Market Overview

Janet Yellen is playing with matches next to a $20 Trillion Debt Bomb. During her speech at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy in Michigan, Yellen stated that the biggest risk to monetary...

The Federal Reserve hiked rates in March. Whatever gradual hikes mean, it seems to preclude moves in back-to-back meetings. There are two chances of a May hike: Slim and none and Slim left town.June...

Praise be the 17th-century Italian wisecrack who noted that you shouldn’t “keep all your eggs in one basket.” It’s still true today and just as applicable to life as to...

I thought the following quote from Janet Yellen’s Q&A at the University Of Michigan this week was interesting regarding the lessons I thought were learned from the financial crisis. First,...

US stocks fall as dollar slides US stocks retreated on Wednesday as investor confidence was undermined by lingering geopolitical tensions. The dollar continued weakening with President Trump’s...

Today's release of the March Producer Price Index (PPI) for Final Demand came in at -0.1% month-over-month seasonally adjusted, down from last month's 0.3%. It is at 2.3% year-over-year, up from 2.2%...

Market investors grew increasingly anxious as tensions between the US and Russia continues to spill over into the markets. President Putin has stated that the recent bombing in Syria has seriously...

Geopolitical tensions are what is driving the markets at the moment, which started after the US attacked Syria after the chemical gas attack last week. This has led to a deteriorating relationship...

The US dollar slid after President Trump complained about its strength. The sell-off extended into early Asian activity, before stabilizing. It is mixed in late morning European turnover, which is...

Headed into what we anticipate will bring some fireworks to the currency markets this month, the US dollar index has again turned down modestly in the front half of this week. Currently trading behind...

Crisis averted—for now. Last week President Donald Trump met for the first time with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump's luxury Palm Beach estate Mar-a-Lago, where the two leaders discussed...

Trump talks down the dollarIn his latest policy U-turn President Donald Trump has told the Wall Street Journal that he will not brand China a ‘currency manipulator’ as well as commenting...

EUR/CADToday’s support: - 1.4062 and 1.4040 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.4023, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3995. Break of the latter would result...

The US dollar tanked after the US President Donald Trump said the currency is too strong, while mentioning that he would prefer the Federal Reserve (Fed) to keep the rates low. Trump’s comments...