Market Overview

Carley Garner, a commodity market analyst and broker at DeCarley Trading, is also a seasoned author. She previously wrote A Trader’s First Book on Commodities, Currency Trading in the Forex and...

I’ve been away for a few weeks, during which the Dow Jones managed to make six consecutive new all-time highs (July 12-20) in the BEV Chart below. It ended the week only 0.13% from making the...

When each man sets his own house in order, the whole world will be in order. John Andreas WidtsoeMany young men are notoriously uncaring about their personal habits like cleanliness. I was one such...

REVIEWThe market started the week at SPX 2162. The market had a small bounce on Monday, then pulled back to SPX 2159 on Tuesday. Wednesday the market opened higher and rallied to SPX 2176, a new all...

The three main ratings agencies -- Fitch, Moody’s, and Standard and Poor's -- all went on a downgrade spree in the first half of 2016. So far this year, Standard and Poor's has downgraded 16...

Markets: US indexes hit all-time highs this past week, in spite of Crude Oil falling -5%, with the Dow extending its string of up days to 9. The S&P also closed at an all-time high, $2175.03, and...

The share prices of Italian banks collapsed following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU). They are now trading more than 50% below their value at the beginning of 2016.While...

The New York Times reported that the US is preparing to seize $1 bln in assets tied to 1MDB S&P downgraded Turkey a notch to BB with a negative outlook, citing political uncertainty Turkish...

If nothing else, Thursday's decline followed by Friday morning's bounce reinforces just how stubbornly the Emini S&P 500 remains on the downside -- and how easily it rallies.In the absence of a...

A year on from a crisis that could have taken the country out of the eurozone, the Greek economy is improving slowly. After the first review of the adjustment programme is completed, growth should...

The wind has changed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Having been boosted by high commodities prices and strong Chinese demand it can no longer count on these factors for the future. Now in full slowdown mode...

CurrenciesEUR/USD – the ECB rate decision and the subsequent press conference by ECB President Draghi was basically a non-event as was expected. It was not able to move the markets too much, as...

As the week draws to a close, there are three main developments in the capital markets. First, the profit-taking seen in US equities yesterday has continued in Asia and Europe today. The MSCI Asia...

Throughout the year I’ve referenced the chart below, which now reflects a large performance differential between the banks and the gold miners, as yields – both nominal and real - have...