Market Overview

Even as they lowered forecasts for growth and inflation and raised their projections for unemployment, U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers yesterday spelled out as much monetary accommodation as they...

I suggested yesterday that the markets were not seeing the March FOMC meeting as a volatility event. With the benefit of hindsight, this was somewhat misplaced, especially if you were to look at the...

While the rise of online shopping has clearly posed challenges for many retailers and shopping centre owners, it has been a winner for industrial property.The growth in Australia’s global trade,...

The FOMC met this morning, and lo-and-behold, the dovish Fed has proven more dovish than previously thought.Market action proves it again: this market hinges on the Fed: The US Fed has proven itself...

XAGUSD* Silver is struggling to gain momentum * The precious metal has bounced off $15 support, but the recovery has been weak and bulls are struggling to gain the upper hand * A break below this...

An easier stance from the US Federal Reserve spurred markets overnight. The US dollar fell and bonds rallied as investors contemplated lower interest rates for longer. Shares rallied initially, but...

The focus of proceedings falls on the number of hikes implied this year through the ‘dots plot’ projections. Although, the Fed will try and downplay these changes and the market is more...

Major equity benchmarks like the FTSE 100, DAX and CAC 40 have reached five month highs as traders are in risk-on mode.Europe There hasn’t been any major macroeconomic or geopolitical news,...

Overnight anonymous reports of trade tensions contradicted White House assertions that the talks with China are going well. A cautious calm dominated markets, with average daily trading ranges in the...

Originally published by Savings.com.auFrom January 2018 to 2019, 1.59 million Australians used ‘buy-now-pay-later’ digital payment methods such as Afterpay and Zip, according to Roy Morgan...

Expectations around the potential resolution of the trade dispute between China and the US were reset over the weekend. This means market attention turns to central bank activity. The US Federal...

It was a strong week for European equity markets last week, despite an economic backdrop that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, with the Eurostoxx 50 closing at a five-month high, while US...

There may in fact be a hard Brexit later this month, but foreign exchange traders seem fairly certain at this point that there will not be a no-deal Brexit on March 29. That may explain why the pound...

In G10 FX this week, the focus falls on the pound, US dollar, and euro, with the fundamental drivers being the Third Brexit vote, the March FOMC meeting and European PMI. I have gone into detail on...