Fundamental Analysis

This week, the European Central Bank will be holding its monetary policy meeting. The last meeting for this year, the Central Bank will be announcing an end to its QE program. The crisis-era stimulus program which began in 2015 saw the… Read More

AUDJPY or AUD/JPY stands for the pair of currencies composed of the Australian Dollar and the Japanese Yen. Because neither is the US Dollar, this is is a cross pair. The value corresponds to how many Japanese Yen (the quote currency) are… Read More

Since the Swiss National Bank’s last meeting, the landscape for the Swiss economy has worsened. Weaker than expected Q3 GDP data along with slow growth in key export markets have increased downside risks for the SNB. Due to the… Read More

EURUSD Non-Commercials increased their net shorts in the Euro last week selling a further 6k contracts to take the total position to -61k contracts. The main focus this week will be whether the ECB proceeds as expected and announces an… Read More

The latest jobs report from the United States showed that while the pace of hiring slowed in November, wage growth increased to the highest level in a decade as the unemployment rate held steady. The data underlined the fact that the… Read More

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 protests essentially… 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