Market Overview

Understandably, a lot of inexperienced traders might struggle to survive, let alone thrive, in this market environment. But paradoxically, it is exactly times like now when some experienced traders...

Over the past week, the financial world has been rocked by the news of Silicon Valley Bank's failure - the largest bank to go under since the 2008 financial crisis.The shock announcement came last...

In this piece, we’re going to run through some of this week’s important data releases and give our initial thoughts on the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.Let’s dive right...

ABS data has revealed household spending rose 17.8% in January compared to the same time last year, with post-Covid spending influencing the uptick.This continues a consistent trend in the rate of...

By Greg PeelAnd we’re back. Apologies for being off air yesterday. Data centre issue beyond our control. Recap Last week Silicon Valley Bank announced it was looking to raise new capital. The...

In VERY unusual FX crisis price action DXY swooned last night:   AUD took off:With gold. Oil is in trouble:Dirt held up:As did miners (NYSE:RIO):EM stocks (NYSE:EEM) were OK too:And junk...

Global equities suffered a setback last week, resuming the downtrend in prices which has been evident since stronger-than-expected US economic data and “no landing” fears began to upset...

Daylight Savings is bad for your health and bad for trading.Here are 3 ways DST affects trading. 

A tumultuous week for US banks saw the shares of the crypto-friendly Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY) drop nearly 23% on Friday and more than 37% since Monday. The decline comes after the second large...

In the UK, all eyes are on Wednesday's Spring Statement and we believe there's little room for the Chancellor to row back on his previous plans for fiscal consolidationUS: Broad support for a 50bp...

DXY was soft last night:   AUD was flogged:Oil fell, gold did better:Dirt fell:Miners (NYSE:RIO) were hosed:EM stocks (NYSE:EEM) too:DM junk (NYSE:HYG) is not well. EM did better:The Treasury...

Wall Street stumbled and fell amid reports on the ailing financial sector and fears that tomorrow’s US jobs report will come in hot and spike interest rates from the Fed yet again, in line with...

US-based companies cut 77,770 jobs in February, compared to 102,943 in January. Tech companies continued to lead the layoff race, trimming 21,387 jobs last month, which represents 28% of all cuts,...

Several indicators are flashing recession warnings for the U.S., but the median estimate for economic activity in the first quarter leaves room for doubt about the timing.After dipping slightly...