Market Overview

The Danish DMO plans issuance of DKK75bn in domestic bonds, DKK30bn in treasury bills and consequently a draw of DKK30bn on the government's deposits to meet the DKK135bn total domestic financing need...

Looking at the session for Thursday, there isn’t too much to move the markets as far as economic announcements are concerned. There is a retail sales coming out of the United Kingdom, but really...

When we told friends and associates of our invitation to visit Nigeria, they all said the same thing (excepting our esteemed editor, who worried about something else which was, at least, to be found...

Every month, we review the latest BAML survey of global fund managers. Among the various ways of measuring investor sentiment, this is one of the better ones as the results reflect how managers are...

Over the weekend we pointed out this would be a crucial week for markets. This week’s volatility hasn’t really cleared anything up although there are some notable observations to be made...

Keeping to the Xmas theme, I can only say that the FOMC left a slew of wrapping paper that had been ripped from the gifts that Santa had brought. Scraps of paper, broken boxes and trampled rubbish...

In our Fed preview Wednesday morning, we argued that the market’s reaction to today’s Federal Reserve statement could be a binary outcome dependent on just two words: considerable time. As...

The Federal Reserve upgraded its assessment of the labor market and changed the future guidance from "considerable time" to "can be patient in beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy." ...

As strange as it sounds, the tone of trade for the rest of the week, and perhaps even the rest of the year, could hinge on just two words. The Federal Reserve will release its monetary policy...

Market movers today At the meeting today, we expect the FOMC to remove considerable time from the statement, which should put upward pressure on short US rates and support the USD. The FOMC is likely...

The Federal Reserve is set to have its monthly FOMC statement shortly and markets will be paying close attention to Janet Yellen’s words. The market is poised to react to two key sides: Whether...

Today is the day, if you love volatility. For some traders, especially for day traders, huge swings in the market represents a potential profit, as long as they can scale the direction of the market...

EUR/USDToday’s support: -1.2416, 1.2398 and 1.2364(main),where correction is possible. Break would give 1.2352, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.2323. Break of the latter would...

For years – if not decades – Japan’s shrinking demographics have been a primary cause for that country’s lackluster economic growth. However, Japan is now reaching a point in...