Market Overview

Seahawk victory could sway stock market sentimentAll Eyes on Wall Street:All eyes on Wall Street will likely be focused on last week’s roller coaster ride, in addition to yesterday’s...

Interest rates are expected to stay on hold at 2.5% following the up-coming R.B.A. meeting on February the 4th. December 2013, saw an unexpectedly high inflation figure and the effect of this may be...

The euro began February below $1.35 after weak inflation data and stubbornly high unemployment figures added to concern that the bloc's recovery would be a slow process. The common currency traded at...

Focus continues to be on emerging markets. Large parts of Asia are closed today due to the Chinese New Year public holiday. In Turkey, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico manufacturing PMIs are due for...

The Big PicturePMI Day The dollar was generally stronger this morning, gaining against most G10 and EM currencies. The only real exception in the G10 was the CAD. USD/CAD surged through 1.12 in early...

Talking Points: Euro Unlikely to Find Support in Upbeat Manufacturing PMI Data US Dollar Vulnerable if January’s ISM Print Proves Disappointing New Zealand Dollar Outperformed in Otherwise Quiet...

China's official manufacturing PMI published by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in January declined to 50.5 (consensus: 50.5, Danske Bank Markets: 50.5) from 51.0 in December last year. ...

In Sweden we are particularly interested to see how industrial production fares (Friday 08:30) following the very strong reading in November. We need to see a continuation of that trend in December to...

The topic of inequality has been in the news in the wake of President Obama's State of the Union speech, which focused on that very issue. I refer readers to my previous post on this subject (see...

Canada’s dollar had its worst start to a year since at least 1972 amid speculation the central bank may favor cutting interest rates, and as a selloff in emerging markets sent investors to the...

Markets continued to weaken most of the week and we were waiting for a nice bounce all week that finally came Thursday and there were some very great day-trading chances as a result.It’s not a...

Recent price action in the stock market has many traders on edge. With the market closing below our key support trend line last week, the market has now technically started a down trend.While trend...

The investment climate has proven extremely difficult for investors to navigate. Fed tapering and better world growth was to lead to higher interest rates. Yet interest rates for the developed world...

There was a lot to digest this week, but at least no surprise came from the Fed that announced another USD 10 bn decrease in monthly security purchases. US bond markets are weathering quite well the...