Market Overview

It’s an action-packed week ahead of us, and while the event risk is plentiful, if I look at my one-week implied volatility (vol) matrix, aside from pound, I can see limited expected moves. Is...

Brexit – three things to watch for: No-deal Extension Let’s call the whole thing off The Brexit saga – the process of the UK attempting to leave the European Union – has...

Week in reviewIt was a relatively subdued week on global markets with little in the way of major data or key news events. While hopes of an eventual US-China trade deal continues to underpin...

Reports that China and the US are close to a deal on trade lifted sentiment on Friday night. However the growth positive moves came as data around the globe surprised on the upside. The US dollar is...

It appears there’s emerged a self-reinforcing belief that economic fundamentals aren’t as bad as once thought.Are things not so bad after all? It appears there’s emerged a...

“Never depend on those luck moments -- they are gifts -- but instead always build your own back-up plan.” — Bear Grylls “Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes...

As far as Australian markets go, they’ll be defined, broadly-speaking, by the unfolding “tale of two cities” story in global markets.A tale of two citiesAs far as Australian markets...

While the rate of decline slowed a bit, Australian capital city dwelling prices fell another 0.9% in February marking 17 months of consecutive price declines since prices peaked in September 2017....

It is a mixed bag in Europe.EuropeThe FTSE 100 is firmly in the red as a broad based sell-off in consumer, energy and mining stocks has weighed on the British index. China’s manufacturing PMI...

Federal Reserve policymakers think they have succeeded too well in anchoring inflation expectations and need to nudge people out of their comfort zone. This is the latest message from Fed Chair Jerome...

In 2018 many investors were fearful of just how much US interest rates would rise. They worried that the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, was simply on autopilot – that they would keep...

Whether it’s the absence of popping French champagne corks – sales of which are dwindling at large alcohol distributors according to Woolworth’s CEO Brad Banducci – or falling...

Political spot fires have captured the attention of market participants. From Washington, to Hanoi, to Kashmir, to Caracas, to London: the ugly machinations of power have dominated the...

Global markets were rattled overnight as head US negotiator Robert Lighthizer told a parliamentary committee there was still much required before a trade deal is struck with China. Federal Reserve...