Market Overview

USThis week is all about the US CPI report and retail sales data. If the US demand for goods didn’t weaken that much and if inflation heated up, rate hike expectations for the November meeting...

Investors in Europe and the US are preparing for a volatile week as the economic docket is full of fireworks. Since last week, concerns about the Fed’s interest rate cycle have begun to surface...

With inflation fading, the US Federal Reserve continues the fight against… inflation!The question is ‘why?’ Why do Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve continue to tilt against the...

Since the beginning of the year, economic data has continued to defy the recession calls of 2022. Therefore, it is unsurprising that economic data surprised analysts’ more dire predictions last...

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...

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...

At the time of writing in mid-morning European trade, the German DAX was among a number of European markets to turn slightly positive on the session, recovering from a weak start. However, sentiment...

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...

On Tuesday, the US Dollar was the best-performing currency among the 20 global currencies we track, while the Mexican peso (MXN) showed the weakest results. The Russian rouble (RUB) was the leader...

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....