Market Overview

Wall Street bounces back as earnings beats more than offset disappointmentsDollar struggles as mixed US data sets the tone ahead of January jobs reportPound edges up after Bank of England’s...

From last week till today there was a noteworthy drop in Natural Gas Futures prices – from $2.2 to $2 for a MMBTU. However, I foresee that the price may become even lower. With a sharp reduction...

Gold Reaches a 1-month High Ahead of the NFP ReportGold stayed above 2,050 on Thursday. XAU/USD rose nearly 2% this week, driven by a weakening US dollar, Treasury yields, and prospects of US rate...

Stocks rebounded yesterday ahead of today’s job report, with expectations for 185,000 new jobs to have been created, down from 216,000 last month.Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is expected to...

As FOMC rides into the sunset until March, the US Dollar Index is left to fend for itself amid the hawkish (or at least not yet dovish) echos of Jerome Powell’s assertion that the market should...

The Bank of England (BoE) kept its rates unchanged yesterday but opened the door to rate cuts mentioning ‘good news on inflation’. Cable rebounded despite a dovish takeaway from the MPC...

NFP Key PointsNFP report expectations: +187K jobs, +0.3% m/m earnings, unemployment at 3.8% Leading indicators point toward an almost dead-on expectations reading in this month’s NFP report,...

On Wednesday evening, I joined Phil Yin on CGTN America to discuss Boeing (NYSE:BA) Earnings, the Fed, Markets and more. Thanks to Phil and Ryan Gallagher for having me on. In the segment I...

The Fed disappointed markets yesterday, crushing March rate-cut hopes. This should have been expected as the central bank's priority is to eliminate any possibility of inflation returning. As...

By Padhraic GarveyWe are a bit surprised the market has not moved more on the Fed’s firm preference for a holding pattern on rates. Bottom line we see pressure for yields to edge higher on a...

The Gold Price Stays High Despite a Hawkish Message From the FedThe gold (XAU) price rose above 2,050 on Wednesday but failed to hold the level and decreased after Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve...

The U.S. Labour Department will be reporting on Friday, 2 February. The Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) is expected to increase by 180,000 jobs in January. The unemployment rate is forecast to rise to 3.8%...

Part One of this series led with a graph implying that we are embarking on an inflation rollercoaster for the next ten years, similar to the experience of 1965 to 1982.Parts One and Two explained the...

We knew that yesterday was not going to be a bright day, as Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) have all seen a negative market reaction to their fantastic quarterly...