Currency Analysis & Opinion

Most currency pairs continued to consolidate on Wednesday as investors already started to shift attention towards the upcoming ECB meeting. Concerns over Italy’s fiscal situation will not vanish...

The Japanese yen has been outperforming again of late because of the ongoing weakness in the stock markets, boosting the appeal of the perceived safe haven currency. Although the USD/JPY has until now...

Is the next crisis finally here? Asian equities erased yesterday, with Chinese markets bearing the brunt. The CSI 300 fell 2.66%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gave up 3.13%. In Europe, equities...

The euro and pound have both been among the weakest of G10 currencies so far this year, held back by persistent political uncertainties in the UK and Italy, among other places. These concerns were...

On Monday morning, Italian equities surged across the board, with financials rising the most, while treasury yields fell to a 1-month low.Last Friday, Moody’s Investors Service cut the country...

The pound has begun the week on the back foot as speculation mounts that UK PM Theresa May could face a vote of no confidence in just a matter of days. The declines are fairly measured at present but...

First, a review of last week’s events:- EUR/USD. As expected, the past week was filled with all sorts of events. These included macroeconomic statistics from the USA, data on inflation in...

European stock markets continued to struggle first thing this morning – despite a sharp rebound for Chinese markets overnight – as the yield differential between 10-year Bund and BTP...

The AUD/USD has responded positively to the latest Australian employment report, released overnight. Although the headline employment change at +5,600 missed expectations of +15,200, this was only...

The pound seemed pretty impervious this Thursday, its lack of movement likely more due to exhaustion and uncertainty then resilience.Despite the, admittedly well-trailed, disappointment of...

As broadly expected the minutes of September’s FOMC minutes were extremely boring and didn’t add much information. However, looking at the market’s reaction, and especially at the...

Despite sipping on a Brexit/trade war/Italian budget/US interest rates cocktail, the European markets managed a positive start to Thursday’s trading. Though it is struggling to make any real...

It has been a quiet-ish first half in the markets, but things could potentially turn volatile now that US investors have come back to their trading desks. At the time of writing, the pound was still...

The pound took a tumble after CPI data showed that inflation slowed to its lowest level in 18 months in September. Prices grew 2.4%, down from 2.7% in August and below the 2.6% forecast as the...