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Following the reduction in equity prices, share market valuations are more attractive in most of the major markets, however, we expect that the themes driving investor nervousness may persist until mid-2016...

U.S. stocks are on the verge of logging their first three-day rally since December. But one widely watched market-based indicator suggests this rebound won’t morph into the sustained recovery that many are hoping for...

A true test is coming up for USD/CAD. On Wednesday, the CAD strengthened alongside Oil, which hit $31/bbl. The strength of CAD & Oil came after Iran noted a support, albeit without joining in, on an OPEC production freeze...

Earlier today we reported that based on various internal metrics, the market-neutral quant space is suffering one of the most violent deleveraging episodes since the infamous August 2007...

GBP/USD continued its fall early on Wednesday to hit a major support area around the 1.4250 level, before bouncing. This drop modestly extended the currency pair’s substantial retreat this week from its 50-day moving average and the 1.4500 level...

Despite some early gains in equities, there are hints in the forex and commodity markets that risk appetite is low and not as positive as perhaps the gains overnight on Wall Street would have you believe...

The stock market turbulence of the past three months has sent major averages tumbling and investor money to the mattresses...

Today I will offer my assessment of the current status and outlook for ending the problem of too big to fail (TBTF) banks.1 I come at this problem from the perspective of a policymaker who was on the front line responding to the 2008 financial crisis...

Traders are abuzz this morning with the “news” that Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar, and Venezuela have agreed to freeze oil output at the January’s levels, ostensibly in an effort to support oil prices...

Things haven't gotten bad enough to get good again. That's the paradoxical zone in which stocks find themselves, according to some market-watchers...

2016 has a been a jittery, volatile year so far for markets. The trouble began with circuit-breaker halts in Chinese stock markets and continued with a bank rout in Europe...

old futures dropped sharply on Monday on signs of growing appetite for riskier assets as Japanese stocks surged 7% and investors cashed in on recent strong gains for the metal. April gold GCJ6, -2.49% fell $28.20, or 2.3%, to $1,211.10 an ounce. On Friday, gold finished down $8.40, or 0...

An Australian mining company has just announced the discovery of an enormous 400-carat diamond, and its shares are going wild. The find – the biggest diamond ever unearthed in Angola – was announced by the Perth-based Lucapa Diamond Company...

Despite the rout, strategists are largely bullish. They’re projecting a Stoxx 600 rebound of 23 percent from Friday through the end of the year on signs of an improving economy amid continued European Central Bank stimulus...

Market Overview The remarkable rally in the oil price has translated through financial markets and there is now an improvement in trading sentiment that is resulting in a sharp reversal of some of the huge flight into safe haven assets...

Is the US economy headed into recession? The case keeps getting harder to make...

After another bruising few days global financial markets showed some degree of stabilisation after Friday's US retail sales data, but seven key factors are required to secure more than a brief respite from risk aversion...