Market Overview

Six month ago Macron was an underdog to win the Presidency but his improbable surge has continued after a massive win in the first round of French parliamentary elections. The Australian dollar was...

It's time for a look ahead to the key events in markets for the week starting June 12th 2017. Well, we knew the Conservative had a made a mess of the election campaign, but nobody expected such a...

In the first half of this column, I looked at the long-leading, leading and coincident indicators, along with commodity prices and asset markets to determine if the standard causes of a recession...

During the session on Monday, the economic calendar is all but empty, so truthfully it should be a very technical session. Obviously, by now you have heard about the UK election, so therefore avoiding...

While the general economy continues to expand at its now famous “moderate” pace, several economic releases over the last few months indicate there are small areas of softness. Two...

Near 100% Certainty of a Fed Rate HikeWhile the global economy digests Jim Comey’s testimony before the Senate intelligence committee, another economic milestone is rapidly approaching: A...

Three of the four G5 central banks meet in the week ahead: the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan. Only the Fed is expected to change policy, and investors are as sure as then...

by Pinchas CohenThe Week That Was Comey’s testimony leaves investors unresolved The Dow closed at a record, while the NASDAQ fell 2.5%, the most since May 17 on a major rotation out of tech UK...

Market Movers ahead In contrast with the consensus expectation and market pricing, we think the Federal Reserve will keep rates on hold when it meets on Wednesday and instead make an announcement on...

CME Fedwatch places a 99.6% possibility of a quarter point rate hike on June 14.There is an additional possibility of 0.4% the Fed hikes by half a point. Then what? November Odds December...

We’re in the midst of a new equity rally. The markets are at new highs... In the first quarter, the S&P 500 reported revenue growth of 7.6%. This was the highest level since the fourth...

Today's release of the publicly available data from ECRI puts its Weekly Leading Index (WLI) at 144.5, up 1.0 from the previous week. Year-over-year the four-week moving average of the indicator is...

Nifty 50 futures price seems to take a pause inside the Breakdown Zone before a swinging move. On analysis of the movement of Nifty 50 futures price in different time zone which I constructed in my...

On May 24th, the rating agency Moody’s downgraded China’s credit rating for the first time since 1989 on concerns over risingdebt andslowing economic growth. Despite the downgrade, China...