Market Overview

The US created a net new 156k jobs in December, which was slightly disappointing. The average work week slipped unexpectedly. However, most the rest of the jobs report was constructive.The 17k upward...

Note: This commentary has been updated to include Friday morning's release of Nonfarm Employment for December.Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating...

The most striking development among speculative positioning at the end of last year and the first session of 2017 is not that adjustments were small. There was only one gross speculative position...

The Weekly VC Price Momentum Indicator ETF’s, Futures Swing Trading Instructions weekly 1.6.17Signals are automatically generated by integrating electronic prices and weekly statistics with...

U.S. companies added 144,000 workers to payrolls in December, well below the 198,000 advance in November, the Labor Department reported Friday morning. The softer increase was conspicuous in the...

Incoming US president Donald Trump has been running on a political ticket to re-negotiate trade deals. He has been promising “fairer” deals that would reduce US trade deficits and preserve...

The US dollar is consolidating yesterday's losses against the major currencies, giving it an apparently firmer tone today ahead of the monthly employment report. Even though the Turkish lira continues...

FTSE -4 points at 7191DAX -12 points at 11572 CAC -3 points at 4897 Euro Stoxx 50 -3 points at 3313 The US dollar pared gains against all G10 currencies after the aggressive sell-off in New York...

We see further upside for both 10Y Bund yields and 10Y US Treasury yields on a 6M to 12M horizon. We expect the market to price in an ECB tapering premium and the focus on 'reflation' to continue and...

US treasury yields tumbled sharply as markets corrected the post election rally. Surge in yields since November was driven by anticipation of Donald Trump's policies of higher spending, lower taxes...

If you’re a longtime Crowdability reader, you’ll recognize that today’s article is part of a tradition.Each year, Matt and I try to identify the fastest-growing market sectors and...

A large team of officers and staff affiliated with the Federal Reserve (eight with the Board in DC, five with the FR Bank of New York, one with the FRB of Chicago) have collaborated on a new paper on...

Two central banks were particularly active today. Chinese officials appear to be engineering short squeeze that has lifted the yuan 1.2% over the past two sessions. While this does not sound like...

European networks of savings banks and co-operative banks are currently reorganising. For some, the aim is to simplify their ownership structure and increase their solvency, for example networks of...