Market Overview

This morning the Financial Times is reporting that the U.S. administration is considering dropping tariffs on $112 billion of Chinese goods in return for a few goodies from China to get an interim...

The daily gold chart is one I have commented on extensively over the last few years and one aspect in particular that has been interesting recently is the apparent breakdown in the...

Market Overview: Weekend Market UpdateThe Emini gapped up on the monthly chart and the daily chart is in a Small Pullback Bull Trend. It will probably work...

On analysis of the movements of S&P 500 Futures, in different time frames, I find that despite the prevalence of bullish sentiments in global equity markets amid growing hopes over the an early...

The Korean won's recent strengthening may be flagging a dramatic turn in investor sentiment. The Asian country's currency “has been the most preferred expression of deterioration in trade...

Weekly Technical Analysis For November 4th to 8th, 2019 We received a strong US Non-Farm Payrolls data last Friday. The US Nonfarm Payrolls in October increased by 128K following September's reading...

The Federal Open Market Committee had an unscheduled meeting on October 4. That happens occasionally and they often don’t reveal it occurred until the next regular meeting.That would mean Oct....

Willis Towers Watson’s Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI) recently revealed what it considers the 15-extreme risks facing investors for 2019, as well as for the years ahead. The risks run the gamut...

Despite a tentative deal to defer a set of tariff hikes in October, the December tariffs remain on the table. Gold, with its safe haven status, can still rise higher. After 16 months of tit-for-tat...

In a post on Sep. 30, I noted that the banking sector (BKX) had begun to show relative strength, a ramification of which was that my Gold True Fundamentals Model (GTFM) had shifted from bullish to...

It was a case of continuing Friday’s theme for the Asian session, though activity was muted and liquidity slightly strained due to a Japan holiday. A strong US jobs report for October, upward...

Stocks will likely be volatile as investors await a possible trade resolution, and U.S. economic indicators remain generally strongU.S. dollar on course to continue falling after registering a new low...

Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan just provided a sound reason to expect a recession sooner rather than later. Wrong Way GreenspanIf you weren't worrying about recession before, former Fed...