Market Overview

A fascinating blog post by Bernard Sharfman takes a skeptical look at the activist investing of public pension funds, especially in the context of proxy access.Sharfman, a prominent...

Before I call it a day, I thought I’d share a few thoughts with you. For those of you finding this post later, US stocks broke down Thursday of last week from a long, extended range, and closed...

On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 588 points. It was the 8th worst single day stock market crash in U.S. history, and it was the first time that the Dow has ever fallen by more...

Tumbling stockmarkets around the world continue to raise questions about the outlook for the global economy. The case for trimming China's macro projections is compelling, but how much damage will...

Rip Your Face Off: Have you heard traders talk about a rip your face off type move? Well that right there was everyone’s collective face getting ripped off.The following S&P 500 charts tell...

Risk aversion turned severe for certain corners of the financial system to start this week. In particular, equities faced extraordinary selling pressure which led to dramatic declines in stock...

The Chicago Fed's National Activity Index is based on 85 economic indicators drawn from four broad categories of data:Production and Income Employment, Unemployment, and Hours Personal Consumption and...

Global markets are puking at the prospect of higher yields in the U.S. There are many reasons for global markets to melt down, but one that doesn't get enough attention is the strong dollar. In...

As I noted last week, the previous crash of China’s stock market in 2007 lacked the two essential pre-requisites for a genuine crisis: private debt was only about 100% of GDP and it had been...

Even if few major economic indicators were released last week, financial markets were still highly volatile. After bad news from China, the value of many commodities, including oil and copper, has...

Japan was recently slammed with more bad economic news; growth contracted yet again in the second quarter. Gross Domestic Product for the world’s third largest economy fell by an annualized 1.6%...

The trend is your friend. OK, you’ve probably heard that before. But there is a good reason that this phrase is heard so common among traders.For those who were willing to hear what the market...

Investors and traders worldwide are still licking their wounds and are anxious as they face this new trading week. The previous week was filled with brutal losses, with the 500-point drop (equivalent...

After almost seven years of relative calm and stability, a stock market crash is finally upon us.This is a very predictable crash stemming from a very widely known cause. Hundreds of analysts...