Market Overview

Adventures in depravity are nearly always confronted with the unpleasant reality that stopping the degeneracy is much more difficult than starting it. This realization, and the unsettling feeling that...

The down trend in global trade since the financial crisis reached a bottom in mid-2016, but a recovery in 2017 is now firmly underway. Global trade growth averaged 1.4% in 2016 then rose to 4.1% year...

Stocks (SPX):Cycle Status/Outlook: S&P 500 is in a Wave 5 topping pattern out of the 2009 low (note that the 2016 low was a Wave 4 low and we are now in Wave 5). I am looking for a Intermediate...

from my colleague Dr. Win Thin ·S&P cut China's credit rating by a notch to A+ with stable outlook ·In a follow-up move, S&P also cut Hong Kong’s rating by a notch to AA+...

The Fed's plan to normalize its balance sheet will begin to be put in place from next month. This is passive QT or Quantitative Tightening - call it QT1 if you want... the opposite of quantitative...

Last week's developments will continue to shape the investment climate in the week ahead, and at the same time, new inflation readings from the US, EMU, and Japan will add incrementally to investors'...

Risk premiums across asset classes are currently at pre-Lehman Brothers lows.High GDP growth relative to short-term interest rates supports low risk premiums. As US interest rates rise towards the...

The Financial Times observes that the Federal Reserve’s forecast for higher interest rates in the next several years is accompanied by expectations of slower economic growth and rising...

A quick summary of the currency market, presented by Technical Analyst, Nathan Batchelor. All financial products traded on margin carry a high degree of risk to your capital. They are not suited to...

September 22: Five things the markets are talking aboutGlobal equities have retreated a tad overnight as the market purchased safe-haven assets, including gold and yen (¥111.82), after N. Korea...

Neutral Riksbank (RB) minutes.Market obsessed with first hikes but QE exit set to come first - Pay 5Y5Y vs EUR. Trade FX in a bearish rate scenario. To read the entire report Please click on the pdf...

A calendar of key events in the Commodities Market for the next week.To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below:

While no one can yet be precisely sure what British Prime Minister Theresa May will unveil in Florence on Friday, or the reaction to it, there seems a growing likelihood that the Bank of England (BoE)...

The cycle of sanctions, recriminations, and provocative actives continues as the Trump Administration leads a confrontation with North Korea. The US announced yesterday new round of sanctions on North...