Some good news from the US: retail sales are up 0.2% and with an upwards revision. The control group is up 0.6%, double the expectations. Also other figures look good. The US dollar is slightly strong...
The list of headwinds facing the equity market seems to be growing longer every day. However, the top concern is the question of whether the economy is headed for a recession or not. In several prior ...
After a day of panic yesterday, financial markets stabilized during the Asian Session despite Japanese Nikkei dropping to its lowest point in more than a year (trading -5% at time of writing). USD/JP...
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS March E-mini S&Ps (ESH16 +1.01%) are up +1.21% and European stocks are up +1.79% as strength in bank stocks and energy producers leads the overall market higher. JPMorg...
There was some hope in early Japanese trading that after a seemingly endless rout in the USD/JPY, which has seen the Yen surge the most in the past two weeks since the 1998 Asian crisis, the BOJ would...
After another difficult Asian session that saw the Nikkei fell 4.8% (12.3% on the week), the capital markets against have stabilized in Europe. Equity markets are mostly higher, with the Dow Jones ...
GBPUSD: Having the pair rejected lower prices on Thursday and was seen strengthen during Friday trading session today, it looks to strengthen further. Support lies at the 1.4500 level where a break wi...
T2108 Status: 17.1% (1st oversold close after 3 straight days dipping to or below oversold)T2107 Status: 12.7%VIX Status: 28.1 (overhead resistance held yet again)General (Short-term) Trading Call: bu...
The battle between macro and markets rages on. Yesterday’s update of the ADS Index—a US business-cycle metric published by the Philadelphia Fed—remained comfortably in growth territory, in part...
Given the current market conditions you cannot blame those that have put some money in gold. There are a few reasons you would buy the shiny metal, and most of them revolve around fear and the idea of...