Market Overview

Today’s trading session is promising to be quiet in regards of economic releases. Nevertheless, investors are awaiting some important events this week.On Friday, the US Bureau of Labour...

Andrew Lo, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently wrote a stimulating discussion of two seemingly contrary “laws”: Moore’s and Murphy’s. This is his...

Germany’s monthly update on retail spending in January will set the tone for eurozone economic analysis today. We’ll also see the initial estimate for the eurozone's consumer inflation in...

On Saturday, February 27, Warren Buffett released his Letter to Shareholders. Some of the highlights are:(1) He praised 3G Capital for buying, building, and holding large businesses in contrast to...

MLP managements have been verbose in the last couple of weeks. This is mostly due to the fact that it’s earnings season and conference calls provide an opportunity for investors to obtain...

The year has begun on a tumultuous note. The Nikkei, DAX and S&P 500 all gapped lower the first day of the year. However, heightened anxiety has calmed as the fire appears to have burnt itself...

Cryptocurrency Might Go Legit in Japan The Guardian reported this morning that bitcoin is getting some extra attention in Japan this year. The Liberal Democratic Party, the current governing political...

The bulls made some progress this past week. But they have a lot to prove before we can believe the bull market in stocks has resumed. Just look at all the BEV Zeros below (new all-time highs) from...

Throughout my career, I have been faced with the dumbest smart people. Many times the deeper one looks at something - the more complex the analysis - the obvious is missed.Follow up: On 16 December...

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It’s the broken-record phrase of the financial industry... “With higher risk comes higher reward.” But there is a reason for this common quote’s existence. It’s a simple...

Over the past week all of my core market health indicators improved. However, as you can see, they are all still deep in negative territory. They are clearly showing weakness in underlying market...

One or more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in 2016 remains a real possibility. Why would the Fed consider such a policy action given the recent collapse in inflation expectations?Over the past...

When the Federal Reserve through its Open Market Desk engages in a transaction under QE or the current balance sheet stabilization (reinvesting maturing securities) with a primary dealer, the direct...