Market Overview

The Federal Reserve states that its goal is to promote employment and economic growth while regulating inflation. As if it is as simple as pulling levers, tweaking a few knobs and dialing up just the...

As I wrote about here and here, at any and all given points in time it is possible to make a plausible bullish case and a plausible bearish case. This is just as true now as it was, well, last week.3...

On Friday and Saturday Feb 26-27 the G20 meeting took place in Shanghai. Investors all over the world highly anticipated some hints on actions to support the global economic growth and fight existing...

The weekend gone by has been nothing short of a coordinated effort towards further confusion and uncertainty. I’m not certain that expectations were all that high but the G20 failed to reach any...

CurrenciesEUR/USD: The pair is bouncing back up from OUR identified support zone (given on the 26th February) on a 4 hour time frame. The next support is near the 1.08832 level and the resistance is...

Global equities staged a rebound last week as led by rise in oil price. Both DJIA and S&P 500 took out 55 days EMA even though momentum was unconvincing. Meanwhile, WTI crude oil tried to rise...

It seemed that it was only after Asian equity markets fell did reports begin suggesting disappointment with the G20 meeting. The narrative followed the price action rather than the other way around....

Market BriefIn the wake of the G20 meeting that took place in Shanghai, the Japanese yen strengthened as finance ministers from the world’s 20 major economies failed to allay concerns about the...

US dollar surge likely to dictate trade this weekMarkets look set for a volatile week as a raft of data releases globally set markets up for a dramatic reweighting of growth expectations. The biggest...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 16 February to 23 February 2016.To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

Monday sees the main Swedish statistical release: Q4 15 GDP. We expect another strong print (+0.7 %q/q, 3.4 %y/y), driven mainly by domestic sectors. Due to strong migration, housing construction is...

Euro area flash HICP inflation will be in focus today and we expect it to decline back to deflation territory due mainly to the lower oil price. Despite the increase in the oil price since...

Asian markets were battered mostly overnight as traders are angst about the Chinese growth. It was a red carpet across all major indices over in Asia and a similar market action is expected over in...

G20 makes little differenceAfter a two-day meeting in Shanghai, G20 Finance Ministers and policymakers have agreed on little more than a New Year’s resolution. The final communique told us that...