Market Overview

Large GDP revisions next week. Inflationary impact in 2015 of political parties' proposals. Reduce duration in portfolio. Time for 5s10s to flatten - SGBi3019s versus 10Y Bunds offer...

Bank of Rossii: to hike or not to hike Russia's central bank will announce its decision regarding the key rates on Friday 12 September at 11:30 CET. Like consensus, we expected rates to remain...

Another day, another opinion poll in the Scottish referendum debate and a gathering momentum for those in favour of keeping the union. A snap poll by YouGov showed the ‘No’ camp regaining...

Dollar extends its rally against commodity currencies and yen today. Meanwhile, the greenback continues to consolidate against European majors in tight range. Dollar is supported by speculation that...

US middle market leveraged buyout (LBO) transactions are becoming increasingly frothy. According to the latest data from Lincoln International, risk-return fundamentals in the space are worse than...

Forecasts of stock market crash ahead continue to populate the headlines.  The reasons for the crash varying from excessive valuations (i.e. fundamentals) to the termination of the Fed's easy...

1. Many are arguing that the dollar's rally reflects a shift in expectations of Fed policy. There seems to be little evidence for this. A shift in expectations would be most directly reflected in...

1) Moody’s downgraded its outlook on Brazil from stable to negative2) Polls show a decline in Marina’s advantage over Dilma3) Oil, iron ore, platinum, corn, wheat, soy, and rice prices are...

Last weekend several polls emerged that shockingly forecast Scottish independence from Great Britain is within the realm of political possibilities. Although the September 18th vote had worried a...

Despite identifying their lows reasonably well, forecasting accelerations in the PMs has repeatedly proved unsuccessful. That did not affect identifying the August lows in the stock market with...

We no longer expect Bank of Japan (BoJ) to ease further in 2014. First , there just haven't been enough movement in BoJ's communication in a more dovish direction in the past month Second , the recent...

U.S. retail sales are expected to rise 0.3% in tomorrow’s August report vs. the previous month, according to The Capital Spectator’s median econometric forecast. The prediction reflects...

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The US dollar is mostly softer, but a consolidative tone continues. The news stream is light. Participants are still trying to navigate the week while looking at next week's critical events. These...