Market Overview

Understanding the numbers in your personal finances can help you take control and set reasonable short- and long-term goals. Some basic formulas can give you insight into your financial strengths and...

Fed’s Powell opens the door to a September rate cut, stocks rebound But dollar only tumbles against the yen, which surges after BoJ hike BoE rate cut bets intensity ahead of decision, pressuring...

Gold Climbs By 1.5% on Rising Geopolitical Tensions and Hopes of Rate Cuts Yesterday, gold (XAU) rose by 1.5%, staying near record highs. This was due to expectations of a softer US monetary policy...

Not everybody is an options trader, but during an election year there is at least one binary option that most of us care quite a bit about and that’s the option on the US Presidency. There are ways...

The FOMC left the federal funds rate unchanged at its July meeting Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the committee is gaining confidence based on good data The markets' confidence in a September rate cut...

I discussed gold, silver, dollar, oil, bonds the Economic Modern Family and what I see as future trends for investing in an interview recently. Later, the Fed announced they would keep rates the...

The Fed's July policy meeting is set to be a pivotal moment for markets, with expectations of holding rates steady while signaling a potential rate cut in September. Recent data showing cooling...

BoJ announces rate hike and bond tapering Focus turns to US data and the Fed Australian CPI fails to record a significant downside surprise Gold and oil jump higher due to Middle East...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised its rate to 0.25% as cautiously expected and announced that it will reduce the monthly bond purchases in a predictable manner – but allow enough flexibility to support...

Last thursday, Nasdaq welcomed the world’s largest cold storage warehouse REIT, trading under the ticker symbol “LINE.” Following last September’s IPO launch of British semiconductor designer Arm...

Takeaways The Bank of Japan (BOJ), Federal Reserve (Fed), and Bank of England (BOE) will announce their interest rate decisions and release their latest monetary statements on 31 July and 1...

The 2 day Fed meeting begins today. Here's a look at how has the US economy changed since the June Fed meeting. Does it justify a green light for a September interest rate cut by the Federal...

An unexpected decline in Japan's unemployment did not prevent a retreat in the USD/JPY to a four-day low ahead of tomorrow's data and conclusion of the BOJ meeting. The dollar has probed the JPY155...

The market is convinced that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates at the Sep. 18 policy meeting. Tomorrow’s central bank announcement and press conference is still a wild card, but...