Market Overview

Market Movers We expect the Sentix investor confidence for February to follow the direction from January and decrease once again due to the continued global market uncertainty. If this uncertainty...

We started a new month this past week, but it was like deja vu all over again. The Groundhog declared an early Spring on Tuesday, a change in weather. But regarding markets, you could have fooled me....

Monday morning brings us the opportunity to look once again at what was a mixed United States Jobs Report.Market participants can take what they like from what was patchy data, with both the doves and...

The dollar rebounded against a basket of the other major currencies on Friday after the latest U.S. jobs report showed that wage growth accelerated in January, indicating that the Federal Reserve...

The forex markets opened the week quite quietly on thin holiday trading due to lunar new year. Major pairs and crosses are stuck in Friday's range even though mild strength is seen in sterling and...

On a slow day for economic news, today’s update on eurozone investor sentiment via Sentix will help set the tone for macro expectations this week. Later, the Federal Reserve updates its Labor...

Happy Lunar New Year; the year of the fire monkey has begun.LNY has an interest effect on Asian markets as there is an eerie quiet, with only Japan and Australia open for business for most of the...

K.I.S.S. – Keep It Simple Stupid – An acronym used in the US military; a design principle; unnecessary complexity should be avoided.The acronym KISS is just another way of expressing...

Last week, we talked about support and resistance – both of which drive the technical study of the financial markets.Let’s expand on this theory by introducing another key technical idea,...

There are things that monetary enthusiasts* such as me take for granted that are not widely understood. In an email discussion with a friend and fellow monetary enthusiast it occurred to me that the...

We are near the low in bond yields for the year, and with the global markets selling off but the employment numbers holding in there, we have a real conundrum for bond investors.

With many equity markets having fallen 20% from their peaks—meeting a common definition of a bear market—investors, analysts, and journalists understandably seek a narrative that gives it...

The U.S. jobs numbers for January, 2016 were good enough to send odds for the next rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve to jump across the scheduled meetings for 2016. Yet, the odds for December as...

For most of the day on Friday, it was a case of “when time stood still.” That’s hardly a surprise because it’s the normal approach to the Non Farm Payrolls. I have no idea what...