Market Overview

If one lesson was learned last week it should have been that a sound and sensible portfolio is usually well diversified. That is not just a consideration for the “bond book” or the...

During the session on Wednesday, we anticipate that there could be a bit of volatility based in the United Kingdom due to the fact that the MPC Minutes come out, and that can give us a bit of a heads...

In my weekend post, I wrote that the US equity market is getting close to a bottom (see Getting close to a bottom, but not yet), but I neglected to add the likely bullish effect of the US midterm...

The independent data provider Eurekahedge says in its most recent report that funds investing in India are still recording large gains. Specifically, such funds have enjoyed eight consecutive months...

That was another strange day… Very clearly the market is not convinced about either direction and certainly not committed to any direction as yet. It was good that USD/CHF managed to make a...

Beginning in late 2012, as the Federal Reserve announced their latest innovation of "quantitative easing," the markets launched into an uninterrupted advance that lulled investors into a complacent...

Daily Briefing Currencies EUR/USD: The pair has maintained the Reverse Head and Shoulder pattern on a 240 minute time frame, with the long term projection still at 1.29. The pair remains to the...

Europe in turmoil, US going smoothly The ECB confirmed that it had started buying covered bonds. It bought French and Spanish bonds, but yields of peripheral sovereigns rose nonetheless (Spain up 9...

China’s GDP growth slowed slightly less than expected in Q3 to 7.3% y/y (consensus: 7.2%, DBM: 7.2%) from 7.5% y/y in Q2. Seasonally adjusted, GDP growth eased to 1.9% q/q (consensus: 1.8%, DBM:...

Market movers today Another quiet day on the data front. Only number of interest will be US existing home sales, which is expected to have stabilised over the summer. Otherwise focus will be on...

China’s GDP reading for Q3 has beaten estimates, it was shown overnight. Output rose by 7.3% in the year to September, beating the 7.2% market consensus but falling below the 7.5% growth rate...

It’s a light day for scheduled economic reports in Europe, but the US retail and housing sectors are in focus with the release of weekly store sales data and the monthly update on existing home...

$41 billion worth of apples a quarter keeps the bears away or something like that. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported earnings on Monday and beat estimates by a fair amount. Not surprising iPhone sales...

China's GDP growth is gradually slowing as expected - at least according to the official reports. Growth is now at the lowest level since 2009, but so far the Bloomberg China GDP Tracker forecast of a...