Market Overview

To no one’s surprise, an eventual agreement on crude oil seems less and less likely, as Iran is refusing to commit to limiting its production. Now that sanctions on the country have been lifted,...

US stocks ended higher on Tuesday while oil declined despite an agreement between Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela to freeze output if others do the same. The dollar strengthened mostly due...

EUR/NOK . Although the NOK is substantially undervalued from a long-term perspective, the short-term outlook continues to be tied closely to how the economy is doing, to oil price developments and to...

Washington policymakers—and their colleagues abroad—have pursued reckless and irresponsible economic policies. The chickens are coming home to roost, and the Federal Reserve could easily...

• Oil deal depends on Iran’s cooperation The oil ministers of Iraq, Iran and Venezuela will meet in Tehran today to discuss a potential oil output freeze. The meeting follows an agreement...

The hectic moves in the financial markets give little visibility to investors who clearly prefer to sit on cash positions. According to the BAML February Fund Manager Survey, investor cash balances...

Today we get the minutes from the FOMC meeting of 26-27 January. This will give us a broader insight into the different views of the FOMC members. It could attract some attention as Yellen's testimony...

Market BriefIn spite of an improving risk environment, equity indices kept moving lower during the Asian session as the PBoC set the USD/CNY fixing higher to 6.5237, up 0.16% compared to yesterday....

Sterling slips on oilDespite a pick-up in inflation and a generalised run higher in equities, sterling was unable to build itself higher yesterday, falling at some rather irritating hurdles. GBP/USD...

Asian markets spiral lower after initial strength as WTI crude oil dip back below 29 handle. Nikkei lost -218 pts or -1.36% while Hong Kong HSI is trading down -130 pts, or -0.7%. Traders were clearly...

Asian markets had another bumpy session and a similar session is ahead for European markets. This is despite the fact that we had a solid close on Wall Street. These markets are showing that they are...

CurrenciesEUR/USD: The pair is trading below its downward trend line on a 4 hour time frame. The next support is near the 1.1083 level and the resistance is 1.1487. USD/JPY: The pair has broken its...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 151,000 net new jobs created in the month of January, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.9%. The continuing increase in new job creation...

The US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee will today publish the much anticipated minutes of its last meeting.These minutes are a detailed account of the last Federal Reserve meeting. As such, this...