Fundamental Analysis

What Are The Protests About & When Did They Start? The “Gilets Jaunes" movement in France has gained international attention over recent weeks due to the escalation in violence. How did it begin? The Yellow Vest… Read More

The recent OPEC meeting which kicked off in Vienna in the back end of last week ended over the weekend with some positive news for crude bulls. The fifteen-member oil-producing cartel along with non-OPEC allies, led by Russia, announced… Read More

The economic schedule for the week ahead remains as the markets inch closer to the holiday season. This week will see some important market moving events lined up, starting with the two central bank meetings. The European Central Bank… Read More

On December 7-8 the leading German center-right party, the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) will hold its annual conference, which is especially important for the markets this time because they are expected to elect a new party leader.  This… Read More

Crude oil prices retreated this week despite the latest industry data reporting a drawdown in inventories for the first time in two months. The Energy Information Administration report this week showed that on the week ending November 30th,… Read More

Gold The yellow metal rallied this week, benefiting from weakness in the US Dollar to trade back to its highest levels since Q1 of the year. The weakness in the US Dollar was seen in response to Fed chairman Powell comments at the Economic… Read More

The month of November was dominated mostly by Europe as the EU, and the UK leaders agreed to a Brexit deal that could potentially enable the UK a smooth transition in March 2019. As a result, the British pound was seen experiencing some… Read More

This week's major event is the release of US November Non-Farm Payrolls, scheduled for release at 8:30 EST (14:30 CET), which comes with a truck-load of employment data that is very important leading into the last FOMC meeting of the year.… Read More

As was widely expected, the RBA kept rates on hold at its December meeting. The bank’s headline cash rate has now sat unchanged at record lows of 1.5% since August 2016 when the bank last adjusted rates with a reduction of -0.25%. The… Read More

As we talked about in our recent “Central Bank FX Recap & Outlook” webinar this week, the Bank of Canada refrained from lifting rates for a fourth time this year and kept policy unchanged at its December meeting yesterday. The key… Read More