Market Overview

• The UK's future could be very bright• UK Q1 GDP may be as high as one percent• UK to lead G7 in monetary tightening“UK economy showing first rays of sunshine” –...

Tension between the West and Russia is at an all time high as accusations fly about recent demonstrations in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin has been named as the driving force behind the protests, which...

This Great Graphic comes from the Visual.ly blog. The data comes from the World Bank and the Canadian International Council.  It shows three different ways of thinking aboutof energy...

The Economist reports that “money is leaving emerging markets for riskier bets at the investment frontier.” So-called frontier markets are the new new thing in the frantic search for hot...

MARKET SNAPSHOT:  Asia Roundup:  A risk-on sentiment carried over to Asia seeing the NZD appreciate off the back of good Australian data. The USD/CAD and USD/JPY remained near...

Another quiet day on the global agenda. FOMC minutes tonight might be interesting given the upward adjustment to the Fed rate projections at the March meeting. This was also when the 6.5% threshold...

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.3764and1.3747(main),where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3725, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3713. Break of the latter would result in...

After two losing days, the U.S. market bounced and ended the trading session in positive territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index added 0,06% and finished the trading session at 16256,14...

Fundamental OutlookBulls have their confidence renewed after the IMF has upgraded its outlook for the biggest economy of the world which is a positive sign for copper. There is no doubt that recently...

The US markets shrugged off some of their losses last night and was able to push the indices in the positive territory. However, a similar enthusiasm is failing to inspire the traders this morning...

The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD) has published its composite leading indicator (CLI) for the month of February. For the first time in 17 months, the signal...

The US dollar is mixed here at mid-week. The upside momentum seen in the euro, sterling and yen yesterday has faded, and a consolidative tone has emerged in Asia and the European morning. The...

US equities recovered mildly overnight to digest this week's sharp losses but treasury yields and yen crosses continued to head lower. The Japanese yen stays strong in Asian session as supported by...

SummaryThree related reports today cover the Dow 30, Nikkei 225, Shanghai Composite, iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treasury (Long Bonds), the Dollar, Gold, Silver and the latter's volatility...