The U.S. dollar, equities and oil prices bounced back last week as the bearish sentiment has subsided, mostly fueled by some positive U.S. reports: The GDP for Q4 showed a gain of 1% — higher than the first estimate and…
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…
The first week of the year is upon us. This means markets return to function normally. This week entails several important reports that could drive back up market volatility. Some of these reports include: The U.S. NFP report, minutes of…
As the year winding down, markets are likely to experience another slow week with little movement and low trading volume across the financial markets. This short week includes several reports that will be published including: China manufacturing PMI, Japan’s retail…
The historic (finally we can retire this characteristic) and expected rate hike decision by the FOMC was finally made last week. The market’s reaction seemed a bit of an anticlimax, given the ample preparation the Fed made before raising rates.…
The U.S. dollar kept climbing up in the past week as the U.S. GDP showed a growth rate of 2.1% — a bit higher than expected. But more importantly, the market is preparing for the ECB’s upcoming rate decision and…
The latest release of the minutes of the FOMC meeting didn’t much new information and in any case the tragic events in Paris at the end of last week took center stage all throughout the week. These events may have…
The Fed’s decision helped pull back up the U.S. dollar – as more people think the Fed may actually raise rates in December. But it’s far from certain and the latest GDP for Q3 shows the U.S. economic growth isn’t…
The ECB’s decision to heavily hint of more stimulus up ahead was enough to bring down the Euro. And soon after even POBC also upped its ante by reducing rates as well. Now this week the attention will move towards…
The U.S. dollar resumed its upward trend and strengthened against leading currencies including the Euro and Yen. The recent hawkish remarks of FOMC Chair Yellen along with the modest upward revision of the US GDP provided some backwind for greenback.…