Submitted May 23, 2018|From marketpulse.com|10 comments

The collapse of the Turkish lira continues, with the currency proving vulnerable again overnight in thin trading. USD/TRY has rallied around +4% to a record high of $4.8522 ahead of the open after rating agencies sounded the alarm over plans by ...

Submitted May 22, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Five things the markets are talking about Markets traded mixed overnight, with global equities drifting and a number of risk currencies finding support as investors digest easing trade tensions and the latest comments from a plethora of central bank ...

Submitted May 16, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Wednesday May 16: Five things the markets are talking about Investors continue to grapple with worries around global trade, growth and geopolitics. Overnight in Asia, equities dipped after N. Korea’s Pyongyang abruptly called off talks with Seoul, ...

Submitted May 4, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Global markets attention now turns to the health of the U.S. economy, with wages growth and jobs data due in a few hours (08:30 am EDT). On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve kept rates on hold as expected, admitting inflation is near target without ...

Submitted Apr 25, 2018|From marketpulse.com|2 comments

With U.S Treasury yields backing up, fixed income dealers are pricing in the possibility that there will be four Fed rate hikes this year and not the three they signaled in March. Given U.S economic growth and signs that domestic inflation could be ...

Submitted Apr 23, 2018|From marketpulse.com|5 comments

U.S Treasuries begin the week on the back foot, trading atop of the key psychological +3% level at +2.994%, prolonging last week’s price decline as capital markets continue to evaluate the global outlook for trade and growth. Note: Trade dominated ...

Submitted Apr 9, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Five things the markets are talking about This week, the Fed and the European Central Bank (ECB) release minutes of their latest meetings, and China reports import, export (Friday) and inflation data (Tuesday). Last Friday, Fed Chair Powell ...

Submitted Apr 3, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Tuesday April 3: Five things the markets are talking about Regional euro bourses have reopened after the long weekend under pressure, but the declines, thus far, are muted when compared to yesterday’s U.S equity selloff, while in Asia, stocks were ...

Submitted Mar 28, 2018|From marketpulse.com|2 comments

Global equities trade on the back foot, with tech and mining names leading the charge lower. Yesterday stateside, U.S tech shares suffered their worst drop in over a month on concerns over trade tensions, motivated by President Trump’s ...

Submitted Mar 21, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Wednesday March 21: Five things the markets are talking about Global equities have traded mixed overnight despite the U.S dollar operating under pressure as the market waits for the Federal Reserve’s first policy decision since Jerome Powell took ...

Submitted Mar 15, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Euro stocks are better bid despite an uncertain Asian session as the market assesses the implications of the latest personnel changes at the White House. In currencies, the NOK (€9.4980) rallies +0.7% outright to a four-month high after Norges ...

Submitted Mar 12, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Global equities have advanced overnight as ‘trade-war’ concerns take a back seat to economic optimism following last Friday’s U.S jobs report. The ‘mighty’ U.S dollar has eased a tad along with U.S treasury prices and most commodities. On Tuesday, ...

Submitted Feb 20, 2018|From marketpulse.com|2 comments

Five-things the markets are talking about Overnight, global stock indexes have declined along with U.S futures, while the ‘big’ dollar has rallied a tad as U.S Treasury yields back up towards their four-year highs. No central bank meetings are ...

Submitted Feb 7, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Risk-averse sentiment seems to have cooled for the time being as a number of the major indexes rebound in the overnight session. Note: From a volatility standpoint, the forex market space appears tranquil when compared to other asset classes like ...

Submitted Jan 17, 2018|From marketpulse.com|3 comments

The Bank of Canada (BoC) is due to announce its interest rate decision at 10:00 am EDT and a full rate increase of +25 bps is almost priced in already. But, has the market got too aggressive on a BoC “slam dunk” rate hike? The stronger bets are on ...

Submitted Jan 15, 2018|From marketpulse.com

Monday January 15: Five things the markets are talking about The U.S dollar is in trouble and is heading for a fourth day of losses against G10 currency pairs on rate differentials, while Euro equities are under pressure as the region’s ‘single’ ...

Submitted Dec 19, 2017|From marketpulse.com

As is widely expected, markets remain stable and contained within tight ranges through the last few session of the pre-Christmas week. Developed market volatility is at its lowest level in nearly three-years, but given the sensitivity currently ...

Submitted Nov 21, 2017|From marketpulse.com|1 comment

Both U.S and German politics dominate capital market moves. Despite the holiday-shortened trading week, the progress of the U.S tax reform legislation through congress continues to be closely watched. While in Germany, it remains unclear whether ...

Submitted Nov 7, 2017|From marketpulse.com

It’s a very light week for the economic calendar. In the U.S, today’s JOLTS data will update job openings, which have been far exceeding hiring’s. This is strong evidence that the U.S economy is at full employment. Aside from a couple of central ...

Submitted Nov 3, 2017|From marketpulse.com

The October U.S jobs report is set for release at 08:30 am EDT and after the September headline print revealing the first monthly drop in seven-years – attributed to a hurricane effect – investor expectations for last month’s reading are considered ...