Market Overview

The euro spent most of yesterday’s session treading water despite a fall in the risk premium on French bonds over their equivalent in Germany. To assume this lessens the risk of a lurch to the...

US equities' up trend resumed overnight with all three major indices closed at new record highs. Sentiments were lifted by news that US president Donald Trump will deliver a "phenomenal" plan to...

Market movers today In the US , the preliminary consumer confidence data from the University of Michigan. Consumer confidence has risen significantly since Donald Trump's election victory but we think...

How big will the vegetable-boom in CPI be?Next week's Riksbank meeting will probably be unexciting. Instead, we lookforward to the one in April. We share our thoughts on how an end to QE might play...

This month’s video takes an in-depth look at the closed-end fund marketplace. Charts include both diversified CEF indexes and single fund names. Overall the trend remains solid, however we are...

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered a warning to her U.S. counterpart Rex Tillerson regarding a Canadian reply to the imposition of tariffs on Canadian exports to the United States....

The game playing in Greece gets curiouser and curiouser. German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble went on TV saying the only way Greece can get a haircut is if it leaves the Eurozone. The IMF...

As earning reports trickle out, markets have become stronger. Gold hit a three-month high yesterday, but as the dollar advances, it knocks the safe-haven off its pedestal, however, will the downward...

CFD (contract for difference) is a contract between two parties known as "buyer" and "seller" to exchange the difference between opening and closing prices of the contract.

Bull markets have been known to climb a wall of worry. But when does a rising supply of unease become too much to handle?The answer may be forthcoming as investors digest an expanding front of...

As a firm supporter of both carbon taxes and a universal basic income (UBI), you would think that I would be thrilled by the new report, The Conservative Case for Carbon Dividends, released Wednesday...

It’s been another relatively quiet start to trading on Thursday, very much in keeping with what we’ve seen throughout the week so far with the absence of major economic data or events...

Reports suggest that recently President Trump asked National Security Adviser Michael Flynn about whether it was a strong or weak dollar that was in the US interest. According to the leaks, Flynn...

Looming Currency and Liquidity ProblemsThe quarterly meeting of the Incrementum Advisory Board was held on January 11, approximately one month ago. As always, a broad range of topics was discussed;...