by Christopher Nye | Jan 6, 2026
It was all downhill for the single currency yesterday as a mix of geopolitical threats and poor economic data combined to depress the market. Hang on to your chapeaux for inflation and PMI data today and tomorrow.
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 6, 2026
It was a day of three thirds for the dollar yesterday as early gains as soon as the market opened were just as rapidly lost – and more – in the afternoon session, with even greater losses in the evening. Can data reverse that? The key numbers of the week are on the US...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 6, 2026
The pound was the surprise winner among currencies in a market still working out the ramifications of the USA’s military intervention in Venezuela. The usual pattern when conflicts begin is that investors avoid risky assets like stocks and sterling and put their money...
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by Charles Purdy | Jan 5, 2026
If you thought 2026 was going to be any less full of risk for currency markets, geopolitics and the global economy you’ll already have had a rude awakening, although not as rude as that of Nicolas Maduro early on Saturday morning. The fact that America’s...
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by Christopher Nye | Jan 5, 2026
America’s textbook military capture of Maduro suggests little risk for further downside ramifications just yet, but a ‘risk off’ mode (where higher risk sends investors to safer assets) appears so far to be favouring the US dollar. In the meantime we have ISM...
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