Market Overview

With economies slowing down in China, Japan, Eastern Europe and other regions of the globe, many investors wonder if 2014 will deliver another global deflationary epidemic.  As I’ll explain...

The euro climbed on Tuesday after comments from European Central Bank members reduced expectations of further stimulus in May. The common currency traded at $1.3741 at 4:45 GMT as the dollar...

If you are convincingly irrational, the market may expect extreme measures and front-run your bluff. It’s in this spirit that ECB President Draghi is threatening the market with another bazooka....

With bearish momentum increasing and stocks testing key support levels in recent days, one of the biggest questions on your mind may be whether or not recent price action is merely a normal bull...

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.3713, 1.3691, 1.3680and1.3657(main),where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3633, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3612. Break of the latter...

MARKET SNAPSHOT: Asia Roundup:  A subdued session that awaited the BoJ monetary decision which, as expected, remained unchanged. We may have to wait until FOMC minutes are released on...

US futures are set to continue where they left off yesterday. The fact is that investors are finding enormously problematic to invest in the stock market when they look at the valuation table. There...

Slow deteriorationIn a less favourable macroeconomic and macro-financial backdrop for emerging countries, the weaknesses of the Brazilian economy are becoming increasingly apparent. Inflationary...

Progress on the eve of electionsTo face up to difficulties, the Indian government has taken short-term measures rather than true in-depth reforms. External vulnerability has diminished sharply, but...

After four months of domestic and geopolitical crisis, Ukraine is engaged in an arm wrestling with Russia, through the involvement of the US-EU. The territorial integrity of the country after the...

After a sharp slowdown in 2012, the economy rebounded strongly in 2013, with real GDP up 3.5%. After the formation of a new ruling coalition in March 2014 and as presidential elections set for...

External liquidity squeezeArgentina is experiencing sharply slowing economic growth and rising inflation. Foreign-exchange reserves fell considerably last year, forcing the authorities to proceed to a...

For both cyclical and structural reasons, economic growth has been depressed since 2012 and is likely to hold below its long-term potential in 2014. Budget and current account deficits are still high...

The beginning of the year was marked by two major events: the vote on the new constitution and the formation of a technocratic government. Although the route to elections finally seems to be opening...