Analysis On Fixed Income, Fx & Equity Markets

The spike in Turkish headline inflation in February is not expected to fundamentally alter the country's monetary policy outlook, with the majority of the rise accounted for by statistical... 2010-03-04

Our European market outlook continues to go in our favour, with bullish calls on the Polish zloty, Russian rouble and long-end Czech treasuries playing out further through to March... 2010-03-03

Risk aversion linked to a potential political crisis in Turkey has hammered the equity market, with the benchmark ISE-100 index falling 7.4% in under four days. Worryingly, the index... 2010-02-25

Potential for an upside bounce in the Turkish lira evaporated on February 23, with the currency smashing through trendline support at TRY1.5300/US$. The arrest of seven senior military... 2010-02-24

We believe that the bull-run in SEK/EUR and NOK/EUR has further to run, with the Scandinavian currencies likely to continue benefiting from stronger macroeconomic fundamentals and... 2010-02-23

The Russian rouble pushed through a key resistance level at RUB35.00 versus the dollar-euro basket it is managed against on February 18, at one point trading at a 13-month high of... 2010-02-18

As we outlined on February 9 (see our online service 2010 Strategy: Sovereign And Monetary Risks To Lead The Way), the medium-term outlook for European equity and fixed income markets... 2010-02-17

BMI View: Russia is currently replacing long-serving regional leaders in Tatarstan, Dagestan, and elsewhere, which should allow the Kremlin to reassert its authority. However, this... 2010-02-11

While we hold to our bullish European equity, EM FX and commodity views for the short term, we stress that caution will remain a key watchword for 2010. Rising bond yields will become... 2010-01-08

Responding to increasing pressure from the European Union, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has stated that he would more aggressively tackle his country's fiscal deficit than... 2010-01-06