Market Overview

Weekly Technical Analysis For December 9th to 13th, 2019We got a strong US Jobs Report last Friday. The US created 260K new jobs in November, marking the biggest gain. The unemployment rate slipped to...

The domino effect This weekend is the December 15th tariff deadline, so the market sits tight, waiting to clear this hurdle before a more extensive trade domino effect ensues. StocksAsia markets...

Exports contract for a fourth monthData released at the weekend showed China’s exports fell 1.1% y/y in November, the fourth consecutive month of negative growth. It is evident that the 18-month...

FX Brief: Japan’s annualized GDP was upwardly revised to 1.8% YoY from 0.7%. Quarterly was also revised higher to 0.4% from 0.2% prior.Over the weekend China released trade data which...

Market Indexes: It was a mixed market this week, with Monday and Tuesday continuing the pullback that started last week. However, Friday was a big up day, supported by the OPEC oil production cuts...

U.S., global benchmarks jump on strong economic data Investors still await decision on Dec. 15 tariffs on Chinese consumer goods A variety of monetary policy decisions coming this week...

Nonfarm Payroll data was released Friday morning and the headline number was better than expected. As a result, U.S. stock markets were up at or near 1% on the day, closing in once again on all-time...

U.S. companies hired substantially more workers than economists expected in November, providing an upside jolt to economic sentiment. From a monthly perspective, the 254,000 increase in private...

Asia markets The PBoC has so far been reluctant to open the monetary taps to a large-scale easing program as concerns over the soaring CPI and a rising macro leverage ratio remain significant issues....

I’ve been a disinflationist since the early 1980s. I first used that word, which means falling inflation, in my June 1981 commentary, “Well on the Road to Disinflation.” The Consumer...

Keep your eye on the U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls. Why Is This Important? The Nonfarm Payrolls track the change in the number of people employed by the U.S. in manufacturing, construction and goods...

It’s the top of a new month, meaning we get to see the latest manufacturing purchasing manager’s index (PMI) readings. And if you follow both the Institute for Supply...

It's impossible to separate fact from fiction with all the noise in the China-U.S. trade talks, but a report this week was notable for an intriguing detail: CAD and GBP are leading the gainers for the...

Trade tensions between the US and the rest of the world may escalate, short USD/JPY and long gold.. Trade deal between the US and China may happen in 12 months’ time The Dow Jones Industrial...