Here is a short overview for the week of February 15th to 19th of the main report and events of the week including: Minutes of last FOMC meeting, U.S. CPI, Philly Fed index, German ZEW economic sentiment, U.S. PPI, GB’s…
Have markets lost the faith in central banks? We start with recent market action before continuing to the scary sounding “death cross” that spooks markets as well. We finally finish with a preview of the upcoming events. You are welcome…
The NFP showed a headline figure of 151K jobs – lower than expected – but wages and unemployment were still good enough to pull up the U.S. dollar. Nonetheless, equities came down as the bearish market sentiment persisted; oil prices…
Markets are certainly in movement: we start by the making sense of the NFP, continue with the BOJ’s negative rates, advance to the impact of snowzilla on natural gas and finish with a preview for the next events. You are welcome…
The recent rally in the stock market has eased the concerns over the prospects of a bear market in equities. But this could all change if U.S. and China’s economic reports show signs of slowdown. This week the focus will…
2016 began with a bang, with lots of moving parts. We put things in place by analyzing what’s going on with the Fed, how oil reacts (or not) to data and also keep you up to date with stories that…
Another turbulent week ended with falling and then rising equities and commodities prices – mostly oil. Well, this week isn’t likely to be much different so expect more high volatility on all fronts. The main events of the week come…
The crash in stocks and commodities has reached central banks and we have seen some action. This is not necessarily a positive for everybody. We begin by breaking down the ECB’s big move, continue to other central bank talk, dig…
Here is a short breakdown for the week of January 18th to 22nd of the main report and events of the week including: ECB rate decision, U.S. CPI, Philly Fed index, German ZEW economic sentiment, BOC’s rate decision, U.S. industrial…
The NFP report was much better than expected with headline figure of 292K jobs – the expectations were set much lower at 203K. But market concerns over China’s economic woes kept weighing on equities and commodities. On this week’s agenda:…