Market Overview

Let the excessive extrapolation and analysis of the vague transcriptions from a month-old meeting of ivory tower academic economists begin! Heading into today’s FOMC minutes release, traders...

Common sense tells us something typically changes as stocks shift from a bull market to a bear market, meaning people need a reason to say “I am getting out.” Gluskin Sheff’s Chief...

Two months ago, crude oil's 2-month rolling return was -40% at (1) above. At that time, crude had declined nearly $70 in the prior 9 months, trading near $45. It was easy to find people predicting...

After a couple of tough months, the real estate sector south of the border appears to have gotten back on its feet in April, notching its strongest monthly growth in 7 years in terms of both Housing...

Volatility in the currency markets, bond markets, and stock markets likely has a lot of people on Wall Street feeling a bit worn out. Taking a summer vacation in the Hamptons might just be their best...

The rule of thumb is that central banks prefer not to be seen as interfering with markets unless they are out of sync with fundamentals or preventing policies from being effective.The recent global...

Consumer prices may not be deflating as quickly as Labour’s electoral chances did earlier this month, but — even after £300 billion of quantitative easing — price deflation for...

Japan: Economy Rises Very QuicklyThe Japanese economy “ran” with the fastest pace in a year in the quarter January - March, as business investments increased slightly.Private consumption,...

Market BriefDollar bulls received a boost from Benoît Cœuré - member of the Executive Board of the ECB - who announced the ECB will moderately front-load its purchases of euro-area...

US economic growth has slowed in recent months, but the deceleration to date remains well short of a tipping point for the business cycle, based on a broad set of published reports through April....

• Dollar continues to gain: the dollar continued to gain ahead of today’s FOMC minutes (see below). Yesterday’s better-than-expected US building permits and housing starts for April...

The US dollar extended its recent gains against the major currencies. The euro returned to its break-out level near $1.1060 after approaching $1.15 at the end of last week. In three sessions it has...

A better than expected GDP number in Japan and a surge to a 15 year high in the Nikkei 225 has had little influence on European markets this morning.It seems that In the absence of central banker...

Among the various ways of measuring investor sentiment, the BAML survey of global fund managers is one of the better as the results reflect how managers are allocated in various asset classes. These...