The USD is struggling to preserve the gains seen since last Wednesday. Yesterday we saw the buck close negatively after the latest Fed policy maker, Lael Brainard, voiced his comments and warned against the risks of exiting support for the Read More →

European stock markets mirrored the slump in Asian markets, creating a big gap down at the start of trading on Monday. Germany’s benchmark DAX30 dropped more than 2.0% to 10,340.98 in early trade, following a 0.98% decline on Friday, after Read More →

We are now most focused on the USD and GBP for relative value opportunities.

Rates markets have been persistently unwilling to increase pricing for Fed hikes since June, despite a fairly steady stream of hawkish comments from officials and Read More →

The dollar climbed up on Friday as comments by Federal Reserve policymakers pushed higher investor expectations for a near-term interest rte hike.

Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said in a speech on Friday that gradual interest rate increases might Read More →