Market Overview

Today is a very quiet one in terms of data releases.In the US, we are set to receive core capex goods orders for May. The new orders component has levelled off recently, in line with the general...

After a busy week, with the Norges Bank meeting and new proposal in Denmark in respect of the funding of social housing, the coming week looks much quieter in the Scandi markets.This will be the last...

The latest IMM data covers the week from 13 June to 20 June 2017To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below:

Germany’s Ifo sentiment data on track to reaffirm the upbeat economic outlook New orders for US durable goods are projected to slide for a second month in May US recession risk in May expected...

Health care is a mess. Let me tell you what I think of the Republican health reform bill by way of the following story.It is said that Teddy Roosevelt threw a large dinner party at the White House....

Here’s the question of the day: What happens when central banks own the market?The answer comes from Asia where Japan’s Government Bond Market Grinds to a Halt and the yield on 10-year...

On this week’s episode of Forward Guidance, Manward Press Founder Andy Snyder joins us to discuss income investing in a low-interest-rate world.You may remember Andy as the former...

In my own trading, I use fixed fractional position sizing - that is, while the monetary value of risk per trade will vary as my equity goes up or down, I risk the same amount in percentage terms.A...

Last week, the Conference Board released their latest leading and coincident indicators. They were up .3% M/M while the 6-month rolling average was +2.3%. But while 9 of 10 indicators increased,...

There is good and bad news in this week’s macro headlines. On the bullish side, the World Bank has increased their latest global growth forecast, which they project to reach 2.7% by the end of...

It is not that the economic data are not important. They are. Indeed, with the focus shifting toward prices from real sector performance, as the key to the reaction function of central banks, it is...

In this video we discuss the outlook for interest rates and the S&P 500. The video focuses on a topic from a recent edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report. The discussion focuses on when and...

A new paper proposes that emerging technologies (blockchains, Big Data and artificial intelligence) have increased pressure on the traditional hedge fund fee structure of 2 + 20.Its author is Wulf A....

EM FX ended last week on a firm note, though most were still down for the week as a whole. Commodity prices stabilized, but the balance remains fragile, in our view. We remain cautious, especially...