Market Overview

Casual dining restaurant chains have been struggling lately, and a few of them are resorting to bizarre marketing tactics to get attention. TGI Friday’s offered its diners...

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...

The U.S. economy has so far shown remarkable resilience in the face of several roadblocks year. It has shrugged off the threat of wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, has ignored the tapering of QE,...

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...

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...

Currencies The euro rose from 1.2858 to 1.2940 against the US dollar. The single currency recorded its biggest gain since July after hitting a new 14-month low. Today the French monthly Industrial...

If reports in the Financial Times are to be believed then the market reaction to the prospects of a Scottish independence vote have taken another drastic turn. Investor outflows are a characteristic...

European futures are trading lower this morning after a decline in the equity markets in the US. Even the biggest event on the planet, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) revealing two new ground breaking...

Industrial production in France and Spain are today’s main macro updates for Europe and the numbers look set to remain a study in contrasts. Output in France is expected to contract further in...

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 With a very light data calendar again today, focus will be on the sustainability of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and polls on the Scottish independence vote in the UK. In...