Market Overview

The Federal Reserve lifted its outlook for core PCE inflation in 2024 but reaffirmed expectations that interest rates will probably fall by the end of the year. Despite the apparent conflict, the...

Fed’s updated dot plot continues to suggest three rate cuts in 2024Dollar tumbles across the board, June cut probability risesPound traders lock gaze on BoE, SNB cuts interest ratesS&P 500,...

The Gold Price Sets a Record High on Dovish Fed StatementsThe gold (XAU) price surged by 1.33% on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve (Fed) maintained its previous projection of 3 rate cuts in...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting went better than many expected. The Fed left interest rates unchanged as planned, but Chair Jerome Powell repeated that the rate cuts will begin ‘sometime this...

At this point, one must wonder what the Fed is trying to pull off, and it isn’t entirely clear to me. It seems like the Fed is taking a big gamble here on inflation hotter than not.That...

The FED kept rates unchanged and essentially suggested 3 rate cuts on the table for 2024. Both the commodities and equities markets took that as a sigh of relief. SPY made new all-time highs and gold...

The sharp runup in US inflation in 2021-2022 revived the idea that a so-called real assets portfolio is crucial for asset allocation strategies.But with the peaking of inflation in mid-2022,...

Markets are on edge ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting. I believe the Fed will lean hawkish with its messaging as inflation fears return. Contrary to the consensus view, there...

The gold (XAU) price declined by 0.13% on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened ahead of today's Federal Reserve's (Fed) policy rate decision. 'Gold is seeing some exhaustion to the upside as...

Yesterday’s Bank of Japan (BoJ) decision to exit the negative rates went quite smoothly for equities and bonds, relatively disquieting for the yen.The USD/JPY spiked past 151.50 this morning on...

It was an implied volatility day yesterday ahead of the VIX expiration this morning. The important level for the VIX is 14, and as of yesterday, the VIX closed at 13.8.Vixperiation officially...

The momentum factor has been revived in recent months, led by powerful rallies among AI-related stocks and Healthcare sector behemoths Two companies, one from each space, hold investor events this...

Most investors consider the level of interest rates to be the source of the “tipping points” that move stocks.We’ve found that the velocity of interest rate changes is equally as...