Following a strong US close on Friday and the lack of disrupting headlines over the weekend, including the G7 and so Asia returned a positive session across the region. The Nikkei rallied 1.35% as currency drifted and exporters benefited. The Yen plays at mid 109’s as the US Dollar sees strong demand focusing from the […]

      QUESTION: Dear Martin, Re: Non-Farm Payrolls Blowout All Analysts Show USA is Still Holding Up the World I am been following you for a number of years and believe you to be one of the best-informed analysts in the world. However, your latest email concerning the gobbledygook reported by the BLS for May’s […]

  Deutsche Bank has now been classified as a problem bank by FDIC and has been included in a list of banks to be watched. This is the biggest bank in Europe. It cannot be merged within Germany with Commerce Bank for there is just not enough equity to overcome the derivative losses. The only other […]

  Asia followed the US bounce opening strong across the region. Dealers were relieved to have seen the US markets rebound after Tuesdays price uncertainty. The Yen returned some of the safe-haven demand and was trading closer to the 109 handle again. The Nikkei regained 0.85% of its losses with financials and exporters leading the […]

  COMMENT: I spoke this “pretend” analyst who use to be a goldbug and is now a cryptobug. Boy does he hate you. I really had to laugh for he said your computer is a fraud and your forecast on the euro was only correct because you organized it with central banks. I asked him […]

Asia was relatively well behaved today, weaker obviously after what market activity there was yesterday in Europe, but lets just jump straight to the action. Developments really are happening by the hour in Italy, now with the Five Star Movement calling for the countries President to be impeached. There is a good chance we will […]

The safe-haven bid that the Yen has received this week, has resulted in a 2% decline for the Nikkei by the time we closed Friday. Despite todays market managing to hold a small positive for much of the afternoon, the currency has had a significant influence. The Yen is closing mid 109 in late US […]

The jittery close in US markets weighed on Asia at the opening and the lack of clarity just accelerated the uncertainty. The safe-haven bid returned for the Japanese Yen with a 1% rally taking it back to a 109 handle. The Nikkei lost along with the core, ending the day down around 1.2%. The Hang […]

A fairly quiet day across all regions today, but probably expected given little overhang of the US/China Trade Talks, a lack of economic data and the FED minutes we will see being released tomorrow. In China the Shanghai closed almost unchanged, as Hang Seng market was closed for holidays. In Australia the ASX dipped -0.7% […]

COMMENT: I fully agree with the comment on the different time levels. I encountered a critic who said you were wrong on the euro. When I said I made money using your model and followed the buy signals he looked at me as if I was lying. They judge you like everyone else in this one-dimensional way. They […]