Market Overview

We often get questions from readers about the criteria we use when considering positions in a market. Because of that, we decided to release our best insights here.The reason we mention 2017 is that...

The Dow Jones composite closed on another day high, and is now only inches away from 20,000 points. The important milestone could be reached much quicker than expected. Even with bearish news coming...

CurrenciesEUR/USD – even though it dropped yesterday, it was able to recover most of its losses over the course of the day and today is erasing these completely, at least for now. With the...

EUR/JPYToday’s support: - 122.21, 121.93, 121.67 and 121.48 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 121.18, where correction also may be. Then follows 121.05. Break of the latter...

Ready for ChristmasWith little impetus to rock the boat before the end of the year, both investors and policymakers are taking things nice and easy. The greenback remains strong but spent most of...

US equities surged yesterday on Santa rally, yet DJIA failed to take out 20k handle and closed at 19974.62, up 91.56 pts, or 0.46%. It was, nonetheless, a record high. Meanwhile, S&P 500 also...

When Ben Bernanke sat down with 60 Minutes for an interview in March 2009, it was then the first time in 20 years a sitting Federal Reserve Chairman had appeared on TV one on one. The timing was not...

The US dollar index climbed to a fresh fourteen year high of 103.65 in New York yesterday. The Dow Jones and Nasdaq renewed record.Asian traders sold into yesterday’s US dollar rally. All G10...

Eurozone consumer confidence projected to tick higher for December US existing home sales likely to dip in November after their recent 10-year high EURUSD’s downside momentum inspires forecasts...

The question of the season “Is there anything behind the rise in market prices since the election?” The answer lies in measures of economic activity. The answer is very a definite,...

2016 has been quite a year for investors. On the one hand, we’ve seen a long-running bull market continue to new highs. On the other, we’ve seen financial and political turmoil across the...

Let us divide those writing about forecasts into three camps:Those who make specific forecasts, sometimes required as part of their job; Those who criticize, but do not forecast; Those who make...

Risk is one of my all-time favorite board games. It’s among the very few that’s equal parts strategy and luck, and the stakes can’t get much higher than total world domination. It...

I made the same mistake twice yesterday – both in EUR/USD and GBP/USD. Such is the slow, scratchy, insect crawling development that leaves trails that lead to dead ends. In both, we are in a...