Market Overview

The release today of the figures pertaining to durable goods orders in the US is likely to influence the next short-term moves of the USD and the US Dollar Index. Still, Friday will be the day that...

CurrenciesEUR/USD – continued to climb higher as the data out of Germany yesterday was better than expected and we are seeing a general weakening of the USD since yesterday. USD/JPY – is...

Two days of decent gains appear to have taken their toll on European equity markets with futures pointing to a slightly softer open on Thursday.This appears to just be a case of profit taking from...

Various polls and recent studies are coming up as the talk regarding the Brexit heightens. Concerns about economic stability, immigration cuts, austerity measures and political aspects are raised. As...

Markit’s Services PMI fell to just 51.2 in May, dropping a rather large 1.6 points from 52.8 in April. That meant the combined US Composite PMI, which puts together both manufacturing and...

New orders for durable goods in the US are on track to show a rise for April But any improvement in orders for April may be just a temporary bounce US jobless claims are set for a second weekly...

U.S. equities ended a second-straight day with solid gains amid strength in technology and financial stocks. As well, eased Brexit concerns, a debt relief deal in Greece, weakness in the yen,...

U.S. stocks rallied, with technology issues leading the way, amid a rise in crude oil prices and the highest level in new home sales in more than eight years. News on the equity front was a mixed bag,...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has released the U.S. House Price Index (HPI) for the most recent month. Here is the opening of the report: U.S. house prices rose 1.3 percent in the first...

Wednesday's ES strength ripped above the May 10 high at 2079.75, which invalidates the March-May head-and-shoulders Top formation and re-labels the advance off of the May 20 low at 2022.00 into...

"I think we’re in the first inning of shifting to dividend-paying stocks,” finance professor Jeremy Siegel said Tuesday on CNBC’s Trading Nation. Even though the Fed may raises [sic]...

US stock market rallied on Tuesday as strong housing market data reassured investors economic growth is accelerating. The dollar strengthened in light of data supporting rate hike expectations in...

For investors, the most important thing about the successful review of Greece's implementation of last year's agreement is that it effectively removes it from the list of potential disruptive factors...

Investors appear to be gradually coming to terms with the idea that interest rates will be rising in the United States. The S&P 500 climbed 1.15% yesterday, closing the day just shy of the peaks...