Market Overview

The Chinese smartphone market via Visual CapitalSmartphones are a ubiquitous part of modern life, and now nearly half of humanity is connected through such devices. As a result, the stakes have never...

The election of President Trump and the prospect of fiscal stimulus spurred considerable optimism about US growth in 2017. US equity markets jumped in the weeks following the US election, in what...

Italy has two sets of credit default swaps (CDS) in play. One set uses 2003 rules of credit events. The other uses rules from 2014 and later.Under 2003 rules, repayment of euro bond obligations in...

The Fed has had ample time to reduce its massive $4.5 trillion balance sheet.At the very minimum, the Fed long ago could have stopped reinvesting interest. Instead, the Fed is just now coming to term...

In the past week, the GDPNow Model declined by 0.2 percentage points. The Nowcast Model for first quarter GDP inched down by 0.1 percentage points.GdpNow sits at 0.9% and Nowcast at 2.9% so the...

Editor’s Note: This week’s chart and article come to us from Managing Editor Rachel Gearhart and originally ran in The Oxford Insight, a newsletter exclusively for Oxford Club Members....

Don’t find fault, find a remedy. -Henry Ford In the financial markets, it is commonly accepted the best management teams create enormous amounts of value. Conversely, it is too often the case...

The US dollar rose against most of the major currencies in the last week of March, except the Australian and Canadian dollars, and the British pound. The greenback's recovery from the losses suffered...

Many observers are describing the dramatic failure of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as a debacle, but perhaps it will prove to be a step forward. As everyone knows by now, the United States is...

As the first quarter of 2017 comes to an end, equities are about to attain their best start to a year since 2013. Global stocks are reeving up for a fifth consecutive month of gains.However, as we...

Emerging markets have enjoyed their best year in almost a decade. As the first quarter of 2017 comes to a close, traders have cast their votes and the results are in: emerging markets are the winners...

The EU favours a multi-speed Europe - progress will depend on upcoming elections.Italy is the big worry - expect the EU to get tougher on its debt and banking problems. Greece has become a political...

It’s been a relatively slow start to trading on Friday, with the final day of the week also falling on the final day of the month and quarter, which can often result in rather uneventful markets...

The European Union Council President Donald Tusk was in focus during Friday’s trading session as he shared the draft guidelines on the future of the UK relationship after Brexit. Although the...