Market Overview

I’m sorry to keep harping on the Gartman topic, but the more I explore this, the more fascinated I get. I’m seriously wondering if I’m wasting my time with all these charts. It seems...

No matter how much I fight it, stock market “crashes” tend to have a strong emotional impact on me. As a professional investor, I should be well prepared to be rational in times of stress,...

When we sell covered calls or cash-secured puts we understand the factors that go into the premiums we receive:The option’s exercise price The current price of the underlying The risk-free...

DOW – 65 = 16,674S&P 500 – 5 = 1990NASDAQ + 4 = 489310-Year – .08 = 2.22%OIL – .25 = 46.90GOLD + 11.80 = 1132.00SILV + .21 = 15.24The Fed will raise rates someday, just not...

The crowd is buzzing over the possibility that the Federal Reserve may be considering negative interest rates. Where did that notion come from? Well, from the horse’s mouth. As noted earlier, an...

The US dollar sold off in response to the Fed's lack of action, but it rebounded to close firmly before the weekend. For the past week as a whole, it was mixed. The Australian and New Zealand dollars...

We expect euro area inflation to turn negative again in September and forecast a rate of -0.2% y/y, down from 0.1% y/y in August . Our new forecast comes on the back of a downward revision to headline...

The Fed punted on raising rates yesterday, but that didn’t stop it from raising its estimate of GDP growth for 2015… slightly. The median projection for this year has been tweaked up to...

Market BriefAs expected, the Fed left its monetary policy unchanged and reaffirmed the current federal funds rate target range of 0% to 0.25%. The biggest surprise however, came from the tone of the...

On Thursday morning and early afternoon the dollar slid lower against the other major currencies, even after data showed that U.S. jobless claims fell more than expected last week, as sentiment...

Selected Market News In line with our expectations, the FOMC decided to keep interest rates on hold at its meeting, citing rising global growth risks and tighter financial conditions as adding risks...

What to make of the dots, numbers and words, we do the data crunching and give our view on implications for FX, rates and equity markets.Following the FOMC meeting, we will host a conference call,...

On Thursday, I noted Bloomberg's comment "Something Very Wrong" with the manufacturing sector.More completely, Bloomberg stated "There may very well be something wrong with the manufacturing sector,...

Dollar tumbles broadly as FOMC decides to keep the target range for the federal funds rate between 0-0.25% and refrained from a rate hike. The decision was made with 9-1 vote, with Richmond Fed...