Market Overview

Recently I visited the breathtaking city of Hong Kong to speak at the seventh-annual Mines and Money conference, Asia-Pacific’s premier event for mining investment deal-making and...

I hope you're well in all aspects of life and especially the trading/investing side.I hope you're not getting chopped up in this market which has no trend yet, but bases are setting up nicely.If...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to examine economic conditions "more carefully" when deciding whether to go ahead with the next scheduled consumption tax hike to 10 percent in October 2015, an...

There is a battle within the European Central Bank. Some want to take stronger action. Others do not think it is necessary. It is not just a matter of counting up who is on what side of the issue. It...

The World Bank has trimmed its growth forecast slightly for China, citing a "bumpy start to the year".It now expects the Chinese economy to grow by 7.6% in 2014, down from its earlier projection of...

Bank Indonesia meets on Tuesday and is expected to keep rates steady at 7.5%. Foreign investors have returned, lured by relatively high yields and improved fundamentals. Foreign share of government...

On Monday, the World Bank revised its growth expectations for the developing East Asia and Pacific region down to 7.1 percent for 2014 and 2015 from its previous forecast of 7.2 percent...

Forex News and Events: The risk sentiment improves after disappointment on US payrolls on Friday. While the NFPs missed the market expectations (too optimistic anyways), the improvement after winter...

The last trading week was filled with important economic events and publications of macroeconomic statistical data, which influenced the situation in the stock and currency markets.European stock...

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.3657(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3633, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3612. Break of the latter would result in 1.3593. If a...

MARKET SNAPSHOT: Asia Roundup: Asia FX trading saw the narrow ranges typically seen on a Monday following an eventful Friday from NYLON. NZDCHF was the biggest mover retracing against...

Asian and European capital markets are responding to the pre-weekend developments in the US, and especially the drop in the major equity markets. Many Asian equity markets were lower, led by the 1.7%...

March 25 - April 1 IMM data released last Friday revealed the largest single week bullish build in non-commercial AUD-positioning since March 2013. Measured in percentage of open interest the change...

We now pencil in a rate cut from the Riksbank at the July meeting. In our view, the markets' probability distribution should favour a scenario where (1) the Riksbank cuts its repo rate from 0.75% to...