Market Overview

Investors have without any doubt started to look at the possibility of an early increase in the interest rate as this can be seen in the US bond yield which has been rising for the past few days....

Talking Points:US Dollar Topping Warning Remains Despite New 2014 High S&P 500 Drop Stalls at Interim Support Below the 2000 Mark Crude Oil Prices Testing Pivotal Support, Gold...

By now it’s an article of faith within the sound money community that most major countries have borrowed so much that they’re left with only two options: default on their debt through...

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.2881(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.2860, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.2847. Break of the latter would result in 1.2826. If a...

Market movers today A light data calendar again. Focus will continue to be on polls in connection with the independence vote in Scotland next week and the sustainability of the ceasefire in eastern...

Inflation, or the lack thereof, drives the macro agenda for Europe today with the August update on Germany’s consumer price index (and the equivalent for France as well). Later, the weekly data...

In recent weeks, currency markets have become interesting again after a long slumber.  Since the start of Q3 the dollar has been gaining strength against other currencies, notably the...

The currencies of countries that are major exporters of commodities tend to be highly correlated with the CRB raw industrials spot price index. This is especially so for the Australian and...

Friday's release of disappointing August payroll numbers should have been a jarring wake-up call warning Wall Street that the economy has been treading on thin ice. Instead the alarm clock was stuffed...

This Cool Video is from the Financial Times. Economics Editor Martin Wolf sits down with former ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet to discuss the ECB's latest actions. What is striking about this five...

The turmoil between Russia and Ukraine has created a rare opportunity to buy low-cost assets, according to some large investors. For others, securities are cheap for very good reasons and they say...

Currencies EUR/USD: The pair is trading below its downward trend line on a 60 minute time frame. The next support is at 1.2811 and the next resistance is at 1.3113. USD/JPY: The pair is trading above...

Is your portfolio’s fate dependent on Scotland? Why is it that when a place known for haggis, kilts and bagpipes indicates it might want to be independent, the markets pay attention?The usually...

We have identified two forces lifting the US dollar: positive developments in the US and negative developments elsewhere. Last week's ECB meeting and next week's FOMC meeting, however, are not the...