Market Overview

July is expected to be another volatile month on Wall Street amid a plethora of market-moving events. Investor focus will be on the U.S. jobs report, CPI inflation data, the Fed’s policy...

Millions of young Americans will face the end of the student loan payment moratorium this summer. Why is this happening now, after a three-year break from payments? It is the result of the recent...

Dollar gains ground on solid GDP data, awaits more releases todayYen receives more intervention threats - are markets sleeping on a BoJ shift?Eurozone inflation data coming up, gold drifts, stocks...

Between the crazy stunt in Russia last weekend to the comments this week by central bankers, there’s been a lot to comment on.Earlier in the week ECB President Christine Lagarde dropped all of...

It’s been a mixed trading session on Thursday as we get more evidence of economic resilience from the US which has left investors wondering whether they’ve once again underestimated how...

Watch out Wall Street. The US economy is too strong. The final reading of first-quarter GDP and personal consumption reminded traders that the economy is far from breaking and probably will need to be...

(Thursday market open) As the second quarter and first half of the year wind down, stocks have a firmer tone early Thursday after a surprise upward adjustment to the government’s Q1 Gross...

In times of market turbulence, stable insurance companies are great investment options Some of them offer stability to portfolios during volatile times, along with decent long-term returns Let's delve...

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...