Market Overview

The foreign exchange market is becalmed. No, seriously. The EUR/USD has been confined to less than a 20 pip range (1/5 of a penny), and the dollar has not moved out of a 15 tick range against the yen...

In the retail business, effective inventory management is the difference between success and failure.The greatest retail firms – from Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) to Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) – stay on...

Yesterday’s “Big Picture” was entitled, “A pause in Iraq?” The answer to that question came quickly, and the answer is: no, there’s no pause at all. It was reported...

Governor Mark Carney’s testimony to the House of Commons’ Treasury Select Committee yesterday was the clear sterling drive through yesterday’s session. After the first 20 minutes, it...

Currencies The euro rose against the dollar and climbed up to 1.3619 from its low at 1.3582. Despite the positive data came from the US New Home Sales, euro held up against dollar as US quarterly...

• German economy still sound, but trouble lurks • Right or wrong, French optimism seen intact • US manufacturing expected to log gain Another round of sentiment readings for...

The main data release today is US durable goods orders where focus will be on core orders. The series is quite volatile and although core orders were weaker than expected in April, it has jumped...

US Dollar Begins Cautious Recovery from Rising Trend LinePrices are attempting to launch a recovery after testing multi-year rising trend support set from July 2011. This barrier (now at 10419)...

EUR/USD Today’s support: - 1.3590 and 1.3575(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3561, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3532. Break of the latter would result in...

Risk appetite was hurt by escalating tensions in the Middle East. The Dow 30 closed sharply lower by losing -119.13 pts at 16818.13 while the S&P 500 dropped -12.63 points to close at 1949.98....

Talking Points:Dollar Rally as Much a Bull Trend as S&P 500 Retreat a Collapse British Pound: So Much for BoE Clarity Yen Crosses Facing Inevitable Technical Breaks Dollar Rally as Much...

The EUR/USD recuperated 19 focuses to exchange at 1.3622 as financial information printed on the feeble side with the greater part of the German trust and desires coming in underneath figure and...

Though the Fed is doing its best to mask its abject failure and lack of choices with public relations, the reality is it has no choice but to taper and eventually end its endless spew of credit and...

@finansakrobat: Volatility… is low. Volatility in the financial markets continues to collapse. Last week’s Fed comments gave everyone another reason to throw away their...