Market Overview

The US stock market and the ICE US dollar index ended last week higher. US markets ended lower on Monday with losses in technology stocks undermining investor confidence second session in a row. The...

Earlier this month, the BEA estimated that Disposable Personal Income in the US was $14.4 trillion (SAAR) for April 2017. If the unemployment rate were truly 4.3% as the BLS says, there is no way DPI...

Autos are the last splurge for aging Baby Boomers. Their kids leave the nest and finally the parents can buy the car they wanted, not that damned minivan to taxi kids around.But as we age, we...

All eight indexes on our world watch list have posted gains year-to-date for 2017 (through June 19). The top performer thus far is China's Hang Seng with a gain of 17.84% in 2017, followed by India's...

Do you have an emergency fund? If you even have one penny in emergency savings, you are already ahead of about one-fourth of the country. I write about this stuff all the time, but it always astounds...

Those lazy days of summer are about to turn into the hazy, crazy days of summer given the abundance of risk narratives that lie ahead. Risk aversion reared its ugly head on Tuesday as headline risk...

DOW + 144 = 21,528SPX + 20 = 2453NAS + 87 = 6239RUT (NYSE:IWM) + 11 = 141810Y + .03 = 2.19%OIL – .64 = 44.10GOLD – 9.80 = 1244.60BITCOIN + 1.34% = 2677.18 USDETHEREUM – 3.60% =...

Dow – 61 = 21,467SPX – 16 = 2437NAS – 50 = 6188RUT – 15 = 140210-Y – .04 = 2.15%Oil – .97 = 43.23Gold – 1.00 = 1243.60Bitcoin – 0.83% = 2755.74...

U.S. stocks recovered on Monday after technology stocks recovered from a week long slump. Wall Street stocks edged down last week due to the massive tech-sector selloff caused by a 7% decline in Apple...

In some states, when a couple enters into divorce, the court may award “alimony,” or spousal support, to one of the former spouses for the express purpose of limiting any unfair economic...

Opinion: All of the indexes closed higher yesterday with positive internals as volumes declined from the prior options expiration session. Two of the index charts made new closing highs as the near...

U.S Treasury Secretary Mnuchin comments from investment summit:Working to remove trade barriers between US and China – ‘Right Thing’ for Fed to Reduce Balance Sheet Fed’s...

S&P 500 and Dow at fresh record highsUS stocks closed at record highs on Monday as technology shares rebounded. The dollar recovered from previous day’s loss: the live dollar index data show...

by Pinchas CohenKey Events Dollar, Treasuries show signs of buying into Fed’s optimisitc outlook Yen confirms reversal from year’s risk-off trend Pound falls on Carney’s Brexit...