Market Overview

Ahead of Janet Yellen's Congressional Testimony Wednesday morning, ask yourself these five questions:1. What are the chances that Yellen's remarks will have wording that will create an equities...

When assets reach prior highs, its time to pay attention from a Risk On & Risk Off basis. The chart on the left is silver, going back to the mid 1970s. As you can see it reached $50 in the early...

WMD: Weapons of Mass Destruction“WMD”: also is “Wasteful Monetary Devastation.”WASTEFUL: We all know that governments spend money in wasteful ways and compensate with higher...

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Oil prices are rising this morning in what the International Energy Agency (IEA) calls a false dawn. In the most recent report, the IEA predicted a bleak outlook for the global oil market and the...

Natural gas is a tricky thing – besides its propensity to blow up, it also requires a change in state (from gas to liquid) for trans-oceanic transport. The capital outlay for liquefaction and...

India leads emerging economiesIndia continues to be a bright spot in the global economy. India's 4Q 2015 headline GDP expanded 7.3% y/y above expectations. Manufacturing surprisingly spiked in 4Q yet...

If yesterday was a bad day for Western indices, it certainly followed suit in Asia. The Nikkei 225 fell 5.4%, the worst drop since June 2013. The TOPIX fared no better, down 5.5%. The yen also...

The Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) is a relatively recent indicator developed by Federal Reserve economists to assess changes in the labor market conditions. It is a dynamic factor model of...

After a meltdown in Asia, the global capital markets are stabilizing in Europe. The US S&P managed to recoup about half of its losses before the close yesterday, but this gave no comfort to...

• Yen skyrockets as Nikkei tumbles Japanese stock markets plunged overnight, with the Nikkei 225 down more than 5% as investors concerns on the global economy continued to mount. Bank shares are...

There is no other word for Monday's markets but ugly. We walked in yesterday anticipating a relatively calm day with China closed, a strong jobs report from the US to chew over and limited economic...

CurrenciesEUR/USD: The pair is trading above its upward trend line on a 4 hour time frame. The next support is near the 1.0883 level and the resistance is 1.1387. USD/JPY: The pair is trading below...

No mercy is the attitude from traders who are unwavering to punish the stock market and the heavy sell off over in Asia is the direct result of this. This is despite the fact that the Chinese markets...