Market Overview

Retail sales disappointed in August with an increase almost entirely coming from cars’ sales. Excluding autos, sales were almost flat in volume. The increase in long-term rates could hamper...

Canada – Building permits in dollar terms were up 20.7% in July after falling 10.6% the prior month. The jump exceeded by far consensus expectations, which were calling for an advance of no more...

In spite of the headlines heralding that higher rates will result in a collapse of the housing market, this one story stands out (see below) to reveal that lenders are actually lowering standards to...

"We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale." This was how Twitter announced, on the corporate feed on its...

According to a study by economists at the University of California, Berkeley, the Paris School of Economics, and Oxford University, the income gap in the U.S. economy in 2012 was similar to what it...

Last week I predicted a market focus on Syria, expecting President Obama's Tuesday evening speech to be the focal point. My concept was correct, but events moved even more swiftly. The market...

For the second consecutive week, all eight indexes on my world watch list finished with gains, the first time that's happened this year. In fact, prior to the last two weeks there have only been three...

The Advance Retail Sales Report released Friday morning shows that sales in August came in at 0.2% month-over-month, a decline from July's 0.4% (an upward revision from 0.2%). Friday's headline number...

The pace of growth in US retail sales slowed again last month, the Census Bureau reported on Friday. For the second month in a row, consumer spending on retail goods and services expanded at a lesser...

Today's release of the August Producer Price Index (PPI) for finished goods rose 0.3% month-over-month, seasonally adjusted, in Headline inflation Investing.com had posted a MoM consensus forecast of...

Monday's August report on industrial production is projected to post a 0.3% rise vs. the previous month, based on The Capital Spectator's average econometric forecast. The expected gain compares with...

Signals are automatically generated by integrating electronic weekly statistics with proprietary algorithms. GOLD WEEKLY MOVING AVERAGES The December gold futures contract closed at 1328. The market...

Short-term market volatility is powerfully influenced by fear and greed.But fear and greed aren't the only emotions that influence market decisions.Other emotions, such as "disappointment" and...