Market Overview

Today’s upbeat numbers on jobless claims raise fresh doubts about the implied warnings of a US recession via a markets-based view of the macro trend. New filings for unemployment benefits fell...

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said recent financial-market turmoil and a further decline in investors’ expectations for inflation have given the central bank scope to...

Confusion and mixed remarks from policymakers in the United States Federal Open Market Committee have market participants unable to glean any indications on forward policy momentum in 2016, as...

US stock market closed higher on Wednesday after the minutes of Federal Reserve January meeting showed the majority of policy makers were concerned about the recent volatility in markets and needed...

US macro risk has eased in recent days, thanks to a mix of upbeat economic reports and a rebound in financial markets. The potential for trouble is still elevated relative to the outlook during last...

EUR/USDCurrent level - 1.1136 The downtrend remains intact with an initial key support at 1.1086 and crucial resistance at...

Prepare for another busy day of economic news from the US, including the weekly update on initial jobless claims. We’ll also see another early clue for manufacturing data in February via the...

The message coming from central bankers is clear: The beatings will continue until morale improves.If the global equity markets don’t perform well, negative interest rate coercion will be meted...

CurrenciesEUR/USD: The pair has broken out of the side way pattern towards the upside on a 4 hour time frame. The next support is near the 1.1083 level and the resistance is 1.1350. USD/JPY: The pair...

The DAX30 index is solidly trading below the downward trend line on a daily time frame. This confirms that the trend is skewed towards the downside. The price is trading well away from this trend...

Gold: Still Above Strong Psychological Barrier Of 1,200The minutes from the Federal Reserve meeting showed policymakers worried that a global slowdown and financial market selloff could hurt the US...

The EU and the UK officials meet in Brussels to negotiate Britain’s place in the EU today. David Cameron is hoping to reach an agreement on three critical subjects 1. That EU treaties should be...

Market BriefIn Asia, the Australian dollar felt the heat as the latest job report surprised substantially to the downside. The unemployment rate returned to 6.00%, missing the median forecast of 5.8%,...

In Europe, focus will be on the minutes of the January ECB meeting. We will look for any indications of what instruments it is considering or prefers after the quite dovish January meeting.In the UK,...