Investors needed nerves of steel throughout the week as Donald Trump’s tweet sent financial markets up and down in rocky trading sessions. The VIX index, which is broadly viewed as a fear measure, spiked as high as 23.4 compared to 13 last Friday as global equities collapsed to multi-month lows...
Threat of a trade war escalation is increasing, and manufacturers would most certainly pay the price...
Equity futures erased yesterday gains after President Trump did toughen its language on China, saying that China “broke the deal” the two countries have been working on for months...
Following the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s decision to cut the Official Cash Rate to record low 1.50%, the Kiwi tumbled to a fresh multi-month low during the Asian session with NZD/USD hitting 0.6527, down 1.18% on the day...
German manufacturing sector remains in recession territory since January 2019. The release of April manufacturing PMI of 44.4 is part of a downward trend that began last July and which is expected to last, as German factory orders signal a drop in industrial production for the coming quarter...
The Australian dollar stood amongst the best performers on Tuesday morning after investors have been wrong-footed by the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) monetary policy decision. Indeed, Governor Lowe acted contrary to the expectations by maintaining the Official Cash Rate at record low 1...
Resisting the steady increase in US oil inventories over the past two weeks, oil prices are losing momentum, as headlines about the year-long trade dispute between the United States and China has prompted investors to divest themselves of risky investments...
After months of waiting Donald Trump finally dropped a hint suggesting that Chinese negotiators have been dragging their feet in meeting US demands. On Saturday, the US president threatened to enforce higher tariffs as trade talks stall...
The Fed finally sounded less concerned than many market participants had thought initially. The buck has been surging against most peers while safe haven JPY and CHF also appreciated following the announcement...
After losing as much as 1 % against the greenback following the Bank of Canada (BoC) meeting, the loonie has been retracing back, bouncing by 0.70%. Yet major questions arise as both today’s FOMC rate decision as well as Canadian manufacturing PMI come into play...
It is going to be a very a slow day as most markets are closed for Labour Day. Only Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Israel, the United Kingdom and the US are open for trading today...
After showing a series of upbeat PMI figures last month, it seems that today’s data is running short of expectations...
Now that the US slowly enters into election season, time is running out to ratify trade agreements...
FX markets are slowly waking up at the start of this trading week. With limited news flow no one is rushing to get out of bed (end of the week brings, BoE MPC, FOMC, US jobs reports, and local UK elections...
FX markets are slowly waking up at the start of this trading week. With limited news flow no one is rushing to get out of bed (end of the week brings, BoE MPC, FOMC, US jobs reports, and local UK elections...
FX markets have paused their aggressive demand for USD. Perhaps there is trepidation ahead of today’s release of the first estimate of US 1Q GDP...
Recent monetary policy meeting statement made by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) had a muted reaction on the marketplace...
After reporting a loss of CHF 14.9 billion for the year 2018, the Swiss National Bank comes back in the green for the first quarter of 2019 as it reports a profit of CHF 30.7 billion...
