Market Overview

The U.S. dollar index ended 2015 on a strong note, but it has yet to develop any post-Fed momentum. Of the ten trading days following the rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve, the index has closed...

Trading in the financial markets remained dull in holiday mood. DJIA continued to struggle to find momentum for breakout and lost -117.11 pts, or -0.66% overnight to close at 17603.87. S&P 500...

Last night on the globex open, the S&P futures opened at 2072.00 and maintained a sideways offer after the open for the duration of the Asian and European sessions making a low of 2066.75 at 2:45...

A Yahoo Finance headline this morning reads: “Unhappy New Year: The U.S. Economy Is Stalling Out.”We recently learned that existing home sales in November crashed 10.5% from the month...

The 2-year Treasury yield surged yesterday (Dec. 29), rising to 1.09%–the highest since April 2010, based on daily data published by Treasury.gov. The increase in this key rate—considered...

There is only one thing on trader’s mind today and this is about the commodity market and how it will pan out next year. Crude and Brent oil are sliding once again after a little bounce, which...

In the past I have proposed abolishing the Fed.Nonetheless, reader Harold wonders is that action would be a bit drastic. Harold writes ...Hello Mish: Don't you think totally abolishing the Fed is a...

Even with the nation’s economy struggling to rebound from recession, the Canadian government is still the safest bet in the developed world.Canada’s government bonds have posted the...

As for the markets, investors have had more than their fair share of emotional and actual volatility in 2015. After all the huffing, puffing, and cussing, the S&P 500 and the Dow are more or less...

Asian markets have followed the lead from Wall Street as we have seen strong gains in Australia and Japan. However, concerns over the removal of selling restrictions by China’s “National...

The Sentier Research monthly median household income data for November came in at $56,746. The nominal median rose $75 month-over-month and is up $2,812 year-over-year. That's an increase of 0.1% MoM...

The latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index was released this morning based on data collected through December 15. The headline number of 96.5, was an increase from the November final...

With today's release of the October S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price we learned that seasonally adjusted home prices for the benchmark 20-city index were up month over month at 0.8%. The seasonally...

December 30 gives us an increase in event risk with a good amount of data being released to the market.The morning starts early with the Spanish Flash CPI data being released at 8:00 am London time....