Market Overview

September Non-Farm Payrolls - Good for USD and BAD for Gold and Stocks. Here's a look at why

Nonfarm payrolls coming up, forecasts point to a solid reportDollar winning streak set to extend to 12 weeks if data is solidGold stabilizes as yields calm down, but oil prices crash Nervous markets...

Stocks finished yesterday flat after being down earlier for most of the session. A sell-off in the dollar ahead of today's Job report was the main catalyst for the bounce. The S&P 500, for the...

Bond futures traders wagers (open interest) hit record high; Bets are calling for a hike at November 1st meeting US jobless claims edge higher but still remain historically low levels Fed’s Daly...

By Jason BodnerSo, bad news first then? We might not be out of the woods just yet. September was an ugly month for the market with the S&P troughing down 4.9% from August’s close, and Nasdaq...

Just when you thought it was safe to assume that the soft-landing fix was in, the bond market has thrown a wrench into the machine. So it goes with the constantly shape-shifting risk profile for the...

ADP reveals lower-than-expected increase in private payrollsDollar retreats as investors lower their implied Fed rate pathYen gains, but long-lasting recovery remains questionableWall Street bounces...

German Services PMI rises slightly Eurozone retail sales decline 1.2% The euro has stabilized on Wednesday and is in positive territory. In the North American session, EUR/USD is trading at 1.0519, up...

USD/CAD has been hit with heightened volatility given bond market chaos and the big moves in the oil market. The dollar rally has paused against euro and yen, but it continues against commodity...

I am old enough (fortunately??) to be able to remember when interest rates were last at this level. Even higher – I can remember in my first job, at technical analysis firm Technical Data, being...

Stocks and bonds fell sharply on Tuesday following the release of jobs data that strengthened the case for the Federal Reserve to maintain higher interest rates for an extended period.In the currency...

Rising interest rates may threaten the “soft landing” outlook for the US economy, but the upcoming preliminary estimate of third-quarter GDP from the government still looks set to report...

Based on some comments, it appears we scared a few people with A Crisis Is Coming.Our article warns, “A financial crisis will likely follow the Fed’s “higher for longer”...