Market Overview

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....

The pound hovered just below a 15-month high on Monday. Investors plunged bullish bets into the currency thanks to the heightened probability that the Bank of England will increase the cost of...

We discuss the API numbers ahead of the EIA report, talk a little about the options market, buying puts at a decent price, and finish off with a discussion of Norway`s sovereign wealth fund, and why...

SPX Monitoring purposes; Short SPX on 8/30/17 at 2457.59. Monitoring purposes Gold: Neutral Long-Term Trend monitor purposes: Neutral. Last Friday the volume on the SPX jumped over 30% compared to...

It has been a challenging few years to be a monetarist. That isn’t because monetarist predictions have failed, but rather because monetarists have had to spend a lot of time explaining why money...

Dow and S&P 500 close at fresh record highsUS stocks advanced on Monday as North Korea tensions subsided. The dollar recovered: the live dollar index data show the ICE US dollar index, a measure...

Tuesday September 19, 2017Economic Calendar & Watch List Morning Notes US Futures and European shares are edging higher after German Investor confidence posted a gain for the first time in over 4...

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have now published their findings for August new residential housing starts. The latest reading of 1.180M was above the...

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have now published their findings for August new residential building permits. The latest reading of 1.300M was an increase...

The one consistent theme I’m reading about these days……..and I’m certainly inclined to agree with it……..is the puzzlement about the complacency with respect to...

The DAX index has edged higher in the Tuesday session. Currently, the DAX is trading at 12,543.00, down 0.11% on the day. On the release front, German ZEW Economic Sentiment climbed to 17.0 points,...