Market Overview

Key Fundamental Forex Events and Forecasts for the Coming Week The following table lists the key economic data and other events that are due out during the week of December 30th–January 3rd,...

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.   The Federal Reserve thinks recent economic news from the U.S. is good: Jobs are being...

Currencies EUR/USD- was shy off from $1.39 before pulling back and now it is trading near the 100 day moving average on a 30 minute time frame. If the 100 day moving average fails to provide a support...

Asian markets closed mostly higher on the first trading day of the week. The Japanese index closed the year in a positive territory and was by far the best performing index of the region with a gain...

US markets moved very little overnight as low pre New Year volumes led to very little volatility. The S&P, if nothing major happens, is on track for its best year in 16 years. Pending home sales...

Markets remain rather quiet just ahead of new year holiday. The Dow edged up by another 25.88 pts overnight to close at another record high at 16504.29. But the S&P 500 was down slightly by -0.33...

As I pointed out in my last article, I expected continued selling of gold by the big boys; the Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds and Professional traders and they didn’t disappoint. The largest ETF,...

Market movers today Again we have a relatively quiet day ahead of us today, with the only notable release pending home sales in the US. Most markets in Europe will be closed tomorrow but a number of...

2013 was a horrendous year for emerging market investments. Broad products like EEM and VWO finished the year lower, while developed market indexes surged higher in the same time frame. This heavy...

Before you start implementing a futures trading strategy, it’s important that you make sure the strategies you select will add diversification (reduce portfolio volatility in some way). Having...

The global market story of 2013 was clearly right here in the US, with total returns for the S&P 500 topping 30% (SPY ETF covering S&P 500 as of Dec. 23, Bloomberg). The other world markets...

Economic calendar The day starts with trade data and retail sales from Sweden for November. No forecast is available for the country’s trade balance, while retail sales are estimated to be up...

The euro settled at $1.274 at 5:21 GMT on Monday morning after climbing to $1.3894 on Friday, its highest level since October 2011. The common currency has gained over four percent against the dollar...

STOCKS: The world economy is has begun to heal if we look at the PMI figures across the world. However, there remain clear headwinds to the continuation of this healing like potentially higher...