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FED: Personally I cannot find enough evidence that can justify a Fed hike tomorrow for a variety of different reasons. I expect that Fed will keep a very hawkish tone and will send a clear message that is ready to hike on December. We expect a very interesting and full of new news FOMC Why...

Market Overview: Despite yesterday’s weak USA macroeconomic numbers the global stock market gained on expectations that Fed will not hike next week. Apple share price also helped USA market to recover. Markets in China, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong are closed for public holidays while the...

We read in the press that last Friday the hawkish comments of Fed member Rosegreen created a Global equity and bond market sell off , however the reality is that the recent sell off had to do more with a combination of many different factors... Many times in the past markets try to find...

Market Overview: Markets continue to remain too quiet and await the next key driver which will give direction. Traders try to identify in which direction the major central bank monetary policy will move. ECB BOJ and Fed later this week and month will give a signal to the markets. Is very likely...

Market Overview: Expect a quiet day with soft European macroeconomic news and USA participants to stay away from Labour Day. NFP number fail to surprise positively the markets last Friday however still there are many who believe that Fed will hike later this month. We do not believe that Fed...

The economic calendar is fairly busy today. All eyes will focus on important European macroeconomic news with the most important to be the German CPI number. There is a strong bullish bias in the market for USD after the hawkish comments of Yellen and other Fed officials and we should be...

Fed is going to meet in less than a month from today, between then and now, a big debate will start about the chances of a possible rate hike this year. Last Friday, Yellen supported that the case for a rate hike has strengthened and she appeared confident that the USA economy will strengthen...