Market Overview

With the exception of crude oil, we awake yet again to an all-green morning (at least as I am typing this, about 90 minutes before the opening bell). There is less than 200 points between the present...

BoJ maintains easing bias, gives little away on pivot timing, pummelling the yenOil futures jump before steadying amid supply fears from Red Sea missile strikesWall Street extends winning streak...

The Bank of Japan kept its major policy settings unchanged and made no changes to its forward guidance, pushing the yen down against the dollar. But we think the shift in tone is clear and major...

Gold Continues to Trade Above 2,020 as Traders Buy the DipsThe gold (XAU) price rose 0.44% on Monday as traders bought the dips, expecting the Federal Reserve (Fed) to act on its promise to cut the...

The week started with mixed feelings. Investors broadly ignored the Federal Reserve (Fed) members’ latest warnings that the interest rate cuts won’t come as soon and as fast as priced in...

Unfavorable economic conditions and protectionist trade policies are squeezing profit margins for wind and solar energy, hindering the progress of the renewable energy revolution. Global pledges made...

Fed Policy: Long and Variable Lags In early June, we examined the performance of stocks relative to bonds to see what we could learn about the soft versus hard landing question. At that time, the...

Market Overview: S&P 500 Emini FuturesThe weekly chart is forming an S&P 500 Emini 8-bar bull microchannel. That means strong bulls. The bulls will need to create follow-through buying...

Gold Corrected Sharply on Friday After the Fed Officials' CommentsThe gold (XAU) price dropped by 0.85% on Friday but still had a large weekly gain as the Federal Reserve (Fed) turned dovish and...

The current state of central banks, along with declining inflation in the United States and Jerome Powell's comments hinting at a possible rate cut next year, led to a series of record highs in...

The Federal Reserve’s (Fed) rate cut talk becomes chaotic and frankly, hard to follow. After the Fed signaled a possible end to its monetary policy tightening campaign and the European...

In this video, I discuss 3 different price action trading strategies that can be used for forex, gold, and stocks. Discover how you can use price to identify entries and exits, key chart patterns and...

Months ago, most economists dismissed claims that Jerome Powell and his team of policymakers at the Federal Reserve would pull off the so-called “soft landing.” But after recent events and...

Long-time readers know that I am a card-carrying member of The-glass-is-at-least-half-full club. As such, it shouldn't surprise anyone that I have maintained a fairly upbeat view throughout this year....