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 latest IMM data cover the week from 30 July to 6 August. The latest IMM data show that investors scaled back slightly on aggregated net long USD positions in the week that ended 6 August....

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...

The Shanghai Composite, China’s mainland benchmark, extended its winning streak begun last week as investors were fueled by good economic data indicating China’s economy could be...

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...