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Pushing higher within former uptrend channel. (By Yann Quelenn) • EUR/CHF is back within former uptrend channel. Support is given at 1.1610 (27/10/2017...

Bouncing lower. (By Yann Quelenn) • EUR/GBP is consolidating after the sharp increase. As long as prices are below the resistance at 0.9046 (05/09/2017 high), the shortterm...

Edging lower. (By Yann Quelenn) • AUD/USD is ready to bounce back but downside pressures are still lively. Hourly resistance is given at a distance at 0.7897...

Wide-open for further downside. (By Yann Quelenn) • USD/CAD is weakening after set-up a resistance at 1.2917 (27/10/2017 low). This suggests an extension of bullish momentum...

Holding around parity. (By Yann Quelenn) • USD/CHF is consolidating. Yet, the technical structure is still bullish. The technical structure suggests an improving short-term buying...

Breaking resistance at 114.49. (By Yann Quelenn) • USD/JPY is edging higher above resistance stands at 114.49 (11/07/2017 high). Support is located at 111.12 (20/09/2017 low...

Monitoring support at 1.3000. (By Yann Quelenn) • GBP/USD is back towards support given at 1.3027 (06/10/2017 low). String resistance is given at 1.3338 (13/10/2017 high). Expected to...

Significant selling pressures. (By Yann Quelenn) • EUR/USD is biased to the downside after setting a new hourly support at 1.1575 (27/10/2017 low). Hourly resistance is located at...

In 2007 around 25 percent of US equity funds were passively managed. Today that number is around 50 percent. Do economists care about the active versus passive debate? The instinctive answer is "no". However, the rise of passive investing since 2007 has been accompanied by other changes...

The central banks of Australia (RBA) and New Zealand (RBNZ) will meet next week to decide on their monetary policy stance. CIO doesn't expect a rate hike from the RBA until later next year, as it has to balance financial stability worries with weak wage growth and core inflation...

Price of gold remains above $1270. Since the start of the year, we recall that gold has gained almost 6% underlining global uncertainties. It is important to assess gold’s potential by looking at China as a significant part of the market takes place in China...

Oil prices are looking to break resistance at $55.03 making 2017 new highs. Decline oil stocks and solid growth in demand has overcome weather and geopolitical issues. Brent is now trading above $60brl and futures backwardation has invited deeper buying in the long end of the curve...

The nomination of Jerome Powell as next Federal Reserve Chairman came as no surprise. The US dollar barely reacted to the news. The US Dollar Index treaded water within its weekly range, between 94.4 and 95...

That was clearly not a surprise. Fed hold rates unchanged and has hinted for a December rate hike. The key rate stays at 1% to 1.25% of the FOMC. The likelihood of a rate hike for December has now been assessed by markets above 92...

t widely expected (Rates markets are pricing in a 90% probability of a hike) the Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee will hike policy rates 25bp after 10 years. We are expecting MPC 7-2 vote split with committee members Cunliffe and Ramsden dissenting for a no action...

Today we get US labor ADP data ahead of the NFP report on Friday. Bloomberg Survey indicates new jobs creation for October of 200k compared to the prior September read of 135k. The overall sentiment is positive and it has been 7 years that the data print positive...

Switzerland Manufacturing PMI came in at 62.0 from 61.7 and 0.7 higher than expectations. This continued a strong trend of economic improvement in manufacturing reaching the highest level since 2011. Last week Kof leading indicators jumped to 109.1 from 105.8...

As was widely expected the BoJ held its policy strategy unchanged. The vote was 8-1 with the lone dissenter (policy board member Goushi Kataoka) voting for additional easing measures such as examining 10 year 0.0% and 15 year 0.20% yield targets...

The Swiss National Bank published interim results for the first three quarters of the year. After mixed mid-year results - the SNB reported an interim profit of CHF 1.2 billion - the last update brought the smile back to the SNB and all Swiss cantons...

The WTI crude oil price has broken its resistance area around 53$. The commodity is now trading above $54. This increase appears after the World Bank, in its last report, is predicting an increase in price for 2018. The World Bank target is $56 for next year...