Market Overview

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...

Stronger trading volumes as the S&P/ASX 200 rises points to investors being forced back into the share market. Gains on European and US exchanges, and rising commodity prices are indicating more...

Investment markets and key developments over the past weekGlobal share markets rose over the last week helped by benign economic data. Australian shares slipped though with consumer and financial...

Finally, the 2815 resistance level has tumbled, and the bulls have cautiously, quietly rejoiced.A flowless rallyIt’s being dubbed the “flowless rally”. Equities are ticking higher,...

Key points Growing support for higher taxes on the rich and greater government intervention in the economy suggest median voters have shifted to the left. Support for economic rationalist policies has...

A UK parliamentary vote to seek an extension of the Brexit deadline saw European shares rally overnight, although currency markets were largely unmoved and industrial commodities dropped. Reports...

Having seen her deal fall for a second time earlier this week, by 149 votes, most people could have been forgiven for thinking the Prime Minister’s deal was pretty much dead.We’ve been...

Delaying the pain of uncertaintyThe pain of uncertainty, when it comes to two of the world’s big macroeconomic issues, looks likely to persist for a little while yet. Two stories, to be...

Stock markets are largely higher this afternoon as MPs made it clear yesterday they are not in favour of a no deal Brexit.EuropeTraders understand what UK lawmakers don’t want, but they are...