Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

FX Brief:Global growth bears have more to cheer about on the back of weak data from Asia. South Korean exports hit a 4-year low and contracted for an 11th consecutive month at -14.7% YoY. CPI was...

Equity markets in Europe, as well as the US, lost ground yesterday as traders were concerned about the state of the US-China trading relationship. Chile’s decision to cancel the APEC summit that...

US equities reversed gains from all-time highs amid Chinese officials voiced their concerns about the feasibility of a long-term comprehensive deal with the US and about the volatile nature of US...

Overall, gold has a decent chance of breaking to new highs over the coming month/s. Yet whether is opts for direct gains or morphs into a prolonged, complex correction could become clear over the next...

EuropeEquity markets in Europe are in the red as worries about the US-China trade situation has prompted traders to drop stocks. Beijing have expressed concerns about agreeing terms of a trade deal...

Suffering a mid-morning scare, the markets ended up sinking into the red as Thursday progressed, unaided by Donald Trump’s latest attack on the Fed’s Jerome Powell.After a calm start,...

Fed watchers review each statement from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) with a fine-tooth comb in order to suss out even the most miniscule changes. This time the policy fluctuations were...

The FOMC committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate to 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 percent.Following the third rate cut in 2019, the Federal Reserve issued this short FOMC...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) had no choice but to lower the interest rates by another 25 basis points at this week’s meeting, although two FOMC members preferred keeping the policy as it was. But...

FX Brief:After teasing markets with some sort of action, BOJ kept policy unchanged (rates at -0.1%, 10yr JGB ‘around’ 0%. Yet they modified their forward guidance on interest rates, to...

With DXY and several FX majors approaching their latest set of key levels, we could find they’ll decide whether to break or reverse these levels in unison. Whilst the Fed’s statement...

Boris takes another stab at an electionFor those of us still bothering to follow the increasingly tedious Brexit drama in Parliament, we will today be treated to another vote, this time simply on a...

U.S. futures linger on the cautious side ahead of Fed announcement Peugeot-Fiat merger talks fail to prop up STOXX 600 Asian shares drop on slimming trade hopes Pound climbs as U.K. PM Johnson wins...

UK political uncertainty put pressure on the FTSE 100 yesterday as talk of a general election before Christmas encouraged traders to trim their positions. The mood at the closing bell yesterday had...