Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Brent crude oil has been retreating overnight and is currently testing $40.00 a big round number psychological support level. Should this hold it would suggest oil has started to stabilize. Should it...

During 2016, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) provided weak returns for investors. House prices continued to hit record highs, whereas the Canadian dollar reached multi-year lows. The TSX continued to...

Energy commodities including crude oil, gasoline and natural gas have been on the rebound this morning along with copper. While a decline in API inventories and better than expected economic data from...

Since it’s a much quieter week for news, the major announcements that do come out may attract a lot of attention from the street. This appears to be the case for this month’s China trade...

WTI and Brent crude oil are both under pressure again to start the new week after Friday’s OPEC meeting ended in confusion and acrimony. Contrary to initial reports, the cartel didn’t...

The market's disappointment with the ECB unleashed pent-up corrective forces in the foreign exchange market. This leg up in the dollar began in mid-October. Through the day before the ECB, the euro...

The end of the recent monetary easing cycle hit markets like a ton of bricks sparking a number of explosive trend changes, with key reversal days, engulfing candles and breakaway moves occurring...

The first half of the two stage ECB decision has come through with the central bank cutting its deposit rate deeper into negative territory but maintaining its lending rate in positive territory. On...

With all eyes on the US for clues over what the Fed may do about interest rates later this month, today’s mixed US data attracted particular attention. While manufacturing PMI came surprisingly...

Stock markets around the world have been climbing overnight, catching a tailwind from manufacturing PMI reports that had no major disappointments and several positive surprises. Mediterranean...

US markets started off the week with a sluggish tone. General reports from Black Friday Weekend suggest that sales were okay overall with online retailers doing very well (especially Amazon (O:AMZN)...

Market InsightsTraders get ready for a big news week We’re not getting any clear trends from world markets so far today with some traders apparently waiting for the big fireworks to start. In...

The week ahead is among the most important of the year. Rarely is there such a confluence of events that are known ahead of time in a short period that will have far-reaching implications for...

Anticipating a yawning divergence of monetary policy between the world's largest central banks, market participants continued to drive the dollar higher over the past week. In fact, the greenback...