Market Overview

US NFP data eliminate chances of another 50bps rate cut Spotlight turns to US CPI numbers for September PMI data corroborate the notion for sticky underlying inflation The data comes out on...

The week started on an ugly note except for those who have a long exposure to energy-related assets. The crumbling dovish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations in the wake of a blowout jobs report from...

Through the years, I have attempted to explain to those reading my missives that believing that any entity has control over the market is absolutely absurd. And, no matter how many empirical examples...

The Federal Reserve's recent decision to slash interest rates by an unexpected 0.5% has sent shockwaves through global financial markets. This bold move,  larger than the modest cuts many analysts...

Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are espousing policies that will be bearish for the US Dollar and bullish for gold. This means that regardless of what it turns out to be, the outcome of the...

Gold (XAU/USD) dropped sharply on Friday following a stronger-than-expected US Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) report but then recovered and stabilized at $2,650. Gold retreated further from its record highs...

Strong US jobs report shifts Fed rate cut expectations from 50 bps to 25 bps. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East drive up oil prices and safe-haven assets. Upcoming US inflation data and RBNZ...

Surprise! The US economy added more than 250,000 new nonfarm jobs last month, the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% and wages grew faster than expected both on a monthly and on a yearly basis. On a...

Last week, Barcelona hosted the tenth European Blockchain Convention ,EBC a two-day event bringing together the best and brightest of the industry under one roof. Events across the tech industry have...

On September 18, 2024, the headlines read the Fed cut the Fed Funds rate by 50 basis points. At first blush, one would think that a trader with a crystal ball a couple of days before the Fed action...

What stocks should you buy? What sectors should you target? Ask 10 different experts and you might get 10 different answers. But Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA Research, likes...

With the US elections coming up, amid other uncertainties in interest rates, the US debt situation and warfare happening abroad, most professionals recommend these investment strategies to defend...

De-dollarization, the BRIC countries are destroying the US dollar, and many other theories… All or some of them might be true, but it absolutely doesn’t mean that they have to result in any specific...

A goodly part of the "strong" economy illusion derives from cherry-picking the hideously misleading numbers contained in the BLS establishment survey’s monthly "jobs" count. As we noted in my...