Market Overview

Time to buy stocks? Market participants are upbeat today, Asian equity markets closed in positive territory after record losses with Shanghai up 5.34%, SZSE 3.33% and Hang Seng 3.60%. European...

I spent a few minutes with my friends Melissa Wilson and Tom Zizka at Fox 26 Houston earlier this week discussing the issues surrounding the crash in the Dow on Monday and what investors should be...

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.1306 and 1.1283(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.1254, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.1238. Break of the latter would result in...

Markets calm as stimulus calms nervesIt’s been a relatively subdued day during Asia as the China crisis seems to have receded for now. The yuan was set at a fresh four-year low today at the...

Main focus on the drop in 5Y5Y inflation expectations that are again far below the ECB's 2%-targetThe lower oil price and stronger EUR are threatening the ECB's outlook for higher inflation Core...

Market Movers Focus continues to be on the Emerging Markets rout and moves in the oil price. Tentative signs of stabilisation have emerged but uncertainty is still high. Euro area money and credit...

1. Financial collapse in China but no hard landing (slides 3-5).2. Demand, policy response set to support oil prices in Q4 (slides 7-10). 3. Fed hike postponed but shocks not enough to derail recovery...

The US economy is showing signs of resilience. Here's the latest:The US durable goods report was surprisingly strong. Scotiabank, Capital Economics, and others point out that CAPEX seems to be...

Market Drivers Aug 27, 2015China Soars fueling risk on flowsMarket eyes US GDPNikkei 225 1.08% Europe 3.14%Oil $40/bblGold $1125/oz Europe and Asia:AUD PCE -4.0% vs. -2.5%EUR Money Supply 5.3% vs....

Summary: China is both the key driver of the world economy and the least well known of the major nations. With unreliable economic statistics, a rapidly evolving economy that defies easy analysis, and...

The global capital markets are staging a convincing recovery. The strong sustained gains in US equities yesterday have fueled continued recovery in Asia and Europe. The strong rally of the Shanghai...

Wall Street seemed to have responded very well to China's stimulus measures. DJIA surged 619.07 pts, or 3.95%, to close at 16285.51. S&P 500 rose 72.9 pts, or 3.90% to close at 1940.51. That's the...

After China’s surprise currency devaluation on Tuesday, markets are focusing on the prospect of more global central bank monetary easing and a pushback on U.S. rate hike chances, allowing for...

Wall Street put an end to a six-day losing streak and showed Asian stock markets the way up. The S&P 500 added 3.90%, erasing completely previous day losses, the Nasdaq gained 4.24% while the most...