Market Overview

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...

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...

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...

Several markets seem over-extended and about to reverse their current trends.S&P 500 Index:  It bottomed in March 2009 about 670 and is currently about 2,000.  The S&P, thanks...

The Aussie extends its slump against dollar today on expectation that Fed is going to hike rates next year. Additional pressure was seen in the Aussie as Westpac consumer confidence dropped steeply by...

French nonfarm payroll numbers come out immediately during the session on Wednesday, anticipated to be 0.1% for the last quarter. This probably won’t have a massive effect on the markets in...

Recovery in the global economy has been irregular over the last few years. While the world economy grew 3.5% in 2012, the pace decelerated to 3.2% in 2013 and growth is expected to be only modestly...