Market Overview

President Trump declared a national emergency over trade deficits and imposed a 10% general tariff on all countries, effective 5 April, along with higher tariffs on nations with the largest US trade...

I was boarding a plane for a trip to Latin America late in the evening last Wednesday (April 2), and as is my practice, I was checking the score on the Yankee game, when I read the tariff news...

Ouch. Global markets are in freefall in response to President Donald Trump’s universal 10% tariff on all goods being imported into the U.S., with as many as 60 countries facing “reciprocal” tariffs...

A rising chorus of forecasts suggests as much. But for the moment, this is still guesswork as markets struggle to price in a dramatically altered macro outlook due to the rising risk of a global...

Last week, we noted that it would not be uncommon for the market to retest recent lows. That is what happened on Monday morning before rallying sharply off that level. However, that rally was...

While stagflation fears grip the market and make headlines, the bond market appears more concerned about ‘stag' than ‘flation.' Stagflation describes sluggish economic activity or a recession coupled...

Where Are Markets Today? Bloodbath Across the Markets – Where Is the Bottom? The bloodbath is in full swing, and that’s exactly what you see when you look at the European markets. There is no safe...

Gold Drops Sharply From Its Highs The gold (XAU/USD) price plunged by 2.42% on Friday as investors closed their long positions to cover losses from a wider market meltdown. The market drop was driven...

US equity markets tumbled due to President Trump's tariff proposals, raising global growth concerns. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged tariffs' impact, emphasizing monitoring...

The end of last week was one of the most tumultuous two days in the market in decades for price action, fiscal policy, and uncertainty among investors. However, let’s start with the good news. U.S....

There is no doubt that this week will be all about trade policy. But we still have a couple of economic reports, and Q1 earnings begin on Friday. For economic data: Tuesday: NFIB small business...

“Investors diligently prepare portfolios based on the last 30 years of market behavior while remaining unaware of the potential for the return of devastating patterns that occurred outside their...

We see markets probe all the time, and right now, it seems we’re in a probing mood, searching for that “put” where a policymaker panics. As of Friday, however, it was falling on deaf ears—and Powell...

As global trust in open markets erodes, national capitalism is emerging as a new strategy where states reclaim control over production, trade, and security to serve sovereign interests. Redrawing the...