Market Overview

The previous week marked a significant shift in market sentiment regarding Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike expectations. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) update revealed a slower-than-anticipated...

Since we came back from vacation, I wrote 3 Daily’s.The first one was on the Economic Modern Family and how it opened its loving arms to the bulls. I was particularly keen on small caps or the...

This was a week of good news pretty much across the board, which doesn't happen all that often. Congress managed to kick the can down the road again on spending, avoiding a governmental shutdown....

The risk of a hard landing in the U.S. economy is growing and may even increase in 2024. Statistics show that the Fed has successfully curbed inflation by raising key rates. After hiking it 11 times,...

Markets think the Fed is done after US data missesSelloff in crude oil further fuels rate cut bets amid supply glut fearsBut dollar seesaws while earnings caution weighs on stocksFed expected to cut...

Democrats should start worrying about the level of debt and the increasing deficit. I previously discussed this issue when President Obama held the White House, when Marshall Auerback, via the Nation,...

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US economic activity in the fourth quarter remains set for a sharp slowdown vs. Q3, but the pace of expected growth has strengthened recently, based on updated nowcasts.Output for Q4 is estimated at...

The US Dollar Rises Even Though Inflation Eases, Bringing Down XAU/USDGold (XAU) initially rose on Wednesday but fell after the release of the U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) report, even though...

Stocks finished flat yesterday, following the slightly stronger-than-expected retail sales and weaker PPI data. Overall, yields and the dollar rose, which helped hold the S&P 500 to a gain of only...

Yesterday was about digesting Tuesday’s softer-than-expected US CPI data, feeling relieved that the US Senate passed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown and welcoming a...

UK inflation fell to 4.6% in October (6.7% in September) Markets expect the next move to be a rate cut next summer EUR/GBP struggling to break technical resistance, despite data UK inflation fell...

S&P Emini pre-open market analysisEmini daily chart o    The Emini formed a strong bull breakout yesterday, following the release of the CPI...

It is easy to get carried away and attempt to time a raging bull market But that is the opposite of what a wise investor should do, according to the great Benjamin Graham Ultimately, having a 'margin...