McConnell-Putin double act: the Squid Game
You know we are living in strange times when US Republic Senate Leader McConnell, and Russia’s Pre...
US equities rally fizzles in Asia
Asian equities fade Equity markets rebounded sharply overnight after strong services PMI data acr...
Pre-non-farms flip flop continues
Markets eye US employment report The choppy week continues as markets continue to chase their tai...
UK Services PMI rises, pound edges up
The British pound is almost unchanged in the Tuesday session. GBP/USD is currently trading at 1.3641...
Turnaround Tuesday, Pepsi’s inflation warning, dollar rebounds, bitcoin 50K
US stocks are rebounding as investors find value in beaten-up tech stocks and are coming to the real...
Oil climbs on OPEC+, gold directionless
OPEC+ sends oil higher OPEC+ held fast to their 400,000 bpd per month production increase schedul...
Mounting risks send Asia lower
Asian stock markets follow Wall Street south A post-OPEC+ spike in oil prices, US fiscal fears, n...
Mechanical correlations break down
It looks like we are in for a bit of a chop-fest in financial markets for the rest of the week, unti...
Risk-averse start to the week
It's been a tough start to the trading week, with European markets edging lower and the US taking a ...
A mixed session for currencies
Dollar mixed versus majors A slight easing of US yields overnight, and some profit-taking, pushed...
Asian equities start the week lower
Asian markets follow Wall Street with losses Wall Street finished the week on a sour note, with a...
Ants in the pants
Asian markets seeing red Asian equity markets are starting the week on a sour note after a negati...
It’s good to talk
You know it's a quiet week when the weekly US Initial Jobless Claims spurs Fed tapering fears and le...
Recovery and taper nerves persist
Wall Street edged lower overnight as markets shuffled between concerns over the US recovery after a ...
BoC meets with election in background
The Canadian dollar is slightly lower in the Monday session. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.255...
Euro dips after flirting with 1.19
The euro is slightly lower in the Monday session. Currently, EUR/USD is trading at 1.1861, down 0.15...
Oil slips, gold steady
Oil slumps in Asia On Friday, oil prices retreated after the soft Non-Farm Payrolls as investors ...
US dollar reclaims Friday’s losses
US dollar claws back losses from soft NFP The US dollar fell on Friday after an ultra-soft Non-Fa...
Well, that was a surprise
US nonfarm payrolls a massive miss Friday's Non-Farm Payrolls dished out a huge surprise, rolling...