Market Overview

The pace of job creation picked up sharply in April, the Labor Department reports. The solid increase suggests that the weak gain in March, which was revised down, was an anomaly. That’s an...

A butterfly flaps its wings... a hurricane strikes miles away.According to Chaos Theory, a seemingly irrelevant action can precipitate, and contribute to, a major event. The right set of factors comes...

GDXJ-One can see from Rambus’ below charts that it appears the PM stocks are still early on in the decline process. I would agree, but of course stocks don’t move in a straight...

Recent news from the World Economic Forum has outlined recent core global economic functions and relationships. We found this interesting in both factual data and interpreted data and we wanted to...

DOW+ 55 = 21,006SPX + 9 = 2399NAS + 25 = 6100RUT + 8 = 139610-Year – .005 = 2.35%Oil + .89 = 46.41Last week was Jobs Report Friday. The economy added 211,000 net new jobs in April. The...

U.S. stocks managed a mid-afternoon advance to finish the trading session higher as domestic markets grappled with a jobs report that showed growth rebounded but wages were mixed. Treasury yields were...

It is difficult to talk about a weak US dollar when in recent days it has made new six-week highs against the yen, 14-month highs against the Canadian dollar, four-month highs against the Australian...

During the past trading week, investors clearly displayed a flight out of safe haven assets. Interestingly, that happened even as crude oil fell more than 5 percent on Thursday, an event that should...

Everyone is talking about the growth/reflation theme that has taken place post election. Did this theme really start improving after election? The chart below looks at the TR Commodity index over the...

Weekly FX Wrap: All eyes on Sunday’s French election result, but little evidence of defensive positioning in the EUR. GBP continues to fly the flag, batting off the negative mood over the latest...

Market Drivers May 5, 2017 Kuroda comments drive USDJPY lower Markets quiet ahead of NFPs Nikkei holiday Dax -0.28% Oil $45/bbl Gold $1235/oz. Europe and Asia:AUD RBA Monetray policy statement North...

The US dollar is narrowing mixed as the employment data, and Fed speeches are awaited. Six Fed officials speak today, including Yellen and Fischer. Regional Presidents Williams, Rosengren, Evans and...

CHF/JPYToday’s support: - 113.62, 113.40, 113.16 and 112.95 (main), where correction is possible. Break would give 112.62, where correction also may be. Then follows 112.47. Break of the latter...

Healthcare reform still looking sicklyHeading into today’s US jobs report, markets are suspiciously quiet. A typical Friday that sees the latest employment figures released is a quiet morning, a...