Market Overview

After a remarkable success story when David Cameron won the election, there was pretty much one way trade for the sterling, which is trade towards the upside. The Bank of England started its hawkish...

Market Movers German trade balance for August could attract some attention after weak numbers for both factory orders and industrial production. German exports were quite strong over the summer driven...

DOW + 122 = 16,912SPX + 15 = 1995NAS + 42 = 479110 YR YLD + .03 = 2.06%OIL – .47 = 48.06GOLD – 1.80 = 1146.80SILV + .17 = 16.15The S&P 500 closed at its highest level in three weeks....

U.S. benchmarks moved higher as a rebound in the health-care sector lifted shares. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 122.1 points, or 0.7%, to trade at 16,912.29. The S&P 500 Index rose 15.91...

BoE monetary policy decisions and FOMC minutes are the two main focuses today. BoE is widely expected to keep interest rate unchanged at 0.50% and asset purchase target at GBP 375b. A major focus is...

Will BoE remain hawkish despite ongoing low inflation;Almost a year after QE announcement and ECB must do more; FOMC minutes could be skewed in favour of doves after poor jobs report. There’ll...

Economic UpdateThe Eurozone fared well throughout the quarter with signs of economic activity improving. This will please the European Central Bank (ECB) and vindicate their decision to implement the...

Will Germany’s exports suffer amid global slowdown? The crowd expects another upbeat US jobless claims report US Consumer Comfort Index may help sort out mixed sentiment data The potential for...

No Other WayIn order for Greece to regain market financing access and be rid of international supervision, she must implement the set bailout program… and fast! These were the sentiments of...

Employers No Longer Hiring, Wages DroppingOver the past two months employers in the US have simply stopped hiring causing quite some concern about just how robust the economy really is. Not only have...

CurrenciesEUR/USD: The pair has formed a wedge pattern on a 60 minute time frame. The next resistance is at 1.146 and the support is at 1.1024. USD/JPY: The pair is trading in a symmetrical triangle...

Is the Federal Reserve still pondering a rate hike in 2015? Possibly, but the recent weakness in employment growth and industrial activity suggest that keeping the Fed funds rate close to zero may...

Commodities boosting equities- FTSE +0.78%Once again the flip back to basic resources helped by a positive upgrade from Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) on a number of mining stocks is giving the UK benchmark...