Market Overview

Market BriefAfter a quiet week due to a relatively light economic calendar, we are facing into a big week of economic data. The market has had plenty of time to digest the decision by the Federal...

European futures are trading lower after finishing lower last week. Traders are certainly ready for another volatile and action packed week- especially all eyes are focused towards the upcoming...

It was a quiet start to Asian trading on Monday with little economic data on today’s calendar and ahead of a week-long national holiday in China starting on October 1. The dollar was mixed,...

EUR/USDToday’s support: -1.1149, 1.1136, 1.1115 and 1.1102(main),where correction is possible. Break would give 1.1081, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.1070. Break of the latter...

Asian markets opened mxi as trading volume is light with Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea on Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Nikkei is trading down -1%, or -170pts, at the time of writing while...

Market Movers Today, NY Fed president Dudley, who is an influential member of the FOMC, will give his view on monetary policy followed by Chicago Fed President Evans later in the day and San Francisco...

The Hoot Actionable ideas for the busy trader delivered daily right up front Monday uncertain. ES pivot 1926.83. Holding below is bearish. Rest of week bias higher technically. Monthly outlook: bias...

Modest growth expected for US spending in August for monthly comparison US pending home sales data on track to offer another upbeat forecast Dallas Fed will likely reaffirm the outlook for weak...

The main thrust of our bullish US dollar outlook is the divergence in monetary policy trajectories. We do not think the divergence has peaked and anticipate it to persist through next year and into...

We all crave knowledge of the future. Is it going to rain this weekend? Where will the equity markets be in a year? Next week? Five minutes from now? Predictive models, many using big data and...

This week was an overall risk-off environment, as US stocks lost 1.8% and foreign stocks down 2.7%. Meanwhile gold, Treasuries and the US dollar found some demand. September has historically been the...

My weekend economic summaries try to put current economic events into perspective. I purposely give higher weight to the information coming from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) - as they are...

“Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a...

The current investment environment is challenging, to say the least. It seems every asset class or area of the world you look at, there are issues. China's industrial sector continues to struggle with...