Market Overview

Over the last several months, we have seen repeated employment reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that crushed economists’ estimates and seemed to defy logic. Such is particularly...

In a remarkable conversation with Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, key investment insights came to the fore. Marks advocates against attempting to time the market, echoing...

Remember when the GameStop (NYSE:GME) frenzy caught Wall Street by surprise?It showed us that the stock market could sometimes play by unexpected rules. It's a clear sign that just sticking to the...

Trade Ideas for Friday 15th February 2024 If you managed to buy some EUR/JPY at 160.90 (this was the low for the day so it would have been tough to get the position on I know), the pair immediately...

XAU/USD Rebounded Above 2,000 After a Weak US Retail Sales ReportThe gold (XAU) price rose towards 2,008 yesterday, rebounding from a short-lived drop. Currently, the price remains above 2,000. "Gold...

The S&P 500 rebounded past the 5000 yesterday. This time, a mixed set of manufacturing data and a drop in US retail sales – which fell the most in almost a year – were brought forward...

US retail sales fell 0.8% in January instead of the expected 0.2% decline. Sales excluding autos fell 0.6% instead of the expected 0.2% rise. This drop took sales back to their lowest level since last...

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals ExchangePrice inflation was supposed to be dead and buried months ago. But it’s doing just fine, thank you very much. The January Consumer Price Index report makes...

Dollar pulls back, US retail sales enter the limelightPound wounds deepen as UK economy slips into recessionYen gains on fears of intervention, despite Japan’s downturnDollar retreats on...

Gold Continues to Move Below the Important 2,000 LevelThe gold (XAU) price dropped below 1,980 on Wednesday. XAU/USD later recovered yet continued to trade below the critical 2,000 mark. "Gold is...

Markets are a bit slow and sideways on the FX front after volatile on Tuesday when the Dollar bounced following strong US CPI data. That's also when US yields came higher into resistance and stocks...

The market has been very quick in swallowing and digesting this Tuesday’s less-than-ideal inflation data from the US – which showed that inflation in the US didn’t ease as much as...

A little discussion about this thing we call “inflation” after the January CPI reportA vast majority of people see inflation as rising prices, wages, and ‘pushed’ costs within...

Dollar rallies across the board after higher-than-expected CPIsInvestors scale back their rate cut bets, get closer to Fed’s dot plotDollar/yen surges above 150, triggers intervention...