Market Overview

Monday: April Producer Price Index data are to see light in Japan, where analysts expect an annual rise of 1.8%. In the U.S., May’s Empire Manufacturing survey will see light.Tuesday: March...

The trouble with infrastructure is that it breaks down and needs to be repaired, it wears out and needs to be replaced, and it gets destroyed and needs to be rebuilt. All that requires energy,...

During the session on Monday, there isn’t much as far as headline announcements coming out that should move this market, and that being the case it’s likely that we will continue to move...

Yikes… Friday was not a good day. However, there’s some good and bad in this situation – basically suggesting a few days – perhaps a week of consolidation.EURUSD was one of...

Political risk to dominate thin calendar of economic eventsThe US dollar will finish the week ending May 12 higher across the board against major pairs. Despite the dollar rally losing steam as softer...

The world markets breathed a sigh of relief as the French decisively elected Macron over Le Pen. Had Le Pen won, an EU referendum would have been next and, had they French voted to leave the EU, that...

The main risk to investors in the week ahead comes from two unknowns. On the international stage, the biggest change in the last six months is not China or Russia. It is not OPEC or North Korea. It...

by Pinchas CohenThe Week That WasLast week opened with a bang, as centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron beat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election. Still, the global...

US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $11.00 billion last weekThe latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on...

The victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French elections last week allowed Euro Area policymakers and investorsto breathe a collective sigh of relief. Macron’s triumph over euro sceptic candidate...

We discuss some typical trading setups regarding equities and oil, so WTI, S&P 500, and the DAX instruments in this market video. We also discuss key market trading times, when the important...

U.S. stocks closed the regular trading session mixed as more disappointing retail earnings reports coupled with a lower-than-expected advance read for April retail sales to hamper the consumer...

Let's have a look at a long-term perspective on Treasury yields as of Friday's close. The chart below shows the 10-Year Constant Maturity yield since 1962 along with the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) and...

As a matter of fact, capitalist economy is not and cannot be stationary. Nor is it merely expanding in a steady manner. It is incessantly being revolutionized from within by new enterprise, i.e., by...