Market Overview

On Thursday, the Japanese yen (JPY) was the best-performing currency among the 20 global currencies we track, while the Nigerian naira (NGN) showed the weakest results. The South African rand (ZAR)...

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) concerns rock stock markets after China’s iPhone banDollar rally takes a breather as yields retreat, but outlook intactGold creeps higher, helped by yields and sovereign...

Investors should brace for more volatility next week as the stock market faces a triple whammy of risk events. U.S. CPI inflation, the latest retail sales figures, and a read on wholesale prices will...

August saw modest market pullbacks across the board, as investors were nervous about risk. The U.S. indexes were down by low single digits, with the Nasdaq doing the worst. International markets also...

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the second week in a row, injecting a net $9.6 billion for the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended...

“Steady As She Goes” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)… So what’s ailing the market? On August 18, there were big headlines that a “major manager” had just put...

Stronger headwinds may be brewing for the US economic outlook, but next month’s third-quarter GDP report looks set to post a moderately firmer growth rate, based on the median estimate via...

US service sector unexpectedly gathers momentumECB officials keep a hike for next week on the tableBoE Gov. Bailey says they are ‘much nearer’ to rate peakWall Street slides as ISM PMI...

A couple of months ago, in this article, I argued that one characteristic of higher-inflation environments is that the volatility of inflation numbers is also high.While it does not automatically...

The weekly Ichimoku Cloud chart below for the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE:JNK) shows a trend that rolled over in early 2022, formed a base in 2H 2022, and resumed an uptrend in 2023....

September and October are infamous for major bouts of volatility striking markets Amid a softening consumer landscape and uncertain Fed policy, industry experts will share their insights and what...

Most investors believe that U.S. government debt is risk-free. Why shouldn’t they, every economic and financial textbook, media outlet, and bond guru say so?Did you know it used to be a fact...

Financial markets have had a bumpy ride lately, inspiring fresh concerns that this year’s rebound from 2022’s sharp loss has run its course. It’s premature to dismiss that...

We rationalize why US longer tenor rates are rising – basically, the curve is inverted and getting used to discounting structurally higher rates. If so, reversion to a normal curve must mean...