Market Overview

Well, the market hasn’t even opened yet in the U.S. on Monday morning (and I say “morning” loosely, since my dogs know what’s going on with Greece and got me out of bed at...

I was recently sent an article containing the claim that during the next financial crisis and/or stock-market crash there will be a panic ‘into’ the US dollar, but that unlike previous...

It could happenAccidents will happen sang Elvis Costello in 1979, and after the imposition of capital controls last night on Greece's banks, the very real fear that the Greek government's high-risk,...

Greece situation sets off highest market volatility since 2008 EUR filling in that plummeting gap SNB vocal about today’s intervention Market looking to Yen for help Finding temporary safety to...

Developments in Greece over the weekend have really shaken the markets on Monday, prompting a flight to safety among investors as they seek to shelter themselves from the fallout of the increasing...

An interview with NY Fed President Dudley (printed in the FT (se link in attachment) on Sunday but conducted on Friday ahead of the announcement of the Greek referendum) gives a good indication in our...

Trading update shows momentum maintainedSkyepharma’s Q215 trading update shows progress is continuing as expected. flutiform is growing in-market sales as forecast, with further roll-outs into...

Forex News and EventsThe People’s Bank of China (PBoC) didn’t stay on the sidelines for a long time. On Saturday, the Bank cut the 1-year lending rate by 25bps to 4.85%, for the fourth...

Daily BriefingCurrencies EUR/USD: The pair is trading near its 50 day moving average on a 30 minute time frame. The next resistance is at 1.1225 and the support is at 1.0963. USD/JPY: The pair has...

The crisis is upon on us and the theory of the EU officials that the hole is too small to sink the ship has been put to test. The financial markets are like a tornado today, all they want is to punish...

Watch the DKK and SEK as the key indicators for monetary policy and rates in Sweden and Denmark. There is a risk for a renewed flight-to-quality into Scandinavia, but not to the same extent as in...

Endgame in GreeceGreece is very much on the brink of an exit from the Eurozone as markets open this Monday morning, as decisions by the Syriza government have heightened tensions between the country...

The markets initially responded dramatically to the weekend news of the Greek referendum, capital controls and an extended bank holiday. But they quickly stabilized and have recovered a bit in the...

Greek banks have been closed and capital controls were imposed on Sunday in an effort to gain control of Greece’s crippled banking system. Bailout talks between creditors and Greece’s...