Market Overview

Euro spiked higher in Asian session on ultra thin market condition but quickly retreated. EUR/USD hit as high as 1.0653 but is back at 1.0530 at the time of writing. The pair is also limited well...

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I recently penned a post discussing various data points which were hitting record levels. To wit: First, “record levels” of anything are records for a reason. It is where the point where...

In thin holiday markets, a correction to the trends seen in Q4 has materialized. The US dollar is heavy. Japanese and European equities are lower. Bonds are firmer.Some reports try to link the moves...

Demand in oil and commodities retreated in Asia. WTI futures bounced lower after hitting $54.57 in New York, the highest level since July 15.Asian traders handed over a risk-off market. FTSE futures...

Economists see jobless claims falling in the last 2016 US labour market update While the holiday season could skew the numbers a little, the trend is positive The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index is...

by Eli WrightThe US dollar moved lower and nearly all global equity markets have wilted on low-volume, quiet holiday trading. Sell-offs dominated the exchanges yesterday and into this morning. In Asia...

FTSE -26 points at 7080DAX -43 points at 1142 CAC -21 points at 4827 Euro Stoxx -15 points at 3263 Trading volumes rose in Asia, as capital flew out of the equity markets. Japanese stocks fell the...

The tech IPO market is widely expected to turn around in 2017, if for no other reason than that it is hard to imagine the market performing any worse than 2016. MarketWatch notes that that 2016 saw...

Overall, the US economy is in strong shape. Unemployment is low, growth is positive (but moderate) and inflation is under control. But the expansion is also getting old; the possibility of a negative...

Something is brewing in the economy. Since the election of Donald Trump, interest rates have spiked, copper prices have surged, and various sectors of the stock market have swung “bigly”...

SPX Monitoring purposes: Sold SPX on 12/14/16 at 2253.28 = + 2.48%; Long on 11/30/16 at 2198.81. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Covered on 11/9/19 at 24.59 = gain .07%: Short GDX 11/2/16 at...

by Eli WrightThough many global markets remained closed yesterday for an extended Christmas break, today brings all exchanges back on-line. The greenback is trading slightly lower this morning but the...

Economic data: Japan stands out with industrial production in November rising 1.5%, the most in five months. It was a little less than expected, but the expectations for December (2%) and January...