Market Overview

In this video, we'll delve into the US government's debt crisis and the nail-biting suspense of Congress waiting until the last possible moment to act.I discuss the two biggest risks to the financial...

Retailers will be the last group to deliver financial results in the Q1 reporting season. The retail sector has underperformed the broader market by a wide margin in 2023. Despite the gloomy...

(Friday market open) With today’s planned high-level debt ceiling negotiations pushed back to next week and few major earnings or data updates on the way, it feels like a quiet spring Friday...

Every headline in the financial press earlier this week says the same thing.Well, they might be done "raising" rates, but they shouldn’t be in the rate-setting business—up, down or...

On May 3, the Federal Reserve announced its 10th interest rate hike in just over a year, bringing the Fed funds rate to a target range of 5%-5.25% - the highest since August 2007. However, in the...

The April update on US consumer inflation was widely reported as delivering another round of encouraging news. But a closer look at a broader set of inflation metrics suggests that further progress on...

Jobless claims jump to a 1-1/2-year highDollar attracts haven flows, but too early for reversalBoE hikes, revises up inflation and GDP projectionsDow and S&P 500 reflect worries, Nasdaq stays...

The April PPI report came in on the disinflationary side, and as a side note, unemployment claims jumped to the highest level since 2021. This has inflation-centric gold bugs scattering out of the...

Knowing what is priced in for Fed rate hikes or cuts is essential to understanding market movements.This video shows where to find changes in interest rate expectations and how to interpret the...

“She Had Me at Heads Carolina” is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Cole Swindell. The song contains lyrical and melodic references to Jo Dee Messina’s...

(Thursday market open) ) After a few days out of the spotlight, regional banks popped back into the news this morning as shares of PacWest (PACW) slid 20% following a sharp loss in deposits. This came...

The US Federal Reserve raised rates by 0.25% last week, increasing its benchmark rate to between 5% and 5.25%: The highest since 2007.Although most investors expect that this latest hike will be the...

US CPI eases to two-year low, fuelling Fed rate cut expectations Yields decline but dollar advances after limited selloff Pound in the spotlight today as BoE expected to hike again Fed pause looking...

US consumer inflation slowed to 4.9%, just below the expected 5.0% and unchanged from the previous month. The initial market impulse was to sell the dollar and buy equities as the slowdown in price...