Market Overview

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) rattled global markets last Friday by announcing its adoption of a negative interest rate policy intended to spur banks to lend and consumers to spend. The world’s...

Japan’s initial move into negative interest rates is a baby step. However, it is the first step. And it triggered massive market responses for understandable reasons.Observations about the...

The Keynesian elite gathered in Davos Switzerland recently to pontificate on global economic issues and to strategize the engineering of The Fourth Industrial Revolution. This new so called...

Last week was anything but quiet on financial markets. After the Fed’s rate announcement and all the turmoil stemming from the extreme variations in the price of crude oil, it was the Bank of...

Alkane Resources (AX:ALK) reports a second cash-flow-positive quarter after the high amounts of waste required to be mined during H215 made the TGO cash flow negative. Gold production remains on track...

Faramir: Then farewell! But if I should return, think better of me.Denethor: That depends on the manner of your return. -- J.R.R. Tolkien “The Lord of the Rings” (1954) I'm going full-nerd...

CurrenciesEUR/USD: This pair has formed a downward wedge pattern on a 4 hour time frame. The next support is near the 1.0706 level and the resistance is 1.1082. USD/JPY: The pair has eased off from...

A quantitative run through of the Swedish fixed income market, starting with the Riksbank and money markets before moving on to government and mortgage bonds.To read the entire report Please click on...

China - Emphasis on Stability Asia continues to weigh on risk sentiment. This follows as a consequence of Friday’s sharp rally in equites driven by BoJ’s surprise move to negative interest...

Bats Global Markets Inc., which runs U.S. and European stock markets, warned in a filing that a withdrawal by Britain from the European Union, or “Brexit,” could damage the London business...

The risk-off trade continued to weigh on the major asset classes in January. The main exception: several slices of high-quality bonds popped last month, led by the 1.5% total return for...

The OECD and Finnish Economic Policy Council (EPC) have published reports on Finnish economic policies, which broadly support Prime Minister Juha Sipilä's government's goals. Support is welcome,...

The Reserve Bank of Australia is preparing to give this year’s first policy verdict. Australian policymakers are expected to maintain the cash rate target unchanged at 2% but will likely deliver...

Investors continue wrestling with the implications of last week's surprise rate cut by the Bank of Japan. The yen is little changed against the dollar, near its 200-day moving average (~JPY121.50)....