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Overview: Amazon's (AMZN) and Intel's (INTC) earnings offered conflicting impulses for Asia-Pacific equities, but Japanese, Chinese, Australian, and South Korean shares advanced. This will allow the regional MSCI benchmark to solidify its third consecutive weekly gain. Europe's Dow Jones Sto...
By Petr Krpata, CFA, Chief EMEA FX and IR Strategist The prospects for some idiosyncratic EUR rise remain bleak. The ECB stands behind the September easing package that is insufficient to change the eurozone growth and inflation outlook, yet is sufficient to keep the no-longer-undervalu...
Overview As the UK awaits the EU's decision on its request, disappointing flash PMI readings Japan, Australia, and Germany have filled the news vacuum. Sweden's Riksbank retained a hawkish tone while keeping rates on hold, and Norway's Norges Bank also stood pat. The market expects Turkey to...
When the citizens of the United Kingdom voted narrowly to exit the European Union in June 2016, few thought that the divorce process would take so long and create such a political mess. The Brexit vote caused Prime Minister David Cameron to resign. Theresa May took over the leadership role a...
Overview UK Prime Minister Johnson is neither dead in a ditch as he said he would prefer to be than request an extension of Brexit, nor will the UK leave the EU at the end of the month. Yesterday's vote rejected the attempt to fast-track the legislation needed to support the divorce agreemen...
The impact of the protectionist push on the global economy and markets is playing out: Global growth is slowing, and geopolitical volatility has increasingly swung markets. A perceived easing of U.S.-China trade tensions and the risk of a no-deal Brexit has supported risk assets since early Oc...
Recent rotation in multiple foreign currencies hints at the fact that a new stage of the "Capital Shift" process is taking place and that skilled technical investors need to pay very close attention to how these currencies continue to react over the next 3 to 6+ months. In the recent past, mos...
By Alejandro Saltiel, CFA U.S. dollar ((USD)) strength has persisted this year, and recent global central bank action has left some investors unsure about the path of currency exchange rates. We believe managing currency exposure can help increase returns and limit volatility. In 2016, w...
The British pound is near 5-month highs ahead of Saturday's showdown as the UK parliament is being asked to ratify the deal that PM Johnson and his EU counterparts reached to avoid a hard Brexit on October 31. The odds of Boris Johnson rallying lawmakers to support his deal are not good, but a...
The most recent high in the dollar index came during the first week of December when the nearby futures contract hit 99.30. The index made it back from a low at 88.15 in February 2018. In January 2017, the index had turned lower from 103.815. On October 1, the active month December dollar in...