Market Overview

By Darrell DelamaideInvestors celebrated what they took as a strong hint from Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell that an interest-rate cut was imminent by pushing U.S. stocks into record territory, with...

Today the RBA opted to cut rates for a second consecutive meeting, taking their cash rate to a fresh record low of 1%. Indeed, the cut had been widely expected yet the statement lacked a clear easing...

The US market has responded positively since the Fed communicated a shift in policy to a loosening bias. To this end, a rate cut of 25bps is likely come the 31st July. However, the below analysis...

No sooner had the Federal Reserve released its statement on monetary policy yesterday, with the word “patient” removed than the stock market spiked. But a close reading of the statement...

Kathy Lien, Managing Director Of FX Strategy For BK Asset ManagementDaily FX Market Roundup June 19, 2019Regardless of how the U.S. dollar reacted to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy...

Investors may feel like they have Federal Reserve policymakers on the run after getting them to pivot first from steady increases in interest rates to patient no-change in policy to ready to cut rates...

Suddenly, central banks are falling like dominoes. The world’s two most important central bankers have abandoned their earlier reserve and are now talking more or less openly about cutting rates...

For most of recent history, when the European Central Bank's (ECB) policymakers meet, the euro falls. But the odds of the single currency breaking that streak tomorrow are looking better by the day....

Kathy Lien, Managing Director Of FX Strategy For BK Asset ManagementDaily FX Market Roundup May 29, 2019U.S. equities sold off sharply today, breaking through some important support levels and this...

The starting gun to replace Mario Draghi at the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) when his term ends on October 31, has officially been fired. And it appears that Germany’s Jens Weidmann...

As the confrontation over trade between the United States and China escalates, speculation that the battle is shifting to the currency front is increasing, with China allowing its currency, the...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell doubtless spoke for the “many” when he said at the press conference ending the monetary policy meeting earlier this month that policymakers believe...

Originally published by guppytraders.comFlash crashes are interesting because they reveal the structure of the market. They are too often dismissed as mechanical aberrations, but the history of...

Trade tensions and a potential RBA cut has seen AUD/JPY hit new lows on the eve of RBA's cash rate meeting. After 29 uneventful meetings, eyes are on the RBA's meeting tomorrow to see if they cut...