Market Overview

The US dollar's recovery which began yesterday continues today. The euro reached the 50% retracement objective of its slide since mid-October (~$1.2565) and now is more than a full cent lower. The...

Steven M. Sears, probably best known for his options column in Barron’s, wrote The Indomitable Investor: Why a Few Succeed in the Stock Market When Everyone Else Fails in 2012. Wiley recently...

Currencies The euro (EUR) managed to break its previous resistance and climbed up to 1.2569 against the US dollar (USD). The euro advanced ahead of the FOMC statement due today at 19:00 GMT as...

Markets continue to stay in risk averse mode on the plunge in oil price and financial turmoil in Russia. WTI crude oil's steep decline continued and reached as low as 53.6 yesterday before recovering...

The Australian dollar is sharply lower today after the Russian central bank drastically lifted interest rates in order to starve of a further collapse of the rouble reviving fears of their last...

Everyone is asking: When Will This Bear Market Bottom Out? Economic news alerts cannot be printed quickly enough, as the markets continue to tumble in an unprecedented fashion. From Bloomberg...

The 8th largest economy on the entire planet is in a state of turmoil right now. The shocking collapse of the price of oil has hit a lot of countries really hard, but very few nations are as dependent...

Though the housing market has recovered dramatically from the trough year of 2009, it is still below historical levels, held back by stringent mortgage underwriting and low levels of consumer...

Euro area flash PMIs increased in December and were slightly stronger than consensus expectations. The improvement in PMIs was broadly in line with our expectations and confirms our view that growth...

Vienna Short-Term GreedRemember several weeks ago when Crude Oil was still trading around $75 a barrel, and OPEC was deciding upon a Production cut and Russia and Mexico went to Vienna and a deal was...

Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson have won an appeal from their convictions of insider trading. The big outstanding question for alpha seekers is whether this decision will have a tempering effect on...

There are still bargains to be found and Santa seems to have found himself short of gifts so the market has begun to shift a little quicker. My targets in EUR/USD and USD/CHF were met, but I have been...

Many ordinary Russians are standing in line at local banks trying to withdraw their savings in dollars. The value of the ruble has been cut in half since the beginning of the year, with the decline...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s gamble to call a snap election was successful, as the voting over the weekend assured that Abe will have another four years to complete his efforts to revive...