Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Suddenly, central banks are falling like dominoes. The world’s two most important central bankers have abandoned their earlier reserve and are now talking more or less openly about cutting rates...

RBC Capital Markets’ Helima Croft blames the U.S.-China trade war for oil’s drop into bear market territory.According to the firm’s global head of commodity research, bullish...

Since the trade conflict between the U.S. and China emerged at the end of September, equities and bonds have traded around two diverging macroeconomic scenarios. With central banks now assessing...

Curve inversion steepens as yields resume their plunge European shares and U.S. futures climb with safe-haven assets, in rare formation Chinese stocks' heavy underperformance raises red flag for...

Wednesday, June 5: Five things the markets are talking aboutGlobal stocks have surged overnight, rebounding sharply from their recent declines after Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinted that the central...

Futures climb with Europe, Asia on rate cut signals from Fed, Mexico confidence in deal with U.S. Yields rebound, U.S. majors leap the most since January on reassurance from Powell, Clarida Financials...

U.S. futures, Europe follow Asia lower as recession warnings multiply Yields resume drop toward 2.00 Gold strengthens on safe-haven rotation Key EventsEuropean stocks and futures on the S&P 500,...

May 27-31EU parliamentary party election results last weekend did not bring the market volatility that many had been expecting. For currency investors, the good news is that populist parties failed to...

The Bank of Canada left its overnight rate target unchanged at 1.75% this morning. Investors considering the idea of a policy rate cut should reconsider their position. The short 338-word statement...

U.S. futures, European shares tumble on China's threats to cut metal supply Key U.S. yield curve inversion deepens to widest level since 2007 Oil plummets on Trump's softening cues on Iran Key...

The starting gun to replace Mario Draghi at the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) when his term ends on October 31, has officially been fired. And it appears that Germany’s Jens Weidmann...

Europe, U.S. futures slip as Trump threatens higher tariffs Weakening yuan could stir more trade trouble Yields fall to 19-month lows on higher appetite for safety Pound extends drop on political...

The big centre-right and centre-left blocs in the European Parliament have lost their combined majority amid an increase in support for liberals, the Greens and nationalists.Pro-EU parties are still...

As the confrontation over trade between the United States and China escalates, speculation that the battle is shifting to the currency front is increasing, with China allowing its currency, the...