Market Overview

We could see pressure building for additional monetary tightening in some APAC economies in the coming week. Meanwhile, North Asia (ex-China) delivers the monthly activity data dump which should show...

Recession talk for the US is on the march again. Although there’s still room for debate on the near-term business-cycle outlook, some indicators are highlighting decelerating growth that could be the...

Risk appetite buoyed by signs of weakening US consumption Wall Street closes at record highs ahead of US holiday, oil also rallies Pound edges up as services CPI remains sticky despite drop in...

Gold Remains in Uncertainty The XAU/USD pair has been trading within a sideways range of $2,300.00—$2,333.00 since the start of the week. Yesterday, it saw a modest increase of 0.45%. The US retail...

Core and Median inflation continue to decline. This is not really a surprise; since early 2023 the clear direction has been to lower inflation. The debate has not been about whether inflation was...

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) finally stole the title of the world’s most valuable company from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) yesterday following a beautiful 3.5% rally that propelled the...

Gold Trades Sideways Awaiting for US Retail Sales Data On Monday, the exchange rate for XAU/USD fluctuated between 2,310 and 2,328. Market participants were awaiting a series of economic reports and...

The S&P 500 hit a record high yesterday, its 30th record high since the beginning of this year. The technology stocks led the rally. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), which revealed its plans to integrate...

by Jack Fischer During LSEG Lipper’s fund-flows week that ended June 12, 2024, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the seventh week...

The steepening in the yield curve from inversion to above 0 is the best indicator of an imminent recession. The decline in the 2-year yield relative to the Fed Funds rate usually precedes the start...

This will be a quiet week with very little data and a day off mid-week. The retail sales data will come on Tuesday; Tuesday will also be VIX Opex; Wednesday, the markets will be closed, and Friday...

Gold Rose on Expectations of Interest Rate Cuts On Friday, the XAU/USD pair showed strong growth, rising by 1.30%. The price increased to the local resistance level of $2,335.00, testing it several...

Last week was brilliant for the major US indices but gloomy elsewhere. The S&P 500 was slightly down on Friday, but the index posted its best weekly advance in a month on the back of a surprise...

Let’s play a hole of golf to appreciate how two distinct aspects of golf provide valuable lessons for investors. You tee off with a driver on a 450-yard par four hole. Your drive is perfect. Not only...