Market Overview

Turn on CNBC, and you will notice a bright green box permanently affixed to the bottom right corner with the ever-changing price of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is all the rage as market speculation across...

Fed speakers on the wires ahead of the usual blackout period The dollar remains on the back foot; stocks are feeling the pressure Gold trades sideways, as bitcoin retreats from its new all-time...

Corporations are currently producing the highest level of profitability, as a percentage of GDP, in history. However, understanding corporate profitability involves more than glancing at quarterly...

Gold's Growth Pauses Ahead of the NFP Report Gold (XAU/USD) declined by 0.67% on Thursday as traders repositioned ahead of the US nonfarm payroll (NFP) report. Yesterday's US Weekly Jobless Claims...

US jobs report (NFP) is highly anticipated, with market expectations for a 200k payroll figure. The unemployment rate is also a key focus, with a potential slight uptick to 4.2%. A print in line...

NFP Key Points NFP report expectations: +218K jobs, +0.3% m/m earnings, unemployment at 4.1% The Fed is likely, but not certain, to cut interest rates by 25bps later this month, and a strong jobs...

The trade deficit for October came in at -$73.8 billion, which decreased from the revised -$83.8 billion deficit in September. Imports and exports both decreased in October, with total exports...

We are up 37%; SPX up 28% so far this year. Last Monday the TRIN closed at 1.25 and the tick at -294 and last Friday the TRIN closed at 1.37 and ticks at -657, both of which shows panic and bullish...

The results mirror a wider trend seen in the North American solar equipment industry in 2024. Renewable energy stock Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ), already cut in half since the beginning of 2024,...

Despite a tough macroeconomic environment, some retailers in the retail/wholesale sector are thriving in the sweet spot intersection of "off-price” boulevard and “trade down” street. Consumers are...

Dollar retreats, but Powell keeps Fed pause chance elevated. Euro traders ‘buy the fact’ after French no-confidence vote. Bitcoin breaks $100,000, Wall Street tests uncharted territory. Powell...

Gold Grows on Weak US Labour Market Data Gold (XAU/USD) gained 0.24% on Wednesday after a report showed private sector hiring fell more than expected last month. The ADP Employment Change report...

yesterday, the VIX index was up slightly, and 10-day realized volatility began to rise from its depressed levels, as the S&P 500 moved by 60 basis points instead of its usual 25 bps. With a Jobs...

ISM Services PMI came in well below expectations, coming in at 52.1 (street was expecting 55.7), and 3.9 points below October. Although any reading above 50 means expansion, so the services sector...