Market Overview

This month, volatility in the currency market fell to its lowest level in five years. In times like this, many analysts argue that big moves are on the horizon but it could be upwards of a year before...

Daily FX Market Roundup April 18, 2019Kathy Lien, Managing Director Of FX Strategy For BK Asset ManagementgementUS Retail Sales Soar, Implications For USD Thursday morning’s US economic reports...

Two of Australia’s biggest lenders, Commonwealth Bank (AX:CBA) and Bendigo Bank (AX:BEN) have dropped interest rates on some of their key home loan products.Commonwealth Bank reduced its fixed...

U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers see relatively calm economic seas ahead and are happy just to tread water on policy, leaving interest rates unchanged more or less indefinitely, according to the...

Rising trade tensions and a global growth downgrade from the IMF has weighed on European stocks.Europe Trade tensions between the EU and the US have heated up, and either side have accused the other...

Waiting, waiting, waiting: Another uneventful night in global markets, traders have apparently occupied themselves positioning for the ramp-up in economic data in the next 24 hours. Equity indices...

An uneventful day on Wall StreetA flat, somewhat mixed, and low activity day on Wall Street, market participants seem to be eyeing events later on in the week. After Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll...

Asia Pacific markets are set for a day in the sun after better than expected US jobs data and encouraging comments on trade. Currencies and bonds are steady, shares look set to rise and oil prices are...

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets pushed higher over the last week helped by more “green shoots” pointing to improving global growth this year,...

Positioning for the week’s climaxA little water-treading, as all eyes turn to Washington this weekend. And for two-reasons, really: highly anticipated trade-talks between the Trump...

Difficulty in resolving the complicated and far-reaching trade dispute between China and the US hit markets overnight. There remains no fixed date for an “all clear” signal as the White...

Share markets globally returned to levels not seen since October last year as bond traders started selling in earnest. Fears remain about the outlook for Europe, but recent data from China and the US...

Growth fears ease; risk taking subduedRisk appetite wasn't terribly high overnight. But in saying this, the persistent, vexatious concerns regarding the global growth outlook has continued to abate....

Property gains on lower ratesAustralian listed property was the best performing of our seven major asset classes* in March, benefiting from a steep drop in global bond yields as central banks moved...