Market Overview

Wednesday was an action-packed day in Canada, with the Montreal Canadiens winning their first playoff game, and Governor Stephen Poloz releasing the Bank of Canada’s Monetary Policy Report. It...

When the former Soviet Union collapsed almost 25 years ago, most global strategic forecasters assumed that the U.S. would adapt pragmatically to her new status of sole world superpower. Instead she...

Currencies EUR/USD: The pair is trading above the 50 day and 100 day moving average on a 60 minute time frame. The next support is at 1.3747 and the next resistance is at 1.3875. USD/JPY: The pair...

The US markets closed up for another day yesterday, as traders embraced the positive economic data and Janet Yellen’s comments. Possibly, the most encouraging data was the Beige book report,...

Market movers today Focus will remain on the tense geopolitical situation in Ukraine. In the euro-zone the German IFO numbers are due for release. We expect a slight improvement and it will be...

Geopolitical risks linger but not all bad Events in Ukraine and in particular Eastern Ukraine are deeply worrying and we have been arguing for some time that markets in general have been too...

Sterling is so far the strongest currency this week after being propelled by yesterday's employment data. Markets are in consolidative mode elsewhere. The USD is the second strongest currency but...

The United Kingdom has been one of the best performing economies in Europe and has recently seen a raft of data to back this up. A couple of indicators have shown a slowdown in the rate of growth,...

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.3788(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3764, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3747. Break of the latter would result in 1.3731. If a...

• US industrial output exceeds expectations• Price of US petrol jumps• GBP trading at four-year highs against USDThe US economy will be in focus again today as the crowd looks to the...

China has decided to lower the reserve requirement ratio or RRR for some of its county level rural commercial banks. This decision was made late yesterday, and has many analysis and investors asking...

How much will inflation rebound in April? The only threat to a rate cut in July is a hefty rebound in inflation - hedge with BEIs. The supply outlook for covered bonds is becoming clearer but...

Our friends at Pathfinder Capital have created an excellent report on frontier markets. These guys live and breath the frontier, putting boots on the ground where most of us wouldn’t care to...

• Russia/Ukraine issues a risk to ranges • Bank of Canada ambiguous • Yellen speech a wild cardIt's the middle of a shortened holiday week and the currency markets are lacking a...