Market Overview

The USD managed to maintain an even keel and even rally in spots despite Friday’s somewhat soft jobs report (though there were loud protests from the sidelines on mysterious statistical...

The good news from last week’s market was twofold: one, stocks finally gained some ground again, perhaps aided by post-earnings season corporate buying and even more so by expectations for the...

Crude Oil: The Coming Week's Potential ScenariosLast week was hectic for the Crude Oil, which fired up during the early part of the week, but stopped at the confluence of a small daily supply zone and...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is increasingly isolated in her stance on Greece. Growing Pressure From Within the ranks of her own party bloc to give up on Greece for the sake of the euro.Members of...

Back in late 2012 there were a number of Keynesian economists who were very concerned about the US budget deficit and the potential negative impact of its shrinkage in the face of a weak economy. I...

• China cuts interest rates for the 3rd time in 6 months The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) cut the one year lending rate by 25bps to 5.1% from 5.35% and the one year deposit rate by the...

A brand new week with less thrilling events will kick start the European markets. With the UK election’s uncertainty behind us, investors will look towards the basic fundamentals and will make...

Trend Model signal summary Trend Model signal: Neutral Trading model: Bearish The Trend Model is an asset allocation model which applies trend following principles based on the inputs of global stock...

Sterling ended last week as the strongest major currency as the Conservatives won 331 seats, more than 50% in the 650 seat parliament and secured a majority. The results were seen as a big surprise to...

People's Bank of China (PBoC) on Sunday cut its one-year benchmark lending rate and its one-year benchmark deposit rate by 25bp to 5.1% and 2.25%, respectively. The ceiling for the deposit rate was...

In Sweden, the weeks ahead contain three interesting data points, two of them published simultaneously on Tuesday (12 May at 09.30 CEST): The consumer price index and Riksbank minutes from the latest...

Direction after the electionWith the short term election risks put to bed, it is now time for us UK economy watchers to return to a more fundamental view of the UK economy. Luckily, we won’t...

During the day on Monday, the only thing that we will be paying attention to is the Bank of England and its interest-rate decision. You also have to keep in mind that there is the Asset Purchase...

Market Movers Focus will be on Greece and the Eurogroup meeting. Last week the European Commission published a joint statement after president Juncker and Greek Prime Minister Tsipras spoke on the...