Market Overview

Pray and delayJanet Yellen’s semi-annual testimony to Congress has shown a central bank that is seeing strength within the US economy but with headwinds from abroad building. There is a lot to...

2015 ended with an interest rate increase and an expectation that the United States Federal Reserve would continue to hike the Fed Funds target rate during 2016.However, here we are early in February...

US equities ended mixed overnight as there was some support on expectations that Fed would delay further rate hike. But worries on growth also persisted. DJIA lost -99.64 pts or -0.62% to close at...

Timing the market is largely a fool’s errand. Countless investors have searched in vain for a foolproof indicator that will give them the precise time to enter or exit the market... So far, to...

The UK economy, the fifth largest in the world and second in Europe after Germany, advanced at an estimated 2.2% pace last year and is expected to register a similar gain in 2016. This compares with...

European and US Bank Stocks Face Their Toughest Challenge YetJust recently it was announced that Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) of Frankfurt has suffered losses of up to 40% in 2016. This news is hardly...

To say that central banks around the world have managed to box themselves and the world's economies into a corner would be an understatement in the extreme. From the ECB's adoption of negative real...

US stocks ended little changed on Tuesday as a late session rebound in materials and healthcare stocks offset sharp losses in energy stocks. The dollar weakened while euro and yen strengthened as...

This week the Debt Office introduces the new 10Y linker SGBi3112 (1 June 2026, 0.125%). We are a slightly uncertain about the appetite for the bond given the recent underperformance of linkers....

Asian equity markets continued their rout overnight as concerns surrounding the financial sector heightened and investors fled to safe havens sending the yen to a 15 month high against the dollar. The...

Market Drivers February 10, 2016BOJ does a call around to halt USD/JPY but still under 115UK Data IP much worseNikkei -2.31% Eurostoxx 2.34%Oil $29.50/bblGold $1183/oz Europe and Asia:GBP UK IP -1.1%...

Markets are now excluding a Fed rate hike for March as inflation is clearly not picking up despite low unemployment rates. 2015 CPI is stalling at 0.7% y/y, far away from the Fed’s target of 2%....

Market BriefYesterday was another rough day for global equities; especially European ones as Wall Street attempted a recovery rally in the late session but was only able to limit the losses as the...

After another soggy Asian session, European markets have begun on a firm note, and US shares are trading broadly higher in Europe as well. Led by the beleaguered financial shares, and healthcare, the...