Market Overview

INSTANT INSIGHT Jobs Market on FIRE! Strongest nonfarm payrolls growth since May 2023.Here's my take on today's report, what it means for USD, gold and my favorite trade post-NFP trade

Central bank decisions in Eurozone, Canada, and New ZealandHighlight will be the ECB - likely to signal a rate cut in JuneIn US, the dollar will be driven by inflation stats and Fed minutesECB meeting...

US economic output is still on a path for a materially softer pace of growth in the first-quarter GDP report scheduled for release at the end of this month.The expansion will be strong enough to...

Hawks dominate latest round of Fed speak; stocks slip, dollar reboundsBut rate cut odds little changed as US jobs report awaitedYen firms after Ueda opens door to more rate hikesOil extends gains on...

Your mother likely imparted valuable investing lessons you may not have known. With Mother’s Day approaching and bullish market exuberance present, such is an excellent time to revisit the...

Gold Consolidates Near an All-Time High Ahead of the NFP Report The gold (XAU) price dropped by 0.24% on Thursday after hitting an all-time high due to expectations for lower US interest rates this...

Here's my outlook for US Non-Farm Payrolls and tips on How to Trade itStronger NFP should be: USD up US yields up Stocks down Gold down Weaker NFP should be: Gold up Mildly +Stocks up Dollar down US...

What a difference a quarter makes. Coming into 2024, strategists were generally downbeat about what the year’s equity returns may be. Tempering expectations made sense considering the S&P...

Gold Sets a New All-Time High on Dovish Powell CommentsThe gold (XAU) price increased by 0.84% on Wednesday, setting a new all-time high after Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman,...

In the fast-paced world of stock market investing, determining the true worth of a stock can be akin to navigating a labyrinth of financial data and complex models. Investors often find themselves...

Stocks finished the day flat after a hot ADP report sent rates higher, and a cool ISM report sent rates back to flat. That left stocks moving sideways after a brief move higher in the midday and a...

Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell reiterated yesterday that the Fed is not in a rush to cut rates but that it will cut sometime this year and that the recent jump in inflation didn’t...

This S&P 500 annual return table shows the annual returns for the benchmark for various periods going back to 1/1/2000.From 1/1/2000 through 3/31/24, the annual return for the S&P 500 is just...

Forecasts that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in June took another hit after Monday’s relatively firm manufacturing survey data for March.Markets are still pricing in...