Market Overview

Slightly removed from the retail forex trading world, but majorly important for the price of the Aussie dollar, iron ore rallied nearly 5% at its latest price fix and is now attempting to test the...

When the central banks of three European countries and the European Central Bank (ECB) itself introduced negative interest rates (NIR) in mid-2014, many considered it be a temporary measure, a new...

Weekly Risk Watch:Crude Oil comes to the front of both Forex and Commodities traders watch lists this week as the world’s major producers both within and outside OPEC come together in Doha,...

Could the US economy withstand the increase in interest rates in 2016? It`s the main issue for the majority of investors.It is well known that the perfect balance of macroeconomic indicators...

With the AUD making some steady gains against the USD over the past few weeks, some may be tempted to predict a long-term bullish resurgence for the pair. Whilst it is indeed true that in the short...

Nonfarm payrolls beat, USD benefitsNonfarm payrolls came in slightly ahead of expectations last week with 215,000 jobs compared with the 205,000 consensus. On the surface, the jobs report appears...

Markets return to normal service today following the Easter long weekend. I trust that you used your time away from the charts wisely and used the downtime to refresh your body and mind.Knowing when...

Taking stockWith the slight lull in the market ahead of Thursday morning’s Fed meeting, it’s a good chance to review the trade strategies I have been following over the past few...

Major markets temporarily halted their runaway tear overnight. I say temporarily because for all the headlines that have been written today, all I see is price hitting a major resistance level and...

Heading into Tuesday's afternoon session, oil took the spotlight, shedding 4.7% from Tuesday morning's 4-week recovery-rally high at $38.39 -- pointing lower still toward the $36.00-$35.50 support...

Perverse IncentivesWe haven’t written about Australia’s residential real estate bubble for some time (readers may want to check out last year’s post “Australia’s Bubble...

BoC Holds:The Bank of Canada held interest rates steady at 0.5% last night. After cutting rates twice in 2015 and huge uncertainties around commodity prices and sagging economic growth off the back of...

by Shane ObataIt seems like every day we are inundated with news out of China. Investors are already concerned. The offshore renminbi (CNH) is more international than the onshore one (CNY), which is...

When to get Contrarian?: With the Chinese onshore RMB fix still the big Asian session focus, the fact that yesterday’s number came in 200 points below expectation was huge. Chinese authorities...