Market Overview

Are markets Fed up?Markets remain unsure as to how to price the European Central Bank’s actions of last Thursday with the single currency remaining stronger and, rather surprisingly for us, the...

While ECB meeting triggered much volatility in the financial markets, the underlying momentum in return of risk appetite continued. DJIA closed near to the weekly high at 17213.31, up the week by...

The financial markets open the week with positive sentiments. Asian indices were generally higher with Nikkei closed up 294.88 pts, or 1.74%, at 17233.75. European indices are also gaining in initial...

While the start of the week is looking relatively quiet for the markets, this is in no way a reflection of how the week as a whole is shaping up with central banks dominating proceedings.The European...

World central banks are under pressure to provide monetary stimulus and to keep interest rates low in response to volatile financial markets, low oil prices and a slowdown in China and emerging...

Japan is currently facing a challenge that much of Europe and, in time, China, too, will face: a declining working age population. Japan, though, is further ahead than the rest of us, and how they...

Feds Delay Raising Interest Rates (Markets Breath Sigh of Relief)Initial reports indicated that the Federal Reserve intended to raise rates gradually throughout 2016. While this was welcome news to...

On Thursday, ECB president Mario Draghi lowered the deposit rate on money parked at the ECB to -0.4% from -0.3%. Draghi also cut the main refinancing rate by 5 basis points to 0%.How low can he go? Is...

For those who follow MLPs closely, one of the enduring mysteries must be the mindset of investors in the ALPS Alerian MLP (NYSE:AMLP). Investors who desire MLP exposure but don’t want K-1s have...

VIX made a wide swing between weekly Intermediate-term resistance at 20.21 and weekly mid-Cycle support at 15.97, but did not make a new low. An aggressive buy signal (NYSE sell signal) may be...

EM enjoyed an extended rally last week, and it should carry over to the early part of the week. The Wednesday FOMC meeting poses a risk to EM, especially if markets continue to price in a more hawkish...

Fixed exchange rates limit the degrees of freedom for policymakers. The breakdown of Bretton Woods in 1971 removed this constraint on official action, and the results were larger budget deficit and...

I can’t say I’m too surprised with Friday’s development. The ECB shock may still limit the market’s appetite to push the boundaries and this appears to be confirmed by the...

I can "prove", using sources on the internet, almost anything. Gold going up, gold declining. Market momentum increasing, market crashing. Even studies and research conflicts, and much of it out of...