Market Overview

As the market largely focuses upon the game being played over the potential for US rate hikes, a larger economic crisis is brewing within the world’s factory, China. Despite a range of...

Today sees the 155th running of the Melbourne Cup at 3pm AEDT; the $6.2 million race has not seen such a short price favourite in Fame Game since So You Think in 2010, and has not seen this many...

US markets had another blockbuster day yesterday and the stock market closed higher with a gain of nearly one percent. The sectors which were responsible for pushing the markets higher were healthcare...

Asia has not got off to a good start in November with Australian and Japanese markets seeing the worst of the selling from the open. Chinese and Hong Kong markets looked to follow their lead, but the...

Further interest rate cuts might be on the way for the kiwi dollar after New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English made comments suggesting that rates might have further to fall. Despite the highly...

A critical driver in the foreign exchange market, and the global capital markets more generally, is the continued preparation by the Federal Reserve for a rate hike, while many other central banks,...

A new sentence in the Fed monetary policy statement has put a December rate hike by the Fed back on the table. G10 currencies slid against a resurgent USD, while the worst was left for emerging market...

Fed Chop & Change. Not Like Anyone is Listening, Right?: Following this morning’s FOMC statement, the Federal Reserve have done their best to put the December meeting in...

The bond market pricing for a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate cut on 3 November jumped from below 30% to 61% after Australian Q3 CPI came in below expectations. The Aussie dollar instantly...

It was a close call. After Australia's leading banks lifted the variable rate mortgage rates recently, many observers expected the Reserve Bank of Australia to offset the tightening with a rate cut...

This week the scorecard recommends buying CAD, NOK and NZD, while selling EUR, USD and CHF.Last week's signals resulted in a 1.6% loss. Especially the long NOK and SEK positions were expensive, while...

EUR/USDOutlook: Short Term (1-3 Days): Bearish – Medium Term (1-3 Weeks): BearishFundamental: EUR continued its downward trend against the USD following European Central Bank chief Mario...

China Cuts:Welcome back to Monday Asia in what looks an action packed week. Friday saw the People’s Bank of China cut their benchmark rate by another 0.25% to 4.35%. This is the 6th cut of...

The combination of the dovish signals from the European Central Bank and the rate cut Friday by the People’s Bank of China lifted the US dollar just as it was threatening to fall through the...