Market Overview

Sterling remains under some pressure after yesterday's production data that raised some concerns over the momentum of UK economy. The British Chambers of Commerce also lowered growth forecast for the...

We continue to sharpen our focus on commodities – iron ore moved to US$38.65 a tonne, Brent crossed into the US$39 handle but closed at US$40.2 a barrel, WTI remained at US$37, while industrial...

Today’s foreign trade report for Germany will receive wide attention in anticipation of Eurozone GDP growth in this year’s final quarter. Later, we’ll see the weekly update on US...

Now that Kinder Morgan has come out with a massive dividend cut, I think it will get harder to ignore that this isn’t just about crude oil prices and the death of “transitory.” There...

The fact that there is almost universal recognition of a “manufacturing recession” not just here but spreading across the world is a significant change. After resisting and ignoring as...

The extreme carnage that we are witnessing in the junk bond market right now is one of the clearest signals yet that a major U.S. stock market crash is imminent. For those that are not familiar with...

The illiquid trading of December is already well in evidence – and we haven’t even reached the bad part yet. Once we are past the CPI report and the Fed meeting, there will be a few days...

Over the past year, while the U.S. economy has continually missed expectations, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has assured all who could stay awake during her press conferences that it was...

This week's central bank ‘speak-fest’ and the December decisions were just the beginning of the divergence, though. Whilst we expect the Fed to hit the pause button after its first hike...

Oil down sharply!Friday’s announcement from OPEC that it would no longer enforce a quota resulted in a drop of close to 6% in crude oil, which ended the day at $37.65 a barrel and dragged down...

Mr. Market is becoming anxious… again. Although the US stock market (S&P 500) has recovered all of the lost ground from the recent Aug-Oct correction, several metrics in the Crash Risk...

This article was originally and simply titled ‘Market Management’ as the opening segment from this week’s NFTRH 372. We then covered US and global stock markets and precious metals...

Forex News and Events Japan’s 3Q GDP increased Against all odds, Japan’s gross domestic product rose at a 1% annualized rate vs 0.2% expected and way above the preliminary reading of...

The US dollar is firm against the dollar-bloc currencies, and sterling, but is heavier against the euro and yen.The 13th consecutive year-over-year decline in China's imports helped keep the pressure...