Market Overview

ECB’s Knot (hawk) noted that for July I think it is a necessity, for anything beyond July it would at most be a possibility but by no means a certainty Canadian headline CPI was 2.8%, versus 3%...

Both the advance and core (ex-auto) retail sales monthly reading post third straight gain Fed rate hike odds stand at 93.6% for July 26th meeting ECB odds for a July rate hike stand at 93.2%. while...

Now that actual auto news seems to have replaced the Twitterverse as a top concern affecting Elon Musk’s signature company, Q2 Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) earnings could produce some of the biggest...

(Tuesday market open) The morning kicks off with more big banks beating analysts’ earnings expectations, but major indexes were barely changed in premarket trading. Retail Sales—an...

All signs point to a final U.S. interest rate hike in this cycle And yield-curve inversion continues to indicate a high risk of recession Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 keeps inching closer to all-time...

Euro hits 17-month high before ECB’s Visco knocks it lower Bruised dollar sets sights on US retail sales as Treasury yields resume slideEquities mixed despite China’s aim to boost...

Goldman Sachs eyes a significant crude deficit in the second half of the year Markets price in 25% chance Fed cuts at December 13th FOMC meeting Bitcoin supporter Novogratz expects Bitcoin ETF gets...

The S&P 500 Futures loss of momentum is represented by the overlapping price action in the last 5 weeks. It also formed a small wedge (Jun 16, Jun 30, and Jul 14). The bulls need to create...

Good morning, everyone,and welcome to a new week. One tidbit of market motion was found – briefly! – with crude oil, thanks to some fresh bridge-blowing-up action in Crimea. Normally a...

Across-the-board rallies in all the major asset classes last week strengthened year-to-date performances in markets around the world based on a set of ETFs. The downside outlier: a broad measure of...

China GDP miss, caution ahead of Big Tech earnings take wind out of post-CPI rallyHawkish Fed Governor comments also weigh on mood as dollar crawls higherSlew of incoming inflation data adds to nerves...

US Stocks were mixed on Friday but traded solidly higher for the week. The markets rallied hard based on two upbeat June inflation reports released on Wednesday (CPI) and Thursday (PPI).We spent a...

Will a slumping dollar help silver soar, or is the crowd re-enacting their mistakes from 2021 and 2022?The USD Index has become a pariah, and silver couldn’t be more happy. However, the...

Picking Tops and bottoms is very tempting because humans are hard-wired to think that they are smarter than everyone else, but you need to know how to do it right.Here are 5 mistakes to avoid when...