Market Overview

International rates The ECB is about to start its new QE programme in govvies. Despite significant buying and the boost to liquidity, we see only minor downside to German bund yields and only sub...

Complex, erratic consolidations… These seem to be the case in five out of the six currency pairs I follow. However, there is a limit to the collective corrected phases seen within these types...

As we head toward Tuesday's Fed Chair testimony on Capitol Hill, let's notice that 10-year yield has reversed from pushing up against key near-term resistance at 2.14% toward a test of key near-term...

I received an interesting email on Saturday from Bob Hoye at Institutional Advisors regarding "Currency Wars". Bob writes ... Currency wars are very much the talk of the times. This was also the...

Last week, the markets hit new "all-time" highs as Greece caved into the demands of the Eurozone, at least for now, in order to secure funding for another four months. The relief that the latest...

We are fast approaching the time when it will become obvious to all that mortally-wounded economies cannot be resuscitated by a massive increase in credit from central banks. Nations that suffer from...

With some of the big near-term uncertainties gradually being cleared up (Greece and Ukraine), we think EM assets could get some traction this week. That said, EM FX will remain vulnerable and liable...

Chicago Fed: US Economy Off To A Solid Start In 2015The US economy continued to grow at a strong “above-trend” pace through January, according to this morning’s update of the Chicago...

The Australian dollar was trading higher today but then gave back most of the gains as caution spread that the agreement reached between the Eurozone ministers and Greece on Friday about an extension...

Summary: Bubbles in the information age differ from those of simpler times. Now we have real-time data showing our folly. Here’s a brief review, another in our series of posts about this mad...

The US economy is projected to grow 2.8% in this year’s first quarter, based on The Capital Spectator’s median point forecast for several econometric estimates (real seasonally adjusted...

Securing deals and tightening beltsIt has been a turbulent three months for MEO Australia Ltd (ASX:MEO) shareholders. The Neon merger has fallen by the wayside and NZ production has been shut in....

The US dollar caught a strong bid to start the week. The prospects that Yellen will keep the June rate hike in play after the FOMC minutes were seen as diminishing it may be lending to the dollar's...

Bolstering the US opportunityXP Power Ltd (LONDON:XPP) reported FY14 results substantially in line with expectations. Strong order intake positions the company well for 2015 and increased investment...