Crude prices fall ahead of OPEC+
Oil awaits OPEC+ Oil markets moved sharply lower overnight despite the ravages of Hurricane Ida a...
The dollar remains in ranging mode
US dollar in calm waters The euro and sterling spiked overnight after ECB officials made hawkish ...
Asia equities shrug off weak PMIs
Caixin Manufacturing PMI disappoints Asian equities are broadly higher today, with even China mar...
Lots of noise, not much substance
The overnight session was a noisy one. The heads of the Netherlands and Austrian central banks wrung...
CAD steady but GDP disappoints
The Canadian dollar has consolidated recent gains and is trading quietly on Tuesday. Currently, USD...
PMI nerves sweep Asia
Soft PMIs chill Asian markets Asia is suffering a dose of China nerves today after this morning's...
China PMIs sink Asia equities
China PMIs sink Asia equities Overnight, US markets enjoyed a positive day notable for strong flo...
Oil and gold show slight gains
Oil prices edge higher on Ida With the amount of actual damage to the US Gulf of Mexico productio...
Currency markets move sideways
US dollar in calm waters Currency markets contented themselves with consolidating recent moves, w...
Oil eyes Ida, gold higher after Powell
Oil markets on hurricane watch Oil markets are on hurricane watch this morning as Hurricane Ida s...
Dollar dips after Powell speech
The US dollar retreats on dovish Powell The US dollar rally continued to fade on Friday, the doll...
What space faring amoeba taught me last week
What a difference a week makes; back from holidays and the faux pre-taper tantrum, sell-offs across ...
Jittery markets Post-Fed
It's been a very strange start to trading on Thursday, with stock markets suffering heavy losses as ...
Hold on a minutes
FOMC signals tapering is on the way The overnight release of the FOMC Minutes provided some drama...
Gold – Can it recover from NFP blow?
Jobs report a severe blow for gold It feels a long time ago since gold was rallying on the back...
Oil Marks Time But Gold Looks Wobbly
Oil Stages A Modest Recovery The corrective rally that started in Asia yesterday extended through t...
FX: The US Dollar maintains its gains.
The US Dollar finished little changed overnight but is still holding on to all its gains this week. ...
Asia on Hold Ahead of a Messi US Session
Another day, another record close for US equity markets, and thus it was once again overnight despit...
Steady ahead of jobs report
We appear to have entered into a holding pattern following a whirlwind session on Wednesday, as conf...
Oil slides, gold whipsaws
Crude Inventories and Clarida clatter oil Vice-Chairman Clarida's overnight comments pushed the U...