Market Overview

Investing in bio-tech and pharma? They’re as different as chalk and cheeseWith the recent announcement of Teva's (NYSE:TEVA) successful phase III trials for a new “game changing”...

Welcome to LCG’s look ahead to the key events in markets for the week starting July 17th, 2017.With Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony out of the way, traders' focus is about to...

Summary: The greenback slipped to a new low this year after bad U.S. economic releases. Gold ended its downtrend since 6, June low as it broke above H4-period EMA60. We will get monetary policy...

Eurozone inflation should match the flash estimate in revised data for June The NY Fed Manufacturing Index is expected to reflect softer growth for July However a rival sentiment index for the sector...

IntroductionFor the last five years, US stock markets have been a good place to invest. Over that period, the S&P 500 is up 77%. And in the last year, it is up 20%. But there are worrying clouds...

Current Position of the MarketSPX Long-term trend: Uptrend continues with a serious loss of upside momentum in weekly indicators. SPX Intermediate trend: An ending diagonal appears to be in its last...

Disneyland is known as a place “where dreams come true” and where every story always has a happy ending. But there is going to be no happy ending for the U.S. economy. Wishful thinking has...

We discuss most of the financial markets from equities and the VIX, to gold, silver, copper and bonds all the way to the Energy Complex in this market video.Was Friday the day to buy Protection Puts...

The focus shifts in the week ahead from Yellen's testimony and disappointing data to the ECB meeting which is expected to result in a further modest adjustment in its risk assessment. While the focus...

by Pinchas CohenThe Week That WasTalking point of the week: Janet Yellen’s 2-day Congressional testimony. Investors have been frustrated that nothing has been happening, either on economic...

This “amateur cyclist’s” chart (I am anything but a cycles analyst) of the S&P 500 shows that the 12 month marker (C12) meant exactly nothing as the market remained firmly on...

The big things that come our way are ... the fruit of seeds planted in the daily routine of our work. William Feather If you are like me, you become accustomed to your daily routine. There are a wide...

Note: This commentary has been updated to incorporate the June data for Industrial Production.Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is...

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) released last week puts the year-over-year inflation rate at 1.63%. It is substantially below the 3.76% average since the end of the Second World...