Market Overview

The numbers came in last week: France is in recession again, for the third time in five years. A triple-dip recession. Sacre bleu!There is some debate as to whether this is a double-dip or a...

According to the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, April economic activity slowed from March, now at -0.53, down from March's -0.23. This index has been negative (meaning below-trend growth) for...

80-DMA BreakoutCAPITAL MARKET COMMENTARY WORLD MARKETS ARE HIGHER THIS MORNING for the most part. In Asia, both Japan and China closed rather handsomely higher, with Japan tacking on another +1.5%,...

A quantitative run through of the Swedish Fixed Income market, starting with the Riksbank and Money Markets before moving on to government and mortgage bonds.To Read the Entire Report Please Click on...

It’s Monday and the S&P 500 is, again, sitting at an all time high of 1,667.47. CNBC predicted that the bulls will keep control this week but the market will listen for any sign that Fed...

After last week's GDP data spelled disappointment for the eurozone, the common currency seems poised for another week of pressure as more economic indicators are set to be released in the coming days....

This morning the FSA published its proposal for the new Solvency-2 (S2) based discount rate curve, which will be implemented next year. The details did not reveal any surprises. The curve will consist...

There have been a couple of interesting releases in what has otherwise been a calm weekend in terms of market relevant news. The risk-on move remains intact in this morning's trade with Asian stocks...

Research Affiliates (RAFI) suggests that you can dominate simple low volatility portfolios by blending them with some fundamental metrics. Specifically, value, cash-flow, dividends, and sales,...

CurrenciesEUR/USD- the pair is trading in a downward channel on a 30 minute time frame. The price is challenging the 100 day moving average. The trend seems to be reversing up.USD/JPY- the price fell...

The Asian markets started the week on the positive note and stocks jumped higher on the first day of trading. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong soared to 1.8% making up for its holiday on Friday. The...

EUR/USD Today’s support: - 1.2780(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.2757, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.2736. Break of the latter would result in 1.2709. If...

Keith Fitschen, best known for his Aberration commodities trading system, has done every would-be mechanical trader a tremendous service by writing Building Reliable Trading Systems: Tradable...

Monday is a light day for scheduled economic news, but the week ahead will see several key updates for Germany. It will be interesting to see how the high-flying DAX Index anticipates the approaching...