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by Pinchas Cohen After Wednesday’s gains the yen, gold and yields pare gains Asia-Pacific markets followed in lock-step with yesterday’s US panic sell-off, the worst day for markets in...

by Pinchas CohenAfter a year in which markets seem to have disregarded political risk—the UK Brexit referendum, the US presidential election and the Italian constitutional referendum—the...

by Pinchas CohenIn what can only be considered a supreme irony, the escalating and increasingly chaotic White House drama that's taking on Shakespearean proportions continues to be the focus of global...

by Pinchas Cohen After the Washington Post reported yesterday that US President Donald Trump shared classified intelligence secrets with Russia's foreign minister and their US ambassador at a White...

by Pinchas CohenYesterday’s equity rally—which took the S&P 500 and NASDAQ to new record high closes for each—is showing signs of fading, even as oil continues to extend its...

by Pinchas CohenAn unlikely image for WTI crude is as a commodity in distress, yet that's exactly how Saudi Arabia and Russia seem to be relating to it. Each has given its word of honor that last...

by Pinchas CohenWhile investors continue to wait for any details, however scant, on President Donald Trump’s promised infrastructure spending plans, Chinese President Xi Jinping beat the US...

by Pinchas CohenThe Week That WasLast week opened with a bang, as centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron beat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election. Still, the global...

by Pinchas CohenThe US dollar and gold have a negative correlation. While gold is considered a safe haven during times of uncertainty, the dollar provides growth, in the form of interest. For that...

by Pinchas CohenWhat started with market sound and fury—FBI director James Comey's firing by U.S. President Donald Trump—fizzled into much ado about nothing but noise. Yesterday, after...

by Clement Thibault Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP), parent company of the popular visual communication app Snapchat, reported earnings yesterday after the US market close. The company was expected to report a...

by Pinchas CohenWhile market players have been ridiculing U.S. President Donald Trump for the capricious nature of the promises he made during the campaign, it's perhaps worth pointing out that these...

by Pinchas CohenAsian equities resumed their rally, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng catapulting to a 21-month high. S&P 500 futures, however, edged down as investors reacted unfavorably to...

by Pinchas CohenJapan's TOPIX and China's Shanghai Composite are Asia's two leading stock indexes. They've had a positive correlation for quite some time, going back more than a full year. But from...

by Pinchas CohenAfter yesterday’s initial relief rally following Sunday's French elections, global equity enthusiasm waned and the rally dissipated. That is, except for Japan's TOPIX which held...

by Pinchas CohenMany readers are surely disappointed that as of this morning it appears the euro is declining, in the aftermath of the French elections. Wasn't Macron supposed to be good for France...