Market Overview

Both Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) released strong results after market, with beats on both EPS (Earnings-per-share) and Revenue. Alphabet jumped 3% from $891 to $933 per...

During the session on Friday, we get several announcements that could move the marketplace, including CPI numbers coming from mainland Europe, GDP numbers coming out of the United Kingdom, and German...

FTSE +7 points at 7244DAX -5 points at 12438 CAC +4 points at 5275 Euro Stoxx -3 points at 3560 The UK and the European stocks are set for a mixed and mainly flat open. Investors could refrain from...

Whatever the GDP report shows Friday morning, it’s likely to be on the high side by 0.2 percentage points.Of course, GDP is already one of the most revised stats, but this quarter estimate may...

EUR/JPYToday’s support: - 120.60 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 120.47, where correction also may be. Then follows 120.21. Break of the latter would result 119.98. If a...

The financial markets are rather steady as the week is heading for close. Euro remains the strongest major currency for the week even though it's losing some upside momentum. In particular, there is...

On 30 April, Italy's ruling Democratic Party (PD) will hold its leadership contest, which Matteo Renzi should win comfortably with around 70%, according to opinion polls. Although some political...

The ECB kept policy rates, the QE programme and its forward guidance unchanged at today's meeting - in line with our expectations. It still expects policy rates 'to remain at present or lower levels...

Jonathan Taplin authored an op-ed in the The New York Times April 22 Sunday Review making the case that it could be time for the government to "break up Google" or "regulate them like public...

A Trainwreck waiting to happenThe sheer volumes of political noise, Trump uncertainty, and central bank musings has ground down investor sentiment in this battle-worn week for the currency markets....

Earlier today the Census Bureau posted the Advance Report on the latest Durable Goods New Orders. This series dates from 1992 and is not adjusted for either population growth or inflation.Let's now...

The Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey business conditions indicator measures activity in the following states: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, western Missouri, and northern New...

This morning the National Association of Realtors released the March data for their Pending Home Sales Index. Here is an excerpt from the latest press release: Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says...

Over the last decade, the general trend has been consistent: The rate of home ownership continues to decline. The Census Bureau has now released its latest quarterly report with data through Q1 2017....