Market Overview

Markets steady after Israel and allies intercept Iranian missiles and dronesHopes of no further escalation in conflict lift equities, oil slips But gold and dollar hold near highs Yen at fresh 34-year...

Gold Rallies on Safe-Haven Demand but Fails to Hold Above 2,400On Friday, the gold (XAU) price surged above 2,400 but lost most of the gains in the American session and declined by 0.39%. As tensions...

The retraction of global markets on Friday and this morning in Asia and Europe are rational risk-rebalancing moves, considering that the heartbreaking events in the Middle East present the potential...

Risk appetite is better this Monday morning than it was last Friday when the world was bracing for the Iranian retaliation on Israel. Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles on Israel on Saturday...

Last weekend the title of the Daily was: Economic Modern Family-Warning Signs End of Week.At the time the theory was: “Looking at the 6 weekly charts, I updated the horizontal, parallel lines to...

CPI numbers due in the UK, Japan, Canada and New Zealand China to also come into the spotlight as Q1 GDP eyedUS retail sales to kickstart the week as earnings season gets underwayCPI figures to...

Is immigration why employment reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) continue defying mainstream economists’ estimates? Many are asking this question as the U.S. experiences a flood...

Dollar takes a breather, but Fed bets remain unchangedEuro suffers as ECB points to June rate cutYen intervention warnings intensifyS&P 500 and Nasdaq rebound, gold hits fresh record highFed...

The Record Bull Run in Gold ContinuesGold (XAU), traditionally a safe-haven asset, once again sets new record highs and remains on track for a fourth consecutive weekly gain. XAU/USD continues to move...

We need to start thinking outside the current system, which has no solutions. Our convictions about money are quasi-religious: heretics are burned at the stake. I'm not sure which stake I'll be tied...

Banking Crisis Redux: Kicking the Can, Ignoring the InevitableIt’s been just over a year since the March banking crisis, when we saw three of the four largest bank failures in US history....

Quick thoughts of main takeaways from April European Central Bank ECB meeting: Main Takeaways from European Central Bank Most significant thing Lagarde said Impact on EURO

Dollar rallies on hotter-than-expected US CPI numbersDollar/yen breaks above 152 and triggers fresh warningsBoC opens the door to June rate cutECB to stand pat; likely to signal June cut as wellIs...