Author : Marc Chandler

In thin Asian trading, with the Japanese markets closed for holiday, the US dollar's pre-weekend losses extended.  However, European participants took advantage of that pullback to buy more dollars....

The greatest risk to the divergence theme is not that the BOJ and ECB would abandon their unorthodox monetary policy.  It was that the consensus would swing against ideas...

The US dollar turned in a mixed performance during the first week of the New Year.  It fell against the Antipodeans and yen but rose against the other major...

The US dollar is slightly softer amid last minute position adjustments ahead of the US jobs data.  After the outsized 321k increase in nonfarm payrolls in November, expect a...

The markets are an incredible aggregator of information.  However, because of a tsunami of information, sometimes investors have difficulty in distinguishing the signal from noise. Let us try to help....

Over the last week, Russia (+10%), China (+1.7%), and the Philippines (+0.3%) have outperformed in the EM equity space as measured by MSCI, while Colombia (-7.0%), Hungary (-6.7%), and...

The combination of the outright deflation in the Eurozone and the seemingly immunity of the US economy to the poor global developments has encouraged investors to extend the dollar's...

Oil prices have continued to slide.  Brent briefly traded below $50.  WTI is below $48.  Both have fallen about 10% this week.  Prices are stabilizing in late morning in...

Oil prices are tumbling with Brent approaching $51 and WTI near $48.5.  This follows yesterday's announcement by Saudi Arabia of deeper discounts next month for the US and Europe....

EM has started the year by extending many of the trends present towards the end of last year. The ruble is on the defensive along with Brazilian assets, while...