Market Overview

Japan’s economy grew more than the government initially forecast in the first quarter, helping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to sustain confidence in his campaign to defeat deflation.Gross domestic...

Low volatility had a bad month in May, and there has been a slew of commentary on this - see Abnormal Returns for a bunch of links. Deutsche Bank's 'The Quant View' by Rochester Cahan summarized the...

EUR/USD Today’s support: - 1.3185 and 1.3148(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3118, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3083. Break of the latter would result in...

A new white paper from Deutsche Bank Markets Research cautions traders that although they can enhance the value they get from traditional quantitative signals by overlaying information from the web...

The rate curve implied by the Fed Funds futures steepened considerably over the past month. The market now anticipates the Fed will raise the overnight rate in May 2015. A month ago, the expectation...

The OECD recently updated its 2013 projection of government deficits for their tracked countries. The latest results show Japan running the largest fiscal deficit by far. The U.K. is number 4 on the...

There are many events and economic reports that can roil the market in the days ahead. Yet, just as importantly, there are already forces at play that will shape market developments. Here are 8...

We get it. According to the UK Tory-led government the best person in the world to head up the Bank of England is Canada's central bank governor Carney. He takes the reins the beginning of next month....

The BoJ will without doubt, be discussing a possible response to recent volatility in the financial markets. The target for expansion of the monetary base is expected to be maintained at 60-70...

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The Canadian economy economy added the most jobs in more than a decade in May led by full-time employment ranging from construction to retailing, suggesting resilience in domestic demand while foreign...

Some in the mass media continue to be confused about the historical trajectory of the Fed's balance sheet. People have trouble distinguishing between the liquidity facilities provided by the central...

Look at this four-year weekly chart. Would you buy, sell, or hold this?I will write about what it is on Monday and discuss it further.Cam Hui is a portfolio manager at Qwest Investment Fund Management...

This past week we got some positive news out of Canada: an amazingly strong employment report.CTV News: - Canada's economy created an impressive 95,000 new jobs in May -- the biggest monthly gain in...