Market Overview

The month of September is the only calendar that has seen more down months than up month for the stock market. Using the S&P 500 Index since 1950, there have been 29 “up” Septembers...

This week’s calendar is loaded with important data. Now that the Jackson Hole Fed Conference is over, can we expect a policy change soon? Every data report this week will get special scrutiny....

The talk in the US from some pundits and Fed officials is that an interest-rate hike is still on the table for the September FOMC, while NY Fed President Bill Dudley and Vice Chair Stanley Fischer...

For much of the summer, financial markets seem to have discounted the possibility of action by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) in 2016. This was mostly due to a dismal May jobs report and the Brexit vote...

The following table lists the key economic data and other events that came out during the week of August 22nd through August 26th, with release times displayed for the GMT time zone.The list also...

Once-revered central bank heads failed to foresee the housing bubble and the great financial crisis that followed. As a result, faith in the Fed has plunged.People had high confidence in Alan...

The global real estate bubble is bursting.After imposing a hefty 26% tax on foreign buyers, and a 12% to 16% surcharge for buyers who flipped their house between one and two years, Singapore real...

Congress, for some reason, has agreed to use U.S. Taxpayer money to bailout Puerto Rico. That’s mighty generous of Congress to use Citizens’ money for that, especially when most...

Traders, bloggers, media talking heads, and pundits of all stripes went into a feverish sweat as they anticipated the comments of Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen at the annual economic summit...

The conductors of the crazy credit train – Janet Yellen, Mario Draghi, Mark Carney and Haruhiko Kuroda – are running out of tracks. Consider the following:1. Central banks own $25 trillion...

The US dollar had spent the last full week of August mostly confined to narrow trading ranges against the major currencies until the Yellen spoke at the end of the week. She confirmed the constructive...

UK set for recession and weaker GBPECB anchoring rates and yields Uncertainty about Fed rate hike To read the entire report Please click on the pdf File Below

The US economy is on a firmer footing as financial conditions are more supportive and the drag from the low oil price is fading.The Fed is eyeing the next hike - job growth and global risks are key...

U.S. stocks closed mildly lower and European equities snapped a winning streak as caution prevailed ahead of tomorrow's speech from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen. Some upbeat domestic data...