Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Speculation on whether OPEC countries may or may not speak to each other at an upcoming conference can be all well and good for trading on slow days, ‎but there's nothing like actual data to...

The Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its target for the overnight rate at 0.50% yesterday. The tone of the short 421-word statement was more dovish than expected by most market participants. The BoC...

Stock markets around the world have been holding steady overnight as the selloff in USD sparked by a soft ISM non-manufacturing PMI report ran its course. Gold, US index futures and the FTSE are flat...

Resource based economy is slowing down but not enough for central bank to act.The Bank of Canada (BoC) will release its rate statement at 10:00 am EDT on Wednesday, September 7. The Canadian central...

North American traders return from a long weekend today to find the biggest action they missed to start the week has been in crude oil where WTI and Brent have been active up 1.0% and down 0.7% today...

Global markets are trading flat to slightly higher this morning continuing Thursdays afternoon rebound. Al eyes are on today's US nonfarm payrolls report which could spark significant trading activity...

World stock markets have been mixed overnight. US index futures are down slightly this morning, while across the pond, the FTSE and DAX are down 0.2% while the CAC, IBEX and FTSE MIB are all up about...

We forecast that nonfarm payrolls increased 205,000 in August, above consensus of 180,000 jobs and down from July’s large gain of 255,000.Solid job growth combined with the previous releases of...

Global markets have been incredibly quiet across all major asset classes overnight. US index futures and the FTSE 100 are flat while the DAX and WTI are down 0.4% and gold is up 0.3%. The only big...

Global markets have been trading flat to moderately lower, with soft IFO survey results out of Germany‎ weighing on sentiment while traders await Friday's speech from Fed Chair Yellen.US index...

The big story in overnight trading was how quickly the speculation on Iran potentially ready to join a deal among suppliers was trumped by weak fundamentals. A surprise 4.4 mmbbl increase knocked the...

After defying gravity last week, crude oil continues to fall back to Earth this morning, with WTI and Brent both falling 1.1%. Oil's tumble appears to be mainly due to a lack of new reasons to keep...

After staging a big rally for much of last week, crude oil has reversed course and started to retreat today, with WTI falling 2.8% and Brent dropping 3.2%. Stock markets are also down but falling at a...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted that heading into August options expiration the Equity markets continued to look strong but maybe in need of a short term pause....