Market Overview

The continued US debt ceiling negotiations kept risk markets in hesitation mode overnight on both sides of the Atlantic again although a late reprieve saw a mild boost with a rush to tech stocks...

DXY is an unstoppable AI monster. EUR is history:AUD is in free fall with EUR and CNY:{68|Gold}} is in all sorts of trouble. OPEC squashed oil:The commodities crash took a breather. This ain’t...

The contrast could hardly be more striking. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy emerged from yesterday’s latest round of negotiations with the White House with an upbeat spin but no deal. Soon after,...

This comes as new research commissioned by ING detailed smaller, low maintenance homes are on the home buying agenda for those looking to achieve the great Australian dream. Key points Aussie...

The release of the latest FOMC minutes and continued US debt ceiling negotiations kept risk markets in selling territory overnight on both sides of the Atlantic again. Currency markets fled to the...

DXY is up and away:AUD is at a new 2023 low and in free fall: Gold is in trouble. Oil is bid:I hope you’re enjoying Zoltan’s and Goldman’s “commodity super cycle”:Miner...

The Fed seriously erred in 2021, focusing too much on supply and not enough on demand. The Fed can slow velocity but requires job losses and/or eroding consumer confidence. Forecasting the money...

A sea of red across Asia today following the poor session overnight on Wall Street as US debt ceiling negotiations fail to find a way forward. This is causing increased hesitation around risk markets...

The new version of the CommBank app available in June is said to deliver individually tailored content and new dynamic navigation to make it simpler, better and easier for its 7.7 million Australian...

Traditionally, banks subject borrowers to stress tests to ensure they can comfortably afford mortgage repayments if interest rates were to increase by three percentage points above the applied rate. ...

DXY is up and away and last night it was X-date trouble, not solutions that did it:AUD has been shoved right to the precipice: Gold fell, oil rose:Commodities are screaming global growth trouble...

More failed US debt ceiling negotiations pushed risk markets into selling territory overnight on both sides of the Atlantic as the wall of worry was too high to climb. Currency markets fled to the...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday spoke the words that investors have longed to hear: the rate-hiking cycle is ending. Except that maybe it isn’t.Speaking at a conference last...

The US is dangerously close to triggering its debt ceiling limit, yet markets seem very relaxed.The 2011 episode shows us how political incentive schemes can instead drag negotiations until the very...