Fundamental Forecast for GBP/USD: Bearish – The British Pound was one of the weaker currencies last week, hurt by weaker PMI and trade data. – The retail crowd remains net-short GBP/US...
Ok, well this should be an interesting week. We’ll get the BoC, which will make Bloomberg’s Luke Kawa happy because it means Canada will be in the spotlight for once. He’s got some fun Canada-...
Fundamental Forecast for Japanese Yen: Bearish USD/JPY is quickly approaching the May-high (114.37) ahead of the semi-annual Humphrey-Hawkins testimony, with the pair at risk for a larger advance as...
Life can be difficult for a financial market trader, particularly in the current economic climate. From Donald Trump’s chaotic Presidency in the U.S. to the host of geopolitical conflicts unfold...
It’s never easy when bonds and stocks decline at the same time, but despite the much-publicized death of the “risk parity” strategy, I don’t think the past few weeks’ pri...
How does one explain the current political divide? In part, this is done by looking at winners and losers in the process of globalization, a recent Barclays report noted. “The middle class in advan...
Bank stocks have experienced a fairly dramatic turnaround since the beginning of last month, with a number of major bank stocks trading at or near their highs for the year. The Zacks Major Banks indus...
Not feeling terribly inspired on this quiet Sunday, so I’ll just share with you a couple of positions I’ve got focused on bond funds. The first of these is the high-yield bond fund symbol HYG, whi...