Matt Weller

As we noted yesterday, market volatility was expected to pick up as we moved through the week as the top-tier data releases and traders at […]

It’s been an exceedingly slow start to the week with most of Europe out of the office for an extended holiday weekend, but trade is […]

For the relatively small number of our readers that are still at their desks, we wanted to start by wishing you a great Good Friday […]

Many traders are already looking ahead to the holiday weekend, so it’s difficult to expect much volatility from the remainder of this week’s trade, but […]

Despite a weak-but-still-better-than-expected retail sales report out of the UK and a smattering of second-tier US data, yesterday’s global market trends have generally carried over […]

The dollar remains the currency market’s standout performer for the second straight day, gaining value against each of its major rivals after this morning’s as-expected […]

By now, you’ve no doubt heard about today’s horrifying events in Brussels, and we wanted to start by saying that our thoughts go out to […]

With markets essentially trapped in near-term stasis as traders wait for higher impact data, it’s a good time to take a step back and look […]

Markets are off to a ponderous start to the week as theres been essentially no new data to digest over the weekend. Global equities, fixed […]

Military analysts often draw a distinction between “hot” wars, which involve armed military conflict between nations, and “cold” wars, where enemy factions use economic and […]

At the start of the week, we highlighted today’s Swiss National Bank meeting as a potential under-the-radar event risk that many traders were overlooking. As […]

As we noted in yesterday’s FOMC Preview report, any Fed fireworks wouldn’t come from the monetary policy decision per se, but rather how today’s meeting […]

The world’s most widely-traded currency pair has garnered its fair share of headlines over the last week, but heading into this afternoon’s monetary policy announcement […]

Last week and this week mark an unusual confluence of central bank meetings; Already this month, we’ve heard from the Bank of Canada (on hold), […]

The theme of today’s European session trade was undoubtedly risk aversion, with every major European equity bourse losing ground, bond yields generally rising, and oil […]

It’s a busy time of the month for central bankers, and the BOJ will be the first major central bank to draw traders’ attention this […]

As everyone expected, the European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting was the marquee market event of last week, even if the market’s interpretation of its […]

It’s been a harrowing trip for global markets today, and ECB President Mario Draghi was the conductor. First traders were impressed by the size and […]

As I return to the desk after a much-needed vacation, I’m struck by the big risk-on move markets have seen over the last couple of […]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that GBP/USD has been in freefall over the last several weeks amidst fears of a potential […]

In a relatively quiet week for US economic data, the few economic reports that are scheduled for release are all backloaded toward the end of […]

My, what a difference a couple of hours makes. As US traders trudged into their offices this morning, it seemed as though the sky was […]

Last week, we took a look at the fundamental outlook for gold, noting that the direction of the metal is heavily dependent on changes in […]