Market Overview

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 FTSE 100 is a little lower, but the rest of Europe is firmly in the red. EuropeThe Federal Reserve announcement at 6pm (UK time) and the press conference at 6.30pm (UK time) will be in focus. Some...

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...

Sentiment has taken a hit overnight courtesy of some unfavourable trade-war headlines.Another trade-war headline downs sentiment: There’s some news floating through the wires that sentiment has...

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...

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...

Week in reviewConfidence returned to global equities last week – after a modest pull back over the previous week – largely due to reassuring US economic data. US retail sales rebounded...

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...