Equities recovered last week as the bearish market sentiment subsided and oil prices started off the week strong on account of the latest deal between Russia and Saudi Arabia to hold their output at January levels. But a few unimpressive…
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…
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 main event of the month – the FOMC meeting – will be the focus of the week and is likely to move markets regardless of its outcome. The outcome will only play in determining market volatility and direction. A…
The meeting minutes from the Fed didn’t show the decision was close and that was bad news for the greenback. After starting with the minutes and other central bank reactions, we move to rising oil (certainly correlated) and the upcoming events –…
One of the main factors that dragged down oil prices is the glut in oil supply, in part, driven by higher OPEC output. Low oil prices has already started to bring down output of non-OPEC countries. But is this enough…
The oil market has taken another beating in the past few days. Many speculate this recent plunge in prices could be related to the potential nuclear deal with Iran and the latest fears about China’s economic growth. In either way,…
So the recent U.S. GDP report (second estimate) came out and showed a higher-than-expected growth rate of 3.7% in Q2 –market expectations were around 3.2% and the pervious estimate was only 2.3%. This was enough to drive back up equities…
The global mood is souring but we keep the talk alive with mitigating the minutes from the Fed, explaining the can kicking exercise known as the Greek Bailout III and the commodity crash. Don’t worry, China is omnipresent in all topics and in…
Commodity currencies offer opportunities and we talk you through them. Not unrelated to the first topic, we run through the mechanisms of oil and top it off with the upcoming events. You are welcome to listen, subscribe and provide feedback. Commodity…