Currency snapshot (major pairs)
Mar 11, 2015 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views
This week is once again almighty dollars, as it continues to rally against all the majors (EUR, GBP, CHF, and JPY). This weeks performance at a glance in chart and table - Euro continues to break lower at a frenzied...
Mar 11, 2015 14:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Supply concerns in crude have kept the spot prices lower moving the market in a contango. What is contango? Very familiar term in the commodity market. Contango occurs when spot prices remain lower than future prices....
Mar 11, 2015 12:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Today Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will announce after meeting monetary policy decisions at 20:00 GMT. Rate path is explained in chart. Economic condition - New Zealands economy overall remained robust...
Oil rigs are falling fast across US
Mar 11, 2015 12:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The chart explains the fall in active rig count in Texas, top oil producing region in US. US shale oil production is expected to see a net gain of just 1,000 barrels/day in April, according to the US Energy Information...
Longer end bonds issuance increase amid record low yields
Mar 11, 2015 11:22 am UTC| Insights & Views
Governments and global companies are taking advantage of record low cost of financing by issuing longer maturity debt. Interest rates in US are still very low from their historic average as FED has yet kept the rates...
Mar 11, 2015 10:35 am UTC| Insights & Views
Today Swedens CPI print was positive after long six months of negative data. CPI increased by 0.1% mom and 0.7% YoY, positive but still very low for any conclusion. Nevertheless this a very positive comeback after price...
Investors hunt bargains in oil market
Mar 11, 2015 09:35 am UTC| Insights & Views
Global fall in oil price by almost 50% has taken a toll on producers namely the small scales and shale producers. Stocks prices for them have fallen with rise in bond yields. Recent data from Dealogic suggests that...