Currency Analysis & Opinion

USD/CHF consolidates its recent gains to near six-week tops as the pair continues its upside move from the lows around 0.97 registered on January 10. The price is changing hands within striking...

For the first time since the U.S. government shutdown, the S&P 500 closed in negative territory. This decline coincided with weakness in most of the major currencies. Although it would be easy to...

For nearly three years, the entire British economy and way of life have been dominated by Brexit and what it will mean for the UK not to belong to the EU following its departure on March 29th,...

Theresa May’s 'Plan B' did little to shake things up. The UK Prime Minister offered very few details as to what her new proposals look like but did struck a more inclusive tone. She plans to...

Earlier today, the pound sterling reversed gains, though it has since inched higher, as it continues to trade at the top of a multi-week range, toward 1.3000. Any movement on the currency right now is...

After a quiet Monday, things were already looking livelier this morning and volatility could rise further once US market participants come back from their long weekend break.Overnight, risk sentiment...

Tuesday January 22: Five things the markets are talking aboutAppetite for risk in this holiday shorted week starts on the low side with Euro and Asia equities under pressure in their respective...

EUR/USD turned negative on Tuesday following timid recovery attempts at the start of the trading week. The euro is pressured by a sell-off in risky assets amid the signs of rising tensions between the...

Sterling still coolest cat in town Striking the same lightly negative, wholly uninterested tone as on Monday, the European markets shrugged their way through Tuesday’s open. The FTSE continued...

Market OverviewThe global cyclical downturn continues to play out and the dark clouds are massing. At least this is the message coming out of the IMF as it has downwardly revised its expectations of...

Even with the Chinese data dump that greeted the European markets at Monday’s open, the session turned out to be a bit of a snooze, lacking an injection of energy from the US thanks to Martin...

A Brexit delay looks likely, but this does not necessarily give a resolution. If the new European Parliament votes in May 2019 not to give further concessions to the UK, including on the Irish...

Coming up to the USA’s federal government shutdown, the American economy was in acceleration mode. Although new data are scant, it appears shutdown will have more of a negative effect than...

NZD/USD has been depreciating for a sixth day in a row - the longest losing streak in over three months. The currency pair is trading barely above the 0.67 figure on Monday and it looks as if the...