China plays hardball; no more talks unless US changes tactics
European and Chinese stocks markets are selling off from critical comments from Beijing that put a d...
Stocks & Treasury Yields Rally on Strong Earnings and US Data
Back-to-back robust earnings results from Cisco and Walmart delivered a nice dose of risk appetite f...
Risk Appetite Improves Awaiting Further Trade Clarity
A fresh round of economic data for the US showed a rebound in Housing, continued strength in the lab...
Risk Appetite Returns on Trump Auto Tariff Delay
Today’s main market move was driven by the Trump administration expected decision to delay auto ta...
Dollar Mixed as Trade Worries Ease; Oil & Bitcoin Volatility Continue
Tuesday’s risk-on rally saw US stocks recover roughly half of yesterday’s losses after President...
Trade Talks get Ugly
Just your typical risk aversion Monday, trade talks see both the US and China ramp up punitive measu...
Dollar falls as the US-China trade war intensifies
The ambiguity of trade progress continues to be the dominant driver with all asset classes. The do...
Dollar recovers as markets await trade tariff outcome
The dollar was little changed and US stocks ended mixed, paring earlier gains that stemmed from Pres...
Stocks rise as higher rates lift bank shares
Stocks rose slightly, erasing earlier losses, as bank shares gained along with U.S. Treasury yields....
King Dollar Returns as Powell Sees Pickup with Inflation
The dollar snapped a small three-day losing streak after Fed Chair Powell stated some transitory fac...
Fed remains on hold; Cuts IOER; Maintains patient pledge
The Fed kept rates interest rates steady and stuck to the patient script. The Fed reiterated that...
The calm before the FOMC
Early trade is seeing light flows as most of Asia and European equity markets are closed in observan...
Dollar whipsaws following strong US Q1 GDP
GDP – Headline beat does not tell whole story XI - Confirms trade deal is nearing Oil - Short-te...
Dollar continues march higher as the stock rally pauses
The dollar continues to march on higher, while global yields fell as markets await the next wrath of...
S&P 500 Closes in on Record Highs on Strong Earnings
Today was the beginning of peak earnings season and investors were not disappointed at all. Stocks...
OANDA Updated Q2 FX Quarterly Outlook: A patient period is upon us
The first quarter provided a change in the fundamental backdrop that had most of the major central b...
Big Earnings, Rate Decisions and US GDP once markets return from holiday
The US dollar ended the week higher after mixed data and earnings reports provided a slightly optimi...
Oil and Stocks drift lower despite China growth and trade optimism
Trade – Risk appetite remains supported on trade and improving US expectations USD – Emerging...
Stocks and bond yields rise on better than expected European economic data
Global stock markets are mostly positive after a wrath of European economic data showed the eurozone...
Safe-haven currencies rally as risk appetite takes a break
Rand Moody’s gave the rand a bone over the weekend and today’s opinion piece shows they will gi...