Currencies
Trump Inauguration Takes Centre Stage
Market analysts at FXCM asses likely responses in major currencies and the gold price as the Trump presidency looms.
Jan 17 2017
May Slays The Pound
The British pound has tanked again ahead of Theresa May’s Brexit plan speech. Whereto from here?
Jan 16 2017
ECB: Alice In Wonderland
Kathleen Brooks of City Index dissects some of the bizarre implications stemming from late night’s ECB policy announcements.
Dec 09 2016
Previous Stories
The Overnight Report: Back In The USSR
Dec 17 2014
Russia attempts to defend the ruble ahead of a wild ride on Wall Street last night. Dow down 111. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
The Overnight Report: Dark Days
Dec 16 2014
Terror in Sydney was not lost on Wall Street but it was a further fall in the price of oil which quickly nipped any attempt at a rally in the bud. Dow down 100. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
ECB Forced To Act
Dec 15 2014
Kathleen Brooks of FOREX.com notes the ECB’s bank loan program is just not working, forcing the central bank into inevitable QE and/or other solutions.
The Monday Report
Dec 15 2014
Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.
The Overnight Report: Sub Sixty Oil
Dec 12 2014
A fall in the WTI price to below 60 last night all but killed off a big retail sales-driven rebound on Wall Street. Dow up 63. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
The Overnight Report: Contagion
Dec 11 2014
Oil tanked again last night, setting off a big sell-off on Wall Street as traders focused on the immediate negatives and wider impacts. Dow down 268. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
The Overnight Report: Who Killed Santa?
Dec 10 2014
Global economic weakness fears reverberated around the globe over the last 24 hours, before Wall Street managed a turnaround from the depths last night. Dow down 51. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
The Perils Of A Stronger US Dollar
Dec 09 2014
Kathleen Brooks of FOREX.com looks at the potential global fallout from a strengthening greenback.
The Overnight Report: There Goes The Neighbourhood
Dec 09 2014
While Australian traders were concentrating on bank relief and US jobs yesterday, the rest of the world was posting ever weakening data. Dow down 106. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)
The Monday Report
Dec 08 2014
Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.
