Market Overview

After a rough patch or two in the spring, stocks seem to be in better shape entering July amid hopes that the economy is starting to improve. At the same time, the Federal Reserve still expects to...

Wall Street awaits Fed Chair Powell and counterparts at ECB forum Mortgage demand rises for a 3rd straight week 10-year Treasury yield down 1.9 bps to 3.745% The artificial intelligence trade had a...

(Wednesday market open) Stocks lost ground early Wednesday following a report that the United States is considering more curbs on chip exports to China. At the same time, the financials sector braces...

Equity markets are cautiously higher in Europe while the US is poised to open relatively flat as we await appearances from the heads of the Fed, ECB, BoE and BoJ.Fed Chair Jerome Powell, ECB President...

Yield curve inversions, as we currently have, portend recessions. Banks use time and credit arbitrage to make profits. Our proxy for lending profitability is at 25-year lows, resulting in tightening...

Euro rebounds as ECB officials appear in hawkish suitsYen extends slide, despite new intervention warningsLoonie and aussie slide on lower-than-expected CPI dataWall Street gains on upbeat US dataECB...

OilIt’s going to take a lot to change the minds of energy traders. Fears of a weaker global growth outlook are not going away anytime soon. In the US, good news is bad news as that will suggest...

AperçuTotalEnergies SE, basée en France, est l'une des cinq plus grandes sociétés pétrolières et gazières intégrées au monde en termes de...

(Tuesday market open) The market begins Tuesday in wait-and-see mode as investors prepare for a flurry of data and earnings. There were encouraging signs yesterday of new breadth on Wall Street as...

A challenging H2 2023 lies ahead for investors But, technology, consumer, and healthcare sectors offer opportunities This is your chance to get first-hand information that can affect stocks going...

Last year was a turbulent experience for the global financial market. As for 2023-2024, analysts define several factors that will decide the future of a global economy and specific countries'...

Yen gets hit by another selling wave, retests its multi-year lows Dollar slightly softer ahead of US releases, euro capitalizes Tech stocks encounter some profit-taking, ECB forum beginsJapanese yen...

It’s been a relatively slow start to the week so far but things are likely to pick up with more appearances from prominent central bankers and key data due for release in the coming days.Equity...

One of my favorite economic thinkers is Michael Mauboussin.His book – More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places – and various other ‘white papers’...