Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Stock markets around the world have picked up on yesterday’s US rebound with positive momentum carrying through Asia Pacific and European sessions and back around to this morning’s US...

Stock markets around the world have picked up on yesterday’s US rebound with positive momentum carrying through Asia Pacific and European sessions and back around to this morning’s US...

As the new Liberal Government takes shape, all eyes will be focussed on how it proposes to finance its ambitious agenda . Deficit financing will be at the centre of all discussions concerning jobs and...

After much hemming and hawing, and since mid-year, the Federal Reserve is finally poised to raise rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Indeed, given the speeches by the leadership and the...

The US dollar turned in a mixed performance in the week following the ECB's surprise and the healthy US jobs report. In some ways, the greenback was like a fulcrum, not the driver.The dollar-bloc...

It's a sea of red this morning when I look at my screen with all the world’s major indices. Overnight news has been neutral to moderately positive so I think this action shows traders continuing...

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...

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...

No empire has ever prospered or endured by weakening its currency.A great many insightful commentators have made the case for why the Fed shouldn't raise rates this month--or indeed, any other month....

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...

It’s a big day for news that could spark significant trading action and opportunities across many markets.So far this morning, the main event has been Eurozone inflation reports, the last major...