Market Overview

My belief is that the FED will abandon its plan to raise short-term rates in March 2016, given the “economic global contraction” in economic data including the Baltic Dry Index and...

The Australian dollar has posted slight gains on Monday, as AUD/USD trades at 0.7140 in the North American session. In economic news, Australian New Motor Vehicle Sales rebounded with a gain of 0.5%....

It’s the start of a new week and everyone’s hoping it will be better than the last one. For anyone looking for the catalyst behind last week’s meltdown, it is important to keep in...

ES has Reached its Minimum Target of the Orange Megaphone VWAP ES has reached its minimum target of the orange megaphone VWAP and has started forming a top. It must pull back to at least the blue...

Cap Energy’s portfolio in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal is ideally positioned 15 February 2016 to benefit from continued exploration success across the region. Cairn Energy Plc (L:CNE) has followed...

On Tuesday 16 February (depending on market conditions), Kommuninvest is due to introduce a new loan (SE0008040786), set to mature on 16 February 2020 (thus fitting in between K1903 and K2012 on the...

The safe-haven trade remained in force during last week’s trading activity for the major asset classes, based on a set of proxy ETFs. Bonds were the clear winner for the five trading days...

This week is light in terms of data releases for the euro area but, interestingly, ECB President Draghi is due to speak at the EU Parliament today at 15.00 CET. His words will be followed closely by...

First out in Sweden are inventory data (Monday, at 09.30 CET) from both the industrial and services sectors. This will have a direct impact on GDP and will hopefully clarify how corporates are...

We will host a conference call at 10:00-10:30 CET today in which we present our view on the risks of a new systemic crisis, with a particular focus on the euro area and market implications. See Market...

• Asian equity markets mostly in the green Asian equity markets rallied today, with the only exception being China’s Shanghai Composite 300, which closed somewhat below its opening mark...

Chinese yuan strengthens by most since 2005Thoughts of a continual fall in the value of the Chinese yuan following additional policy stimulus turned to dust this morning as the yuan strengthened...

Market BriefThe PBoC’s decision to set the USD/CNY fixing to 6.5118, down 0.30%, helped the risk sentiment to improve substantially. As a result Asian regional equity markets started the week...

A surge in Asian equities owing to a poorer than expected Japanese Q4 GDP has continued in Europe. The Nikkei 225, under pressure over the past week owing to a strong yen has bounced back adding...