Financial markets look set for a volatile week ahead as a steady stream of top-tier event risk from across the G10 landscape batters asset prices.

US Dollar Forecast – US Dollar Facing a Barrage of Economic, Political Event Risk

The US Dollar suffered the largest drop in nearly two months last week as 2018 Fed rate hike expectations cooled.

British Pound Forecast – GBP Needs Fundamental Support to Justify Current Levels

We remain neutral on GBP at this moment but will be watching a range of fundamental drivers over the next week for confirmation that Sterling’s current strength is justified going forward.

Australian Dollar Forecast – Australian Dollar Downtrend Seems Likely to Resume

Australian Dollar bulls were modest beneficiaries of a little US Dollar weakness last week.

Oil Forecast – Oil’s Bullish Breakaway Leads into Pivotal OPEC Meeting

It was another strong week for Oil, as the Monday pullback to 55.75 brought bulls back in to catapult prices up to another fresh two-year-high.

Gold Forecast – Gold’s Most Controlled Range in a Decade Faces Dollar, Risk and Bitcoin

The range Gold has carved out over the past 25 trading days amounts to the smallest spans of price action seen in 10 years. Don’t expect this historically volatile and fundamentally-inclined metal to hold steady forever.

Equities Forecast – S&P 500 Strong, DAX Trying to Firm Up, FTSE Remains a Laggard

Last week was a holiday-shortened week, with markets closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and early on Friday.