Market Overview

US jobless claims expected to tick lower and remain close to a 43-year low Will the firmer US labour market raise Bloomberg’s weekly consumer survey index? USD/JPY raises possibility of dipping...

There are lots of questions raised by the weak productivity numbers that were released on Monday. Nonfarm business productivity declined 0.5% (saar) as output (1.2%) increased at a slower pace than...

Monitoring purposes SPX: Covered short at 2182.87 = .63% loss; Short SPX on 7/26/16 at 2169.18. Monitoring purposes Gold: GDX on 6/10/16 at 25.96 = gain 14.97%. Long GDX on 5/31/16 at...

The accommodative monetary policies of central banks are encouraging risk-taking in investors who can hardly be satisfied with the bond market’s low returns. In this context, credit spreads are...

A complex set of questions on how the global Indices will continue to sustain gains is emerging, while troubling contradictory concerns are arising as two important risk adverse indicators are showing...

Market Drivers August 10, 2016Dollar Dump continues for 2nd dayKiwi up ahead of RBNZNikkei -0.18% Dax -0.45%Oil $42/bblGold $1358/oz.Europe and Asia:AUD Westpac CC 101 vs. 99.1 NZD RBNZ 17:00 North...

Bank of England’s money-printing program stumbles on second day of operationsAs part of the quantitative easing program announced by Mark Carney last week, yesterday the Bank’s trading...

U.S. equities finished near the unchanged mark in a session that saw a marked swing in and out of negative territory, as investors weighed some lackluster earnings reports, fairly upbeat domestic...

While the majors calendar is very light, today marks the first of two 'Scandi inflation' days. Focus will in particular turn to the inflation print in Norway where we expect another core measure print...

Quarto's (LON:QRT) $9.8m acquisition of the becker&mayer publishing assets is in line with its strategy of expanding in the US and in children’s publishing and should be usefully earnings...

Last week the Bank of England lowered their interest rates. This combined with previous moves by the ECB and the Bank of Japan and the reduced probability that the US Federal Reserve will increase...

The robust US jobs report at the end of last week had arrested the down draft seen the previous week in response to the disappointing Q2 GDP report. The mostly sideways movement has given way to a...

What is the real interest rate? It is the nominal rate minus the inflation rate. I previously wrote about one problem with this notion (the nominal rate exists in the market, but the real rate is...

Trading volumes were thin in Asia. In Japan, better than expected June machinery orders and a stronger second quarter capital expenditure (CAPEX) partially waned expectations of a need for an emergent...