Market Overview

Dollar Edged Up Ahead of Federal Reserve’s Meeting. The dollar index added 0.1 percent to 91.855, holding well above its more than 2-1/2 year low of 91.011 plumbed on Sept. 8. Analysts expect...

Claudia Zeisberger, a professor at INSEAD, and two INSEAD alumni, Michael Prahl and Bowen Whtie, joined forces to write Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority...

Recession is technically over. Awaited for the past eight quarters, real GDP finally rebounded on a quarterly basis in Q1 and Q2 2017. But economic recovery is still fragile. Assuming no further...

The geopolitical tensions rise as the US President Donald Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea in case of an attack against the US or its allies. News that Saudi Arabia and the...

by Pinchas CohenKey EventsTraders wait on Fed policy Trump threatens North Korea with annihilation if they don’t back down Stocks, currencies, bonds “on hold” ahead of...

Will the Fed keep the “dot plot” unchanged? Today, all eyes will be on the highly-anticipated FOMC policy decision. This is one of the “bigger” meetings, meaning that besides...

Summary: We will see the outcome of FOMC policy decision at September meeting which is considered as the most important move this year at early hours on Thursday BJT, with tapering plans in...

Market SummaryInvestors worldwide are experiencing uncertainty ahead of the U.S. and Japanese central bank monetary policy meetings. While the Fed is expected to keep rates on hold after the two-day...

US equities surged to new records highs overnight as markets await FOMC's announcement on balance sheet normalization. DOW closed up 39.45 pts or 0.18% at 22370.80. S&P 500 gained 2.78 pts, or...

It was all quiet on the Western front by way of overnight leads for Asia. So quiet in fact that after the two hours of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones cash session being open, the two equity indices...

The key event today will be the FOMC meeting, with the announcement at 20:00 CET, and Janet Yellen's press conference at 20:30 CET. We expect no change to the fed funds target range, but instead...

Strip an economy of capital, productive incentives, talent and yes, ethics, and what are we left with? An economy spiraling toward an inevitable collapse. Financialization is destroying the real...

Despite the "hawkish" statements from Trump to the North Korea, global markets' risk appetite remains high.The US markets managed to expand their gains on the Tuesday's closing. The increased U.S....

Last week the Census Bureau released its annual report on household income data for 2016. Last year the median (middle) household income rose to $59,149, a 4.1% increase over 2015 and a record high....