Market Overview

Economic growth kept recession risk low in the final month of 2016. After wobbly readings in the first half of last year, the macro trend has strengthened in recent months and near-term projections...

As widely expected, the UK Supreme Court ruled that Parliament approval is needed to trigger Article 50 start the divorce proceedings with the EU. The Court decided by an 8-3 majority that a bill...

Market movers today In the euro area, the PMI figures are due to be released . The PMIs have improved significantly over the past few months in both manufacturing and services. However, the leading...

The Supreme Court ruling for EU membership was released this morning. The ruling states that the UK government cannot trigger article 50 without Parliament’s approval.The ruling will not change...

by Eli WrightMarkets are trying to digest President Trump’s memorandum of withdrawal from the TPP trade agreement, which—though clearly and frequently signaled during the election...

U.S. equities are consolidating despite solid share trading in the financial space following robust earnings from the major commercial and investment banks. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) was the latest...

As with all innovation, the roots of any specific trend usually cast back a very long time. In terms of Enterprise computing solutions, Software as a Service (SaaS) dates to the earliest days of the...

Jose Manuel Barroso was the former Prime Minister of Portugal who became the 11th President of the European Commission. Never one to be shy about sharing his opinions, in June 2012 at the G20 summit...

Economists think the Eurozone Composite PMI will tick higher for January That would signal stronger GDP growth for the single currency area The January US Manufacturing PMI will continue to show a...

Range of the Week: 1.3100 – 1.3550Last week was an eventful one for the three asset classes we watch most closely, with a fluctuation of more than 350 points for the USD/CAD pair, a Bank of...

Here's the regular 5 macro technical charts (going as far as individual commodities, currencies, bonds, and sectors, as well as the rest of the major indexes and benchmarks). No comments on anything...

Investors appreciate that a strong dollar can impact US growth through the net export component of GDP. The dollar's appreciation can push up the price of exports and lower the cost of imports. The...

"America works and I think it'll work fine under Donald Trump...never bet against America." -Warren Buffet, 1/19/2017 And like that, it happened. Despite the polls, despite what anyone believed was...

I came across an interesting data set for stock-market performance for incoming presidents of the United States. In their initial month, the results might be described as underwhelming. Upon the...