Market Overview

In the past week, the US dollar soared after Fed Chair Powell reassured investors that the economy is doing well and interest rates are on the rise. However, President Trump halted the dollar’s...

Last Friday's unexpected tumble in the dollar may be a precursor to further USD declines that could lift energy, metals and agricultural futures this week, putting non-currency fundamentals to greater...

AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSThis week the RBA reiterated its view that there is no case for a near-term change in the cash rate. Eventually the “next move in the cash rate would more likely...

In this week’s Pulse we investigate how house and unit values have changed during the past decade markets throughout each of Australia’s SA4 regions.Over the 10 years to June 2018,...

Auction volumes remain low week-on-week while the preliminary clearance rate improves across the combined capital cities.Auction volumes increased slightly over the week with 1,246 homes taken to...

In previous instances when value growth has slowed or started to fall in Sydney and Melbourne the experience has often been that value growth has ramped-up in other capital cities. This makes sense...

Originally published by AMP CapitalInvestment markets and key developments over the past week The past week saw a battle between Trump noise (on trade, the Fed, the US dollar, etc) but good economic...

Originally published by BetaSharesWeek in reviewIt was a broadly flat week for global equities with an upbeat start to the Q2 US earnings reporting season helping offset wobbles caused by US President...

Originally published by AxiTraderMarket Summary (7.43 am Monday, July 23)CNBC released the whole interview with President Trump early Friday morning US time. In it the President said he’s...

Is copper, which is languishing at year lows, likely to begin bouncing back?That really depends on whom you ask, though some strategists are predicting the No. 1 industrial metal might finally start...

Originally published by CMC MarketsThe remarkable divergence between industrial commodities and stocks continued overnight. Copper hit its lowest price in a year at the same time that 19 out of 21 top...

Originally published by IG MarketsPositive sentiment was sucked from markets overnight, as some of the better news stories took a back seat to macroeconomic fears. As is often the case, US President...

Originally published by Rivkin SecuritiesFinancials led the US stock market lower overnight while real estate and utilities substantially outperformed. The S&P 500 closed down 0.4% while the Dow...

Originally published by AxiTraderWelcome to my daily Markets Musings. You’ll see things are different from now on. That’s because the full note was approaching 2,000 words some days and...