Market Overview

European markets are ready to recover some of the losses after being battered badly throughout this week. Traders are thinking enough is enough and let’s bag some bargain and this is despite the...

Market BriefCrude oil printed a fresh 13-year low yesterday during the US session. The US crude benchmark, the West Texas Intermediate, fell another 3.70% on Thursday before bouncing back in overnight...

Lessons from historyOne of the strangest market weeks in a fair few years is finally drawing to a close, but we must ask ourselves, if the sell-off in risky assets is over, just what damage has it...

Global equity markets are crashing all around us and with major European Banks suffering a crisis of investor confidence which is due to the increasing concerns over what many see as toxic bonds that...

Stocks remain generally under pressure in Asian session today. Japan is back from holiday with Nikkei plunged to the lowest point in more than a year before paring some loss. Nikkei still trading down...

Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending February 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 269,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous...

The world is not yet facing a systemic crisis but risks are rising. There are mitigating factors compared with previous systemic crises but there are also concerns about declining market liquidity,...

More of the same from Riksbank.Riksbank inflation nightmare to continue. After the Riksbank announcement, we close some of our trading positions that would be exposed in an international...

Many global stock markets remain uninteresting, but a further market decline will create opportunities. Gold is interesting, especially if one buys on a dip.We do not see much opportunity in U.S. and...

On February 25 and 26, the finance ministers and central bankers of the world’s 19 largest developed countries and the European Union will meet in Shanghai at a moment of turmoil for global...

IntroductionFrom reading the media, one gets the impression that bailing out its banks is the most serious economic problem the Eurozone faces. This problem could easily be avoided. As I have...

Yellen opens the door to a break in rate hikesThe loonie lost ground Wednesday and the reason why is certainly no mystery. Oil continues to plunge, having now lost 11.5% since the start of the week to...

The Riksbank cut 15bp to -0.50% and flattened the repo rate path out to Q2 17 but there is more to come in our view.Stands ready to intervene in the FX market. Says it will reinvest maturities and...

The Riksbank lowered the repo rate and flattened the repo path.We consider the spike in EUR/SEK as overdone. We sell EURSEK, targeting a move back down in the old range. To read the entire report...