Market Overview

Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen is scheduled for another chatfest in the Senate later today (starting at 10am EST), and it’s a safe bet that interest rates will be the main event. The big question...

Market Drivers For February 24, 2015 Dollar continues to strengthen ahead of Yellen's testimony Aussie and kiwi weakest on the night as inflation expectation dropped Nikkei 0.74% Europe 0.02% Oil...

We expect the ECB's QE programme to keep EUR government bond yields suppressed and to push periphery yields even lower. We do not think the QE effect has been fully priced in yet. When assessing the...

The Australian dollar is trading sharply lower today on the back of US dollar strength and expectations of a bullish speech this afternoon from Federal Reserve president Janet Yellen.At 9.09am (GMT)...

Lithium’s magnetic attractionRare Earth Minerals (LONDON:REMP) aspires to be the go-to lithium and rare earths investment company on the London Stock Exchange. Its strategy is to develop a...

In today's Financial Times, Gideon Rachman discusses the flaws of the euro and the possibility of failure. He admits that from the beginning he believed that the euro project would eventually collapse...

European markets are trading slightly higher this morning after posting record highs again yesterday. The DAX and the FTSE 100 index are mainly in the headlines and have been performing extremely...

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.1293(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.1285, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.1269. Break of the latter would result in 1.1252. If a...

The forex markets are generally staying in tight range so far this week. Sterling is trying to rally against other major currencies and reached new seven year high against Euro. But there is no follow...

• Commodity prices continue to decline Commodity prices continued their recent decline yesterday. Most of the metals were lower, with copper off 1.2%, and both Brent and WTI were down more than...

Looking at the Monday session, there isn’t much in the way to move the markets that is quantifiable. Janet Yellen testifies in front of Congress, which of course can move the marketplace in...

Market movers today Euro zone finance ministers are expected to hold a conference call this afternoon to weigh the delayed economic programme from the Greek government that is now scheduled to be...

There’s little denying that the U.S. economy is on the upswing since the recession. Manufacturing is strong, jobless claims are falling and wages are rising. Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) recently...

What is the significance of the dramatic shift from ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) to NIRP (Negative Interest Rate Policy)?This is a startling development that changes the investment landscape,...