Market Overview

A week that saw a lot of choppy price action as markets awaited the US jobs report on Friday. A stellar jobs print of 227k and a slight uptick in the unemployment rate to 4.2% appear to have sealed a...

The monster upleg of Gold remains alive and well, after weathering a sharp post-election selloff. One had certainly been due, as gold had just surged to extremely-overbought levels. The resulting...

Every day, consumers open fintech apps to conduct financial transactions and manage finances more conveniently and effectively. Artificial intelligence (AI) has disrupted and transformed the finance...

The Trump administration has nominated Dr. Marty Makary for the role of the United States Federal Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner. Dr. Makary is the Chief of Islet Transplant Surgery at Johns...

Last policy decisions of 2024 to shape market mood. RBA, BoC, SNB and ECB are on the agenda. US CPI report to be crucial too as Fed undecided. RBA to hold rates, but will it turn less hawkish? The...

S&P E-mini market analysis E-mini daily chart  The E-mini is continuing to form a tight bull channel on the daily chart. This increases the odds that the first reversal down will be minor. The...

Fed speakers on the wires ahead of the usual blackout period The dollar remains on the back foot; stocks are feeling the pressure Gold trades sideways, as bitcoin retreats from its new all-time...

Corporations are currently producing the highest level of profitability, as a percentage of GDP, in history. However, understanding corporate profitability involves more than glancing at quarterly...

US jobs report (NFP) is highly anticipated, with market expectations for a 200k payroll figure. The unemployment rate is also a key focus, with a potential slight uptick to 4.2%. A print in line...

NFP Key Points NFP report expectations: +218K jobs, +0.3% m/m earnings, unemployment at 4.1% The Fed is likely, but not certain, to cut interest rates by 25bps later this month, and a strong jobs...

We were very bullish at the start of this year with a Street-high year-end price target of 5400 for the S&P 500. That level was surpassed on June 12. We weren't bullish enough as the stampeding...

The trade deficit for October came in at -$73.8 billion, which decreased from the revised -$83.8 billion deficit in September. Imports and exports both decreased in October, with total exports...

We are up 37%; SPX up 28% so far this year. Last Monday the TRIN closed at 1.25 and the tick at -294 and last Friday the TRIN closed at 1.37 and ticks at -657, both of which shows panic and bullish...

The hedge fund industry and some trading desks at the big investment banks are usually mystified for always knowing where and when to be. Most of what they do is obscure, but the little that has come...