Market Overview

A minor taste of stability returned to risk markets here in Asia, although most share markets are still taking it tough after the mid week slump on Wall Street. Chinese shares remain depressed while...

On 31 July, Australia will discover how prices changed from March through June in the ABS' Q2 CPI release. The inflation figures could be hugely consequential for the monetary policy decision in...

Wall Street was again the big downer overnight although a lot of volatility at the close shows the struggle between tech and industrial stocks as earnings profiles are quite different this season....

DXY is holding firm: AUD is being obliterated: North Asia couldn’t save it: Oil up, gold down: Copper is like a daily comedy show: Big miners dead cat bounced: EM false break? Don’t get too...

Asian share markets all not quite in bath of blood territory but risk is spooked out there as traders weigh up a slowing down China amid a politically charged US and Europe not inspiring confidence...

Yesterday was a rough day for risk assets all around. We are currently witnessing the unwinding of the global carry trade in the Japanese yen. This development has significantly impacted volatility...

DXY is holding: AUD was smoked again: JPY is confirming risk off: Oil and gold held: Copper bull oh dear: Big miners are in all sorts: EM false break: Junk still happy with fundamentals: The curve...

The US dollar continued to weaken against the Japanese yen and Swiss franc this morning, but it has gained against other major currencies. The euro, in particular the EUR/JPY pair, has been hit hard...

As we shared in a recent Daily Commentary about interest rates: The current unemployment rate is 4%, and the core PCE inflation rate is 2.6%. In December 2019, the unemployment rate was 3.6%, and...

Stocks finished the day lower, but the FX market had a lot more action, especially in the Japanese yen, which moved sharply against the Australian dollar, the US dollar, the euro, the Canadian...

Tech stock earnings dominated the risk flow overnight, leaving Wall Street with a flat finish while a surging German DAX was the only thing keeping European shares afloat as Euro and other major...

US economic activity is on track to post a modestly firmer growth rate for the second quarter GDP report scheduled for release on Thursday, July 25. The estimate is based on the median estimate for a...

There wasn’t much economic data or other events to shake up Asian equities today as US politics continued to dominate risk taking, with Wall Street experiencing a buy the dip rally overnight, some of...

It was buy the dip lucky strike overnight following the US political volatility that was absorbed with aplomb with tech stocks leading the way on Wall Street overnight, but also a resurgence in...