Market Overview

New data has shown that wages in the UK have fallen by more than much of Europe in the last three years. Figures requested by the Labour Party indicated that average hourly wages have fallen 5.5 per...

GDP grew by 0.6% in Q2. This was slower than in the preceding quarter (0.9%), but still well above the economy’s potential rate. Growth was mainly stimulated by domestic demand. Foreign trade...

In April 2013, Japan announced a QE program of $1.4 trillion, an amount equal to roughly 25% of the Japanese GDP. To put this into perspective, the US’s QE1, QE 2, QE 3, and QE 4 programs which...

CurrenciesThe euro (EUR) dropped from its two month high at 1.3400 back to 1.3315 against the US dollar (USD). The single currency fell despite the improved economic data across the Eurozone. If the...

Europe up despite US losing steamEuropean stock markets are trading higher on the first trading day of the week and this is despite the fact that the US markets may be losing their steam. The US...

The dollar collapsed last week, falling against almost every currency we track. It only managed to eke out a small gain against the IDR and INR. Several currencies managed gains of over 2%. The...

Market movers today Today we have a very thin calendar with Spanish house transactions being the most interesting release. The index is at a very low level reflecting that the Spanish housing market...

Europe – Euro zone may have returned to growth in the second quarterData published this week was very positive for overall growth in the Euro area. In the second quarter the pace of the...

EUR/USD Today’s support: - 1.3298and 1.3275(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3243, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3227. Break of the latter would result in...

I had some feedback to last week's post about Market perception of China macro risk set to rise. Notwithstanding the upside surprise in Chinese exports, the bigger question is, "If China engaged in...

Paul Krugman says that the notion that the weak economy is due to policy uncertainty has been thoroughly debunked. The Stanford/Chicago uncertainty index has considerably fallen:Without any...

Three data releases for Monday deserve your attention on a fairly light day for scheduled economic news. A new monthly report on inflation in India will be closely watched as this is the first update...

Every week, a low volatility researcher has the same epiphany: tilt low volatility towards value. This addresses two pressing issues simultaneously: avoiding overbought securities and adding value...

EURUSD – Rejects off Key Level The Euro rejected off a key level and 3 month high to end last week, forming a 2 bar reversal. It should be noted the 2 Bar Reversal in this case is simple a 2 day...