Focus on the US Dollar vs. the Japanese Yen (USD/JPY)

The Bank of Japan surprised markets by cutting interest rates to a target range of 0%-0.1% and announcing that they have set aside $60 billion to fund a programme to buy government bonds and (more...)

Focus on Oil

The Crude Oil Market crept higher last week. NYMEX Crude Light futures remained positive on the week but climbed at a moderate pace. The (more...)

Focus on COMEX Copper futures (Sep’10)

The last 3 weeks has seen COMEX Copper market trend higher. The drive higher has been largely lead by the return of risk appetite in the markets and (more...)

Overview

Last week the S&P 500 achieved its strongest week of gains in 12 months as bulls returned to the party ahead of Q2 earnings season that begins in earnest this week. This week earning releases from (more...)