Market Overview

The economic recovery that began in 2013 is expected to continue in 2014. Exports will benefit from the rebound in activity in the United States while domestic demand will be driven by public policies...

As a world trade and financial centre and a key base of services for China, Hong Kong’s small economy has one of the highest degrees of financial and trade openness in the world and more than...

Currencies The euro (EUR) gained more than 50 pips and climbed up to 1.3748 against the US dollar (USD). The euro rose as the policy makers of the European Central Bank (ECB) alleged that they control...

The Japanese yen pares some of this week's again following the recovery in Asian equities and after BoJ announced policy decisions. BoJ refrained from adding stimulus and help policies unchanged...

This Great Graphic was tweeted by Sony Kapoor. It shows GDP per capita for four large European countries and Japan. Per capita takes on increased importance given demographic considerations, like the...

Whilst FX remained within corrective ranges Indices took the centre stage and provided the better opportunities.INDICES:Global Equities continued to slide after growing concerns regading...

Note from dshort: I've updated this commentary with the latest numbers from Friday's Employment Report.In my earlier update on demographic trends in employment, I included a chart illustrating the...

Let's take a close look at Friday's employment report numbers on Full and Part-Time Employment. Buried near the bottom of Table A-9 of the government's Employment Situation Summary are the numbers for...

Here is a look at two key numbers in Friday's monthly employment report for March: Average Hourly Earnings Average Weekly Hours The government has been tracking the data for Production and...

Note from dshort: I've updated this commentary to include the latest labor force data in Friday's employment report.Every week I post an update on new unemployment claims shortly after the BLS report...

The media has for some time covered the subject of individuals leaving the workforce. The term most often used is ‘discouraged workers’ and with this comes blame for the political party in...

Currencies EUR/USD: The pair is trading below the downward resistance line on a 60 minute time frame. The next support is at 1.3658 and the next resistance is at 1.3825. USD/JPY: The pair has broken...

While the yen and the Nikkei are marking time waiting for more stimulus from the BOJ, eurozone bond yields are plunging, especially in the peripheral countries, on expectations that the ECB...

Equities are flat for the year again, but up until the last couple of days, the market had been staging a small rally.  One of the primary reasons for the rally was that investors became...