Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Stock markets continue to turn back upward as capital returns to risk markets and traders respond favourably to earnings reports. US index futures are up 0.3% with the technology and momentum stock...

Stock markets around the world have been declining to start the first full week of the Trump Administration as the potential risks to global politics and trade from his policies become more...

The big day everyone has been eagerly awaiting (or dreading) for over two months since the US election is finally here. Today, Donald Trump is to be sworn in as US President and to give a speech...

It continues to be an active week for trading. A big day Tuesday that saw a number of major rallies and breakouts is currencies ran into a setback Wednesday with a number of corrections. These appear...

Markets don't go up and down in a straight line, every trade is a battle between bulls and bears. Because of this, it's not a surprise that after a series of major moves Tuesday, particularly in...

It's a big day for world markets as US traders return from their long weekend to find markets in turmoil as political uncertainty roars back with a vengeance and the trends of late 2016 unravel.The...

As the BoC will deliver its first of eight decisions of 2017 next Wednesday, the current monetary policy stance remains appropriate in our view.Granted, the three new core inflation measures the BoC...

Equity traders have been reluctant to make big commitments ahead of today's developments, but aren't shaking in their boots either. ‎US index futures, the FTSE and the Dax are all slightly in...

Stock markets in Europe and North America have been eerily quiet so far this morning ‎US index futures, the FTSE and the Dax are all down marginally, while Asia Pacific trading was mixed.The US...

Japan returned to trading overnight and caught up quickly with the Nikkei gaining 2.5%. The New Year’s party for other countries, however already appears to be over with US index futures up...

Markets around the world are off to a roaring start‎ with traders returning from holidays in a good mood and optimistic about 2017.Some markets in Europe were open Monday and posted 1%+ gains and...

In thin holiday markets, a correction to the trends seen in Q4 has materialized. The US dollar is heavy. Japanese and European equities are lower. Bonds are firmer.Some reports try to link the moves...

For most of 2016, until mid-Fall, the US dollar retreated from the gains it had made in 2015. Following the late 2014 Fed's guidance that it would raise the Federal Funds rate eight times over the...

Investors are familiar with a broad set of macroeconomic variables that often drive asset prices. Many are familiar with corporate balance sheets, price-earning ratios, free cash flow, Q-ratio, and...