Analysis On Fixed Income, Fx & Equity Markets

Over three months into this current EM debt bull run - anticipated by BMI in early June - investors' search for yield continues to withstand the volatility witnessed in the US Treasury... 2004-09-09

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As we stated in our euro currency forecast of July 30, the dollar has retraced from resistance in the US$1.2050/EUR area back through our short-term downside target of US$1.2250.... 2004-08-19

With October Brent crude above US$43.00/b and NYMEX light crude hovering around all-time highs of US$46.95/b, the talk is firmly of the US$50.00 barrel. Technically, though, the market... 2004-08-18

The spotlight is once again shining brightly on US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. Having stressed in recent testimonies a preferred measured approach to monetary tightening,... 2004-08-11

Our view since the spring that the short-end of the US money market curve was implying too hawkish a stance from the Federal Reserve has been proved correct. Indeed, the December... 2004-08-09

Although Friday's non-farm payroll figure could well throw a different light on proceedings, the recent batch of US data has given a somewhat mixed picture of the US economy, thereby... 2004-08-04

US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's recent Humphrey Hawkins testimony has so far proved somewhat prophetic in nature. After a batch of weak economic data in the first half... 2004-07-28

Front-Month Brent crude traded as low as US$35.08/b this morning against highs of US$36.49/b at the start of the week. This move has come against the backdrop of US commercial crude... 2004-06-24

US Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's ability to keep the markets guessing has once again shone through this week. Although he appears to be sticking to his belief that a measured approach... 2004-06-10