Market Overview

Risk sentiment improved on both sides of the Atlantic overnight as traders start to position themselves for the US unemployment print on Friday amid a more hawkish Fed. The USD saw some oscillation...

The US dollar index is rising towards critical breakout levels. It is my view that it will break out to twenty-year highs in the months ahead:   That was enough for the AUD to sag though not...

Week Ahead Preview - Highlights include US jobs report, PCE; China PMI; OPEC+, World Government Summit, EU-China meetingMON: US Dallas Fed Manufacturing Business Index (Mar), Retail Inventories...

Federal Reserve policymakers flooded the zone last week to signal their readiness to be more aggressive in raising interest rates if needed to fight inflation.Fed Chairman Jerome Powell took the lead...

Friday night saw risk sentiment again bifurcate as European stocks failed to engage while Wall Street lifted on upgraded forecasts from a more hawkish Federal Reserve. The USD was basically unchanged...

DXY was up again Friday night and its bull market looks strong:   AUD largely paused:The shorts added to positions last week after the recent squeeze:Oil and Oil fell:Base metals were mixed:Big...

Asian stock markets are in pullback mode despite the solid bounceback on Wall Street overnight. The USD is wavering against Yen and Euro with the latter breaking out of its near week long funk, while...

Last night saw risk sentiment unable to lift during the European session but then surge on Wall Street as the latest PMI numbers and other domestic economic data came in strong, with the USD spiking...

Asian stock markets are basically treading water, which is better than expected given the selloffs overnight on Wall Street. The USD remains strong against Yen and Euro with the latter now dragging...

DXY popped and dropped again last night:   AUD is a raging short squeeze:As Oil goes about filling gap:Base metals roared too:Big miners (LON:GLEN) were firm:EM stocks (NYSE:EEM) were weak:Junk...

Asian stock markets are continuing their mid week surge after an equally good run overnight on Wall Street as bond market volatility is seeing yields rise alongside greater risk taking. The USD...

Risk sentiment came back again overnight after a post-weekend pause caused by more hawkish than expected Fed-talk, with both European and US shares lifting around 1% in solid moves. The USD remained...

Asian stock markets are having a better session today following what was a poor performance overnight on Wall Street as bond market volatility abated somewhat amid another surge in USD strength,...

The trading week has not advanced risk sentiment that was quite positive on Friday night, with a series of Fed speeches overnight that were more hawkish than expected pulling back risk taking on Wall...