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Fundamental Analysis

Could It Be? UK Snap Election Chances On The Rise?!

The appointment of Boris Johnson as leader of the UK conservative party and, consequently, the country, has put a fresh focus on the issue of Brexit. A great deal of support for Johnson’s campaign was...

Preview of the Fed Meeting: Hard Data vs. Soft Data Puzzle for the Fed

In the last two or three FOMC meetings, it was increasingly harder for the officials to communicate their decisions properly to the markets. Teetering market expectations fed by conflicting economic...

High-tech shares drive growth on the Chinese stock market

Major stock indices in China rose on Friday, posting weekly gains thanks to the high-tech firms’ rally, while investors welcomed the potential progress in US-China trade negotiations. Shares of most...

Key economic events and reports of the upcoming week

Tuesday, July 30, 2019 - BoJ Monetary Policy Statement (JPY), CB Consumer Confidence (Jul)(USD), Pending Home Sales (MoM) (Jun)(USD).Wednesday, July 31, 2019 - Manufacturing PMI (Jul)(CNY), CPI (QoQ)...

ECB Increases Focus on the Side-effects of NIRP, Warranting new Depths in Negative Rates

ECB’s statement and Draghi’s remarks at the press conference on Thursday set the stage for exploring new bottoms of NIRP, QE and other mitigation measures. But not surprisingly, they did not justify...

Reserve Currency Status as a Factor for Medium-term Dollar Decline

The status of reserve currency should be necessarily supported by an economic power of the issuing country as it makes possible for the currency to assume key functions of money - a means of payment...

A Rough Patch for Wall Street’s ‘Big Five’?

Morgan Stanley’s financial results were released on Sunday, completing the reporting of the five largest US banks for Q2, 2019. The data showed that the trading business of the banks have now...

US and Vietnam: from “Best Friends” to Trade Rivals?

Next possible leg of the trade war may affect countries that have emerged victorious at the expense of first victims. This assumption is explained by the fact that losing the accumulated trade and...

IEA’s Birol: Oil consumption forecast can be revised to the downside in the coming months

The International Energy Agency (IEA) cut forecast for oil consumption in 2019 due to flattening growth of the global economy and persisting risks from trade standoff between US and China, said Fatih...