European Stocks Back in the Red as Global Growth Woes Resurface The European stocks snapped the previous rebound and fell into losses this Wednesday as worries over Brexit aggravated, while global growth concerns returned to markets and dampened the investors’ sentiments...
Investors Still Protecting Themselves from Potential Brexit Paul Hollingsworth, UK Economist at Capital Economics, on ‘Brexit' and GBP According to the latest polls conducted across the UK, the ‘Remain' campaign continues to strengthen its position among voters ahead of the June 23 referendum...
Australian Bonds Rally After World Bank Cuts Global Growth Outlook The Australian government bonds gained on Wednesday as investors poured into safe-haven assets amid deepening global economic growth fears after the World Bank lowered its 2016 global growth forecast...
World Bank Growth Outlook Sparks Caution Sentiment towards the global economy was dealt a sharp blow during trading on Tuesday following the World Bank's meek outlook on global growth which immediately dented risk appetite. The development lender slashed world GDP for 2016 down to 2.4% from the 2...
Market Movers for the Day – Danske Bank Research Team at Danske Bank, suggests that there are no major economic data releases due today in either the US or the euro area. Key Quotes “In the UK, production and construction data for April is due to be released...
CHF: Swiss Reserves are Not What They Seem - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the news that Switzerland's reserve rose to a new record high of CHF602.1 bln in May from CHF587.9 bln in April spurred talk that the SNB has been intervening covertly...
Asian Markets in Red, Gold Hovers Around Key Resistance at $1248 All the major Asian indices are trading on a lower note on Wednesday but on the other side, Gold gains in early hours and trading around key resistance at $1248 marks...
CAD: Downside Risks Remain Firmly in Place – RBC CM Research Team at RBC Capital Markets, suggests that the downside risks remain firmly in place for USD/CAD technically as crude oil is propelled higher off of uptrend support at 48.55. Key Quotes “With support at 1...
WTI Targets 2016 Highs Around $50.00 Crude oil prices continue their march higher on Tuesday, lifting the West Texas Intermediate to the vicinity of the psychological handle at $50.00 per barrel...
Sterling Volatility Heightened Leading Up to the EU Referendum - Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that they have been talking a lot recently about volatility and particularly heightened Sterling volatility leading up to the EU referendum as uncertainty of the outcome, and how the poun...
Fed: On Hold for Now - SocGen Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the Fed’s on hold for now and probably until after the Presidential Election and that’s all that matters...
Fed: Yellen Sticks to the Plan – Investec Research Team at Investec, suggests that the major event of the last 24 hours was Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaking for the last time ahead of next week's June FOMC policy meeting...
Fed Chair Yellen Attempts to Calm Nerves after Weak NFP Report - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the US dollar has remained on a weaker footing in the Asian trading session following yesterday’s speech from Fed Chair Yellen which signalled more caution over resuming rate hi...
AUD: Lack of RBA Easing Bias Lifts the Aussie - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the Australian dollar has been one of the top performing currencies in the Asian trading session as it continues to benefit in part from dampened Fed rate hike expectations...
Oil Steadies in Asia ahead of API Inventory Report Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic ease-off fresh multi-month tops on Tuesday, correcting the previous rally, as focus now turns towards the API crude inventory report lined up for release later today...
CHF: Policymaker Shifts on Swiss Interest and Exchange Rates – Wells Fargo Research Team at Wells Fargo Securities, suggests that the interaction between exchange and interest rates for Switzerland illustrate the importance of international factors in determining domestic interest rates...
Japan: Another Huge Fiscal Package is Set to be Announced - Westpac Robert Rennie, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that after weeks of various “sourced” news articles on whether the planned sales tax increase would be pushed back, Abe announced the tax would be delayed by two and a half years...
Clear Communication Breakdown Between Fed and Market - Rabobank Michael Every, Head of Financial Markets Research at Rabobank, suggests that the Yellen’s speech yesterday was consistent with recent Fed tradition in that it was all things to all men depending on how one wanted to read it...
ECB's Corporate Bond Buying Program Starts - BBH Research Team at BBH, suggests that the ECB’s corporate bond buying program begins this week in which ECB will buy euro-denominated, investment grade bonds from companies incorporated within the Eurozone...
