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Solid US economic data and hawkish rhetoric from several Federal Reserve members saw markets last month start to fear re-commencement of US official interest rates hikes. Whether the Fed hikes rates...

U.S. equity markets closed higher on Tuesday as a disappointing ISM Non-manufacturing survey stemmed expectations of an interest rate hike by the FOMC at the September 20-21st meeting. The ISM...

Having just cut rates again last month and with the economy running okay and nothing new on inflation in the last month, it was no surprise to see the Reserve Bank of Australia leave rates on hold at...

Originally published by AxiTraderQuick RecapRBA governor Stevens presides over his last meeting as governor today. That means there is no expectation that he will make any material changes to the...

It was a fairly quiet for global markets on Monday as investors continued to digest Friday’s non-farm payroll figures, comments from world leaders at the G20 summit in China while North American...

Originally published by AxiTraderQuick RecapThe Australian dollar opens the week on the front foot back at 0.7565 but still 50 points below Friday's post-non farm payriolls high around 0.7615. That...

This post originally posted by AxiTraderQuick RecapMarkets are on tenterhooks waiting for the release of US non-farm payrolls at 8.30am New York time Friday. To say that the data is super important...

Asian equity markets were mixed on Thursday following a slew of economic data. The Hang Seng Index finished +0.81% higher while the CSI300 finished -0.79% weaker as Chinese Manufacturing PMI (MoM Aug)...

Quick Recap Bond rates have been rallying for the best part of 30 years in one of the most important secular market trends in modern finance. The fall in bonds which has accompanied the collapse in...

U.S. equity markets closed lower on Wednesday as momentum continues to wane following all-time highs earlier this month at 2,193.81. Both the S&P 500 & Nasdaq 100 finished -0.24% & -0.10%...

Key points The mostly gloomy debate around the Australian economy often gives the impression we are in a constant state of crisis. But economic growth is pretty good, the economy has rebalanced...

Quick RecapWhen the Fed tightened rates last December they had a clear bias toward 3 or 4 more tightenings in 2016. But events such as the market turmoil of earlier in the year, concerns about Brexit,...

With expectations rising that the United States Federal Reserve may re-commence its interest rate tightening schedule as early as next month, one potential investment opportunity could be the...

U.S. equity markets declined as the U.S. dollar strengthened ahead of Friday’s non-farm payroll data on continued speculation of a rate hike by the end of 2016. Nine out of the ten S&P 500...