Market Overview

Note: The NYSE has released new data for margin debt, now available through November.The New York Stock Exchange publishes end-of-month data for margin debt on the NYX data website, where we can also...

Market Year-End Wrap Up New Year’s Investor Resolutions Sector Analysis 401k Plan Manager Dave Barry summed up 2016 pretty well: “It wasn’t just bad. It was the Worst. Election....

Each paragraph below focuses on the following economic players: the US, the UK, EU, Canada, Japan, Australia and China.The U.S. is in the strongest economic position when compared to its developed...

And so another year draws to a close. I wish all my readers a very Happy New Year. Accuracy: This is the final count for 2016. We had two losing months, but our mean accuracy (how often I called the...

The euro and the Swiss franc rallied against the US dollar in the early hours of the last trading day in Asia.Surpassing the 1.0500 level triggered substantial algo orders and sent the EUR/USD up to...

In one my previous posts, I looked at the stock market valuations in the US to conclude that they were in line with recent historical data. In fact, the stock market looked cheap relative to most...

In exceptionally thin conditions that characterize the year-end markets, a reportedly computer-generated order lifted the euro from about $1.05 to a little more than $1.0650 in a few minutes early in...

Without question, 2016 was the year of the big surprise. Or to be more accurate, surprises.The biggest surprises were the Brexit decision in late June, when—despite all expectations to the...

FTSE -8 points at 7112DAX -3 points at 11448 CAC -2 points at 4836 Euro Stoxx 50 -3 points at 3268 Surpassing the 1.0500 level triggered massive algo orders and sent the EUR/USD up to 1.0653 from...

Over the Christmas weekend, instead of enjoying time with family at home, our Senior Analyst found himself making a quick round-trip from Los Angeles up to California’s snowy far north and back...

Another quiet day today, in advance of the end of 2016, with no major economic data releases.To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

In a new white paper, CaseyQuirk has identified four catalysts said to be driving secular change in the active asset management world: New buyer demands emphasizing different value propositions for...

Without doubt, 2016 was the year of the big surprise. Or to be more accurate, surprises.The biggest surprises were the Brexit decision in late June, when—despite all expectations to the...

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...