Market Overview

European markets are poised to open much higher on Monday, tracking gains made in Asia overnight which came despite some questionable economic data from the region.China’s trade figures for...

This week’s trading session began with the quarterly release of the Japanese Preliminary GDP data, which declined once again and reached -0.4%, down from -0.2% of November’s release. That...

Asian markets opened the week generally higher follow gains in US on Friday. Nikkei shrugged off worst than expected GDP data and is trading up more than 700pts, or 4.8% at the time of writing. Japan...

Risk aversion was the dominant theme for most part of last week until Friday, when stocks and oil staged a strong rebound, together with treasury yields. It should be noted that DJIA, S&P 500 and...

There seems to be a calming of nerves and a slight change in the atmosphere surrounding those active in financial markets.Better volumes would have been the icing on the cake for the bulls on Friday,...

China’s return and market pricingWith Lunar New Year having come to an end over the weekend, mainland China is the final market to return from the yearly festival. Interestingly, looking at the...

NZ Retail Sales release is a quarterly release therefore we are more likely to see surprises in this type of release. Considering that NZD is facing certain potential of easing, a weak release could...

AU Employment Change release today will be an important release for the AUD especially considering the recent divergence with the kiwi. If we get a stronger release, we could see further differential...

CA Core Retail Sales figure could be the catalyst to push CAD to the next level, but since this release is scheduled with the CA CPI release and the US CPI release, I would recommend to wait for all...

US Core CPI is expected to rise to around the 0.2% and with the Fed backing off from its recent hawkish stance, a stronger CPI reading could once again push rate hike possibilities up…8:30am...

Monday’s a slow day for economic news, in part because US markets are closed for the President’s Day holiday. The pace picks up in the days ahead.Meanwhile, today’s update on...

In January 2016, global foreign reserves (FX) continued their decline after an absolute peak in June 2014, declining significantly in distressed emerging countries and some notable oil-producing...

At school, I was taught Newtonian physics. Einstein didn’t get a mention despite having posited his theory on relativity some 60 years earlier, and when much later I realised my education had...

Investors have become unhinged. The increased volatility and dramatic market moves challenge even the most robust investment strategies. This sets off a chain reaction of money and risk management...