Market Overview

In an op-ed for the Washington Post on November 5, 2010, Ben Bernanke did a victory lap, praising the Fed’s efforts in stemming the financial crisis. In the article, he discusses how QE and...

Fed meeting in the spotlight; equities under pressureDollar strength continues, could intensify if Fed appears hawkishQuestionable yen intervention result; more action over the next sessions?Bitcoin...

Gold Dropped as USD Strengthened In Anticipation Of The Fed's Interest Rate DecisionGold (XAU) moved within a bearish trend on Tuesday and lost 2.1%, while DXY gained 0.64%. Even lower-than-expected...

The S&P 500 was down about 1.6% heading into the FOMC meeting and Quarterly Refunding Announcement today. The VIX 1-Day was up 8.3 points to 18.10, which suggests much of the decline yesterday...

Mood among investors is not cheery into the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) latest monetary policy decision due later today. And it’s understandable. The Fed must respond to three straight month...

The value of modeling recession risk-based multiple indicators is a hardy perennial. The latest example comes by way of aggregating trends in the 50 US state economies for estimating the odds that an...

Gold Moves Sideways Ahead of the Fed Interest Rate DecisionThe gold price (XAU) moved within the 2,324–2,344 range on Monday due to a lack of important news or other driving factors. Although...

Tomorrow, markets expect the Fed to have a similar message as the previous meetings. While rate cuts are highly unlikely, a hawkish surprise from Powell could jolt markets. Watch key indicators like...

On 30 April – 1 May, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) will meet to decide on key interest rates in the U.S. economy. The Fed is expected to leave rates...

Market Overview: S&P 500 Emini FuturesThe market formed a Weekly S&P 500 Emini inside bar closing near its high, forming a pullback from around the 20-week EMA. The bulls want a breakout above...

Yen reverses higher after breaching 160/dollar, but no comment on interventionDollar slips despite more hot inflation data; Fed decision and NFP loom largeStocks extend gains on earnings, strong US...

Gold Stays Below 2,340 Ahead of Wednesday's Fed Interest Rate Decision The gold (XAU) price rose in the first half of Friday's trading session. XAU/USD then reversed near 2,352 due to...

Just one week after posting its worst weekly loss over a year, and after a week of unfavorable economic data for both the US economic outlook and Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations, we saw the S&P...

This will be one of the busier weeks of the year with earnings, the Fed, lots of data, and a Treasury Quarterly Refunding announcement. There are many differing views on the QRA, and there is a good...