Market Overview

The Non Farm Payrolls actually became a relatively tame event. Still, the first reaction provoked one of those nasty spikes that required delving into the tick-bar charts to attempt to identify the...

Every trader needs an edge, but not all edges are created equal. One of the most powerful edges is information. At SAC Capital Jason Karp color coded information to teach his analysts “what was...

Will the Trump administration effect the economy - either positively or negatively? I have written in the past that it takes a long time (except for helicopter drops of money directly to consumers)...

Fed leaves policy unchanged FOMC more confident about inflation reaching target Monetary path dependent on fiscal policy Unveiling the details of its fiscal policy does not look like a top...

by Eli WrightFriday's nonfarm payrolls headline number showed that 227K jobs were added to the US economy in January but those results were blunted by an uptick in the unemployment rate to 4.8%....

January’s rebound in inflation was essentially driven by energy prices and the euro’s depreciation. At 1.8%, eurozone inflation is now close to 2%. Yet its nature prevents from...

Canada – Real gross domestic product rose 0.4% in November, more than recouping the prior month’s losses (October’s slump was revised from -0.3% to -0.2%). November’s increase...

The global markets were humming right along until a large cracked appeared in 2015. This big crack in the global economy seemed to go unnoticed, however the implications are quite serious if the trend...

Chris Cole, of Artemis Capital, recently asked, “What investments do you justify by common knowledge today that will look foolish 40 years from now?”Here are a few I think might...

On a trailing twelve month quarterly basis, AMZN's (NASDAQ:AMZN) operating income growth has plunged from 30.2% in Q2 2015 to just 3.6% in Q4 2016. This is a stunning drop in growth considering that...

Covered call writers, historically, have ignored exit strategies as part of their investment approach. Certainly, not in the BCI community but most everywhere else. As we become aware of the major...

An analysis of the political setup in Italy shows eurosceptics are on the verge of taking control of the country.The only missing ingredient is an early election. And early elections are now the...

We discuss the elephant in the room for Donald Trump, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the most profitable company in the world, has 250 billion dollars in tax shelters, and if anybody can afford to bring...

The labor report, a continuation of the ADP's strong release, confirms the EAC's rather sudden transition in December. As a result, investors are beginning to discount a more aggressive Fed in 2017;...