Market Overview

How did the market perform this week? No extreme days of market breadth or volatility. That’s a positive. And the Dow Jones was off its lows of last week. However since January 12th it has yet...

Maybe after a couple generations the Japanese have finally had enough. Perhaps QQE was large enough so as to leave no doubt that not only did it fail, but that it was the same result registered time...

U.S. stocks finished the regular trading session in mixed fashion to wrap up a relatively positive week for equities across the globe. Crude oil prices were under pressure to weigh on the energy...

DOW – 40 = 16,413SPX – 8 = 1917NAS – 46 = 448710 Y – .06 = 1.76%OIL – .12 = 30.54GOLD + 22.30 = 1231.70After spending 2015 calling for rate hikes St. Louis Fed President...

The drop in U.S. Treasury yields continues. A little over a week ago, the yield on the 10-Year Treasury hit a three-year low of 1.57%. This week’s chart shows you what rate Uncle Sam has been...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators which heading into the February Operations Expiration Week, saw the equity markets came in with a weak move lower and then consolidation and...

It occurs to me that in public writing I tend to bludgeon people with macro fundamentals (like gold vs. positively correlated markets, yield relationships and even confidence in global policy makers),...

A calendar of key events in the Commodities Market for the week ahead.To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

Analyzing history as a guide to the future is riddled with caveats, but if you’re mindful of the limitations there’s a mother lode of perspective waiting to be mined in the cause of...

The Riksbank gave us a great chance to sell EUR/SEK last week.The pair has closed the gap to fair value and risk appetite is stalling. We take profit on the trade with a profit of 2.10%. To read the...

Eurozone and US data will dominate the coming week as other nations enjoy a lighter calendar for economic releases for the next seven days. Japanese inflation and the G20 summit in China at the end of...

US stocks were declining on Thursday with S&P 500 index 0.45% down dragged lower by downbeat Wal-Mart (N:WMT) earnings data. 8 out of 10 index sectors closed in the red led by the energy sector...

Short-term relief in markets on dovish central banks, easing fears over China and stabilisation in oil.However, we still see rising risk of a systemic crisis. Sharp decline in inflation expectations...

U.S. futures are pointing to a relatively unchanged open on Friday, after indices ended a three day winning streak on Thursday with minor losses.We’re seeing similar losses already in Europe...