects of a US recession continue to dissipate Bets on a US recession or the Fed having to reverse course on rate hikes are quickly coming out of the market, in the wake of the much stronger than...

Stephen S. Cohen and J. Bradford DeLong have written an engrossing, sweeping history of the American economy as seen through the lens of a single hypothesis: that “in successful economies,...

Investor sentiment has started to form some solid foundation as traders have thought that they are not going to pay much attention to the flashing red light, which they have on their dashboard. Of...

GBP/AUDToday’s support: - 1.9288 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.9263, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.9238. Break of the latter would result in 1.9209. If...

US equities staged a strong rally on the first day on March with DJIA closed up 348.58 pts, or 2.11%, at 16865.08. S&P 500 also rose 46.12 pts, or 2.39% to close at 1978.35. Asian equities follow...

Barclays (LON:BARC) has received all the media attention in the past few days after announcing its exit from Africa. Specifically, the bank intends to divest enough of its 62% stake in the Africa unit...

Moody’s Investors Service has lowered the China’s government credit rating outlook from stable to negative, according to the agency’s publication this morning. The long-term primary...

We haven’t seen numbers like these since the last global recession. I recently wrote about how global trade is imploding all over the planet, and the same thing is true when it comes to...

Spain is in focus today with its monthly update on unemployment Any rise in Spanish joblessness would suggest Europe’s recovery is faltering US mortgage applications should trend higher in the...

Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger believes we are in the very early stages of an absolutely breathtaking bull market in mining stocks and the precious metals, but like the famous Aesopian...

“In like a lion, out like a lamb” is a proverb describing the month of March. The month of March usually starts with cold, unpleasant weather, but ends mild and pleasant. Seasonality in...

Today the Institute for Supply Management published its monthly Manufacturing Report for February. The latest headline PMI was 49.5 percent, an increase of 1.3 percent from the previous month and...