Market Overview

Flash HICP in August 5.3% (5.1% expected, 5.3% in July) Flash core HICP in August 5.3% (5.3% expected, 5.5% in July) The key moving average provides resistance once again Eurozone economic indicators...

Dollar slumps again amid more signs of US slowdown, core PCE nextEuro see-saws after mixed CPI numbers Stocks extend rally on fading Fed hike expectations, China stimulusDollar pummelled as soft US...

We’ve noted in previous commentaries how well the US$ gold price has held up given the rise in real US interest rates as indicated by the United States 10-Year TIPS Treasury Inflation Protected...

Nothing lasts forever, as any student of the business cycle knows. But recognizing that the economy is dynamic, and constantly shape-shifting, doesn’t make it any easier to spot trend changes in...

More US data on this week’s agendaAs investors are trying to figure out how the Fed’s plans may evolve in the coming months, they may pay extra attention to today’s ADP employment...

Conference Board Economic Forecast: Looking into 2024, we expect the volatility that dominated the US economy over the pandemic period to diminish. In the second half of 2024, we forecast that overall...

As we all know, shelter inflation is very important to the overall rise in the cost of living. Recently, concern about the acceleration in shelter inflation that happened between 2021 and 2023 has...

The most important release this week is Friday's US non-farm payrolls report.In this video, I talk about how a strong or weak jobs report affects stocks & forex

Dollar traders turn cautious ahead of important dataYen stays pressured as yield differentials stay in the spotlightWall Street records gains as Powell refrains from committing to more hikesTraders...

Higher interest rates and a stagnant economy keep bank lending on a weakening trend. Annual growth in broad money growth is now negative. This adds to expectations of a weak eurozone economy in the...

The BRICS nations are coming of age.At its annual summit in Johannesburg last week, the bloc of five emerging countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—announced plans to...

Bonds have had one of the worst years in modern times and one of the fastest rates of interest rate rises.The good news is the market has absorbed the bond’s performance. A better risk-on...

The weekly candlestick formed was an inside bull doji, forming an S&P 500 Futures breakout mode. The bulls want a breakout above, while the bears want a breakout below the inside bar. For now,...

After three straight weekly declines, the Global Market Index (GMI) rebounded for the trading week through Friday, Aug. 25. This unmanaged benchmark holds all the major asset classes (except cash) in...