Market Overview

Market movers today The Fed's Bill Dudley (voter, dove) will speak at 09:30 CET. The speech will be interesting as Dudley is at the centre of the Board and generally thinks a lot like Janet Yellen,...

Talking Points: US Dollar Traders Await Policy, Growth Comments from Fed’s Yellen British Pound Drops after BoE Report Pushes Back Market’s View of First Hike Euro: The...

Talking Points: US Dollar Positioning Continues to Warn of Downswing Threat S&P 500 Rally Stalls But Chart Seems to Leave Room for Upside Gold Flat-Lining, Crude Oil Trying to Bounce...

I have been suggesting for several years that the US Dollar would confound those anticipating its demise by starting a long secular uptrend. In early September I made the case for a rising...

Notwithstanding the evident benefits of HFT in electronic markets, many market participants have argued that some HFT practitioners utilize trading techniques that are detrimental to the...

The Thursday session is going to be fairly quiet, with the Chinese Industrial Production numbers coming out month over month being by far the most important announcement. Is anticipated to come out at...

Several updates on inflation throughout Europe are scheduled today, including revised data for Germany’s consumer price index for October. Later, a pair of US releases are expected to show that...

M&A outflows that have been evident since Q1 2014 likely to keep AUD under pressureFalling Iron Ore prices a result of over-supply and falling demand RBA vocal about falling investment in mining...

There have been a litany of articles written recently discussing how the stock market is set for a continued bull rally. The are some primary points that are common threads among each of these...

The Jerome Levy Forecasting Center generated media attention recently with a new forecast of a 65% probability of a global recession next year, a contraction that will lead to a US downturn by the end...

Not surprisingly, BoE Governor Mark Carney maintained his monetary policy, despite improving workplace conditions in the U.K. The unemployment rate is still at its lowest level in six years, and wages...

Oil is down again. The price of Brent crude, which moves US gasoline prices, is below $100 a barrel for the first time (save a single month) in five years. Why am I not celebrating? No, I don’t...

It is the big day for the UK equity market, as the inflation report by the Bank of England is due this morning which could impact the GBP/USD pair. The report will help Mark Carney, the governor of...

The consolidative tone that has been a general feature of the foreign exchange market continues today, leaving the US dollar broadly mixed. Even though the Fed's new Labor Market Conditions Index...