Market Overview

The US economy experienced strong growth in the second and third quarters of 2015, expanding by 3.9% and 2.0% respectively. However, the strong performance was derailed in the fourth quarter, which...

VIX rose above all near-term resistance except the Cycle Top at 23.75. Most market watchers would not take alarm until the VIX exceeds 25.00. However, the buy signal (NYSE sell signal) is confirmed....

The secret to happiness is to lower your expectations....that is what you compare your experience with. If your expectations and standards are very high and you only allow yourself to be happy when...

Japan has adopted negative interest rates as the latest effort to revitalize its dying economy.But the country has been falling down the demographic cliff after its baby boom ignited a surge of...

Since late 2008, central banks around the world have used unprecedented QE to try and stoke the global economy.Then in June 2014, the ECB took it a step further. They went negative. Zero short-term...

If the Chinese were intent on financial reform, and that meant trying perhaps the impossible task of a managed bubble deformation, the genesis of the idea was forged in the United States....

Are you set on snacks for the big game? If not, you better get on it. Super Bowl Sunday is second only to Thanksgiving in terms of food consumption... And those mountains of grub will turn into...

Markets: Weak US and Chinese economic data, and falling crude oil prices pushed the market down this week. Dividend Stocks Update: These high dividend stocks go ex-dividend this coming week: N:APU,...

DOW + 79 = 16,416SPX + 2 = 1915NAS + 5 = 450910 Y – .02 = 1.86%OIL – .52 = 31.76GOLD + 13.00 = 1156.40Equity markets were all over the place once again as crude oil popped and then...

Friday’s news was the Employment number. I am not going to talk a lot about the number, since the January jobs number is one of those releases where the seasonal adjustments totally swamp the...

Japan may be the Land of the Rising Sun… but in terms of monetary policy, it’s the land of falling interest rates.Negative interest rates, to be precise. As damning economic indictments...

Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably vague about the specific indicators on which they base their decisions. This...

The US dollar traded higher before the weekend with the help of a fairly robust jobs report. Although the jobs growth itself was somewhat disappointing, the details were constructive: More people...

The latest Commitment of Traders report covers the week ending February 2. It covers the FOMC meeting and the BOJ's surprise cut. It included speculation of a potential deal between Russia and OPEC to...