Market Overview

DOW + 14 = 21,409SPX +0.77 = 2439NAS – 18 = 6247RUT + 1 = 141610-Y UN = 2.14%OIL + .42 = 43.43GOLD – 12.10 = 1245.50Another quiet day on Wall Street. That is the new normal. The S&P...

Opinion: Most of the indexes closed higher yesterday with the one exception of the COMPQX. Internals were positive on the NYSE and NASDAQ as volumes declined from the prior options expiration session....

If your trading is not 100% systematic then there is always the danger or possibility of making an irrational, emotion-driven decision which can cause damage to your trading account, as well as issues...

Germany will elect a new parliament on 24 September 2017. The main contenders are the outgoing CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel and the SPD leader Martin Schulz. Whereas the Chancellor is defending the...

Vulnerabilities in the Chinese financial sector have increased significantly in the past decade. Given the high level and multiple sources of credit and liquidity risks and the opacity of both shadow...

The CAC index has reversed directions and lost ground in the Tuesday session. Currently, the index is down 0.50% and trading at 5268.80. For a second straight day, with no eurozone or French numbers...

by Pinchas CohenKey Events Global stocks mixed Yuan surges Oil on course for 4th straight daily gain Gold, yen and Treasuries all rise ahead of Yellen remarks Global AffairsGlobal stocks opened on a...

Central bankers will be the centre of attention over the next couple of days, with a number of policy makers appearing, including Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, ECB President Mario Draghi and the...

ECB Chairman Mario Draghi, remains upbeat about the euro recovery, citing low interest rates, good economic growth and strong bank lending to spearhead the recovery process. His hawkish comments...

S&P 500 and Dow advance while NASDAQ slipsUS stocks closed higher on Monday despite a renewed retreat of technology shares. The dollar strengthened recovering earlier losses after weak durable...

One year ago, British voters cast their ballots in favor of leaving the 28-member European Union, defying multiple opinion polls leading up to the Brexit referendum that said the “remain”...

ECB President Draghi told the audience at the annual ECB Forum that transitory factors were holding back inflation. This was quickly understood to be bullish for the euro, and it rallied from near the...

The Bank of Japan's deputy governor, Kikuo Iwata, speaking to reporters last week said that the central bank must continue with its massive quantitative easing program in order to guide inflation from...

As the Asian markets were closing for the day, major currencies were mostly range-bound in a relatively quiet session due to few data releases and ahead some of the key events scheduled for later in...