Market Overview

It occurs to me that in public writing I tend to bludgeon people with macro fundamentals (like gold vs. positively correlated markets, yield relationships and even confidence in global policy makers),...

A calendar of key events in the Commodities Market for the week ahead.To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

Some technicalsThe past week has been marked by a strong comeback in risk assets, with the key S&P 500 benchmark rising by around 100 points from its low on February 11. The fact that US stocks...

Analyzing history as a guide to the future is riddled with caveats, but if you’re mindful of the limitations there’s a mother lode of perspective waiting to be mined in the cause of...

The Riksbank gave us a great chance to sell EUR/SEK last week.The pair has closed the gap to fair value and risk appetite is stalling. We take profit on the trade with a profit of 2.10%. To read the...

Eurozone and US data will dominate the coming week as other nations enjoy a lighter calendar for economic releases for the next seven days. Japanese inflation and the G20 summit in China at the end of...

Short-term relief in markets on dovish central banks, easing fears over China and stabilisation in oil.However, we still see rising risk of a systemic crisis. Sharp decline in inflation expectations...

U.S. futures are pointing to a relatively unchanged open on Friday, after indices ended a three day winning streak on Thursday with minor losses.We’re seeing similar losses already in Europe...

EUR/USD Current level - 1.1123 The bias here remains negative and crucial on the upside is still 1.1190. A violation of the latter will signal, that an uptrend towards 1.1375 is...

Asian markets are generally lower as crude oil pares gains. At the time of writing, Nikkei is trading down -360 pts, or -2.2% while Hong Kong HSI is down -120 pts, or -0.6% and China SSE (L:SSE) is...

European markets are expected to open marginally higher on Friday to round off what has so far been a very good week for equities.I think a number of factors have contributed to this week’s...

This morning, the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron will hold intensive meetings with other European Union leaders.The discussions have been portrayed as a high-stakes meeting which will define...

One of the bullish arguments on the US economy and stock market involves pointing out that a) the yield curve hasn’t yet signaled a recession, and b) the historical record indicates that...

There are a good number of investors who believe that U.S. Government Treasuries – notes in particular – are bad for you and even worse for your money at the moment. Why really doesn't...