Market Overview

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...

Today, financial markets will continue to monitor the situation on the Chinese money market. Depreciation pressure on the CNY persists, as upward pressure on offshore money market rates continues to...

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”...

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...

FTSE opened upbeat after two days holiday. Mining stocks (+1.79%) lead gains on the back of firmer oil and commodity prices.BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) (+4.33%), Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) (+2.15%), Anglo...

We all want to fit in.No one told us that peer pressure only becomes more subtle but does not lose its intensity as we get older. Adult peer pressure can be a lot more intense than it was in grade...

Another quiet day today. The only global release is US pending home sales for November, which is expected to show a moderate increase of 0.5% m/m. Pending home sales - normally a good leading...

Canada’s economy remains the distinct enigma of the developed world, where the binary business cycle breakdown is perhaps most conspicuous. When oil prices first crashed to end 2014 and start...

Consumer and business sentiment in Italy set to head higher in December Pending Home Sales Index for the US in November expected to rise No obvious catalyst on tap this week to reverse GBP/USD's...

After combing through a year’s worth of charts on emerging markets, we think these are the top three you should pay attention to.You know the old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand...