Markets are continuing to assimilate the consequences of the recent European elections, and the wall of worry confronting investors has not diminished.
Late last week we speculated weather the markets had discounted a victory by the socialist party in France. Judging by the market action this week, that was not the case.
For the second month in a row the Non-Farm Payroll number was well shy of the trade’s conservative estimate.
July 1st, less than two months away, will mark the commencement of Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s controversial carbon tax. While Australia accounts for only 1.5% of global carbon emissions, it is the largest per capita emitter.
Early, the USD was under pressure yesterday with across the board selling. ‘The US recovery is slowing and it is time to sell the USD’ was the mantra. The markets were attracting a lot of new bears,...
After last weekend’s election in France, where the incumbent Sarkozy finished poorly, many were expecting the euro to weaken versus the USD. Such was not the case, and to the chagrin of a market loaded with shorts,...
European news has dominated the forex market with a steady narrative of an ongoing saga, making it easy to forget the Europeans do not have a monopoly on a saga of troubled times. Last night we got...