Market Overview

Following a set of packed days in terms of economic data releases today's calendar is relatively thin.Today the ECB's Executive Board member Benoît Coeuré speaks in Frankfurt with...

Prospects of a US recession continue to dissipate Bets on a US recession or the Fed having to reverse course on rate hikes are quickly coming out of the market, in the wake of the much stronger than...

Stephen S. Cohen and J. Bradford DeLong have written an engrossing, sweeping history of the American economy as seen through the lens of a single hypothesis: that “in successful economies,...

Investor sentiment has started to form some solid foundation as traders have thought that they are not going to pay much attention to the flashing red light, which they have on their dashboard. Of...

GBP/AUDToday’s support: - 1.9288 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.9263, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.9238. Break of the latter would result in 1.9209. If...

Clinton vs TrumpThe world and his dog will be focusing on the outcome and aftermath of Super Tuesday voting in the United States which, at the time of writing, has seen both Hillary Clinton and Donald...

Barclays (LON:BARC) has received all the media attention in the past few days after announcing its exit from Africa. Specifically, the bank intends to divest enough of its 62% stake in the Africa unit...

The ISM Manufacturing Index was reported at 49.5 for February 2016, up from 48.2 in January. It was the second consecutive rise for the overall index, December being the lowest, so the...

We haven’t seen numbers like these since the last global recession. I recently wrote about how global trade is imploding all over the planet, and the same thing is true when it comes to...

Spain is in focus today with its monthly update on unemployment Any rise in Spanish joblessness would suggest Europe’s recovery is faltering US mortgage applications should trend higher in the...

Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger believes we are in the very early stages of an absolutely breathtaking bull market in mining stocks and the precious metals, but like the famous Aesopian...

“In like a lion, out like a lamb” is a proverb describing the month of March. The month of March usually starts with cold, unpleasant weather, but ends mild and pleasant. Seasonality in...

Today the Institute for Supply Management published its monthly Manufacturing Report for February. The latest headline PMI was 49.5 percent, an increase of 1.3 percent from the previous month and...

Today is the day voters will take to the polls across 12 states to choose the presidential candidate for their respective party. On the Republicans side, there is only senator and candidate Ted...