Market Overview

Greece remains in an economic depression interrupted by a few quarters of anemic growth.Hiking taxes in a depression is one of the stupidest things one can do, but Greece is set for another vote to do...

A slim majority of hedge fund managers are in the red year to date, through April, according to the latest report from Eurekahedge.Specifically, 51.4% of managers have negative YTD performance. Over...

Eurozone PMI data to point to modest growth Will Eurozone consumer confidence tick higher for second month? US Manufacturing PMI to inch higher, but stay close to stagnation level The week kicks off...

EM had another rocky week last week, but managed to end on a slightly firmer note Friday. Market repricing of Fed tightening risk was the big driver last week, and that could carry over into this...

The following is the opening segment of this week’s Notes From the Rabbit Hole, NFTRH 396. The report also covers, in detail, the technical status of US/Global stock markets, precious metals,...

The US dollar’s weakness in recent months, despite negative interest rates in Europe and Japan likely had many contributing factors. These factors include shifting views of Fed policy, weaker US...

In 1996, as a way to launch The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, which went on to become an international bestseller, Lawrence A. Cunningham conceived of and hosted a two-day...

The Fed insists June will be a live-meeting Data-dependency forbids pre-commitment Maximum employment is debated In April, the FOMC left interest rates unchanged, without signalling anything...

Negotiations over the programme’s first review could beconcluded soon, providing political relief both to the Greeks and the Europeans. Very ambitious fiscal targets were left unchanged,...

Market Movers ahead In the US , the main economic releases will be the PMI numbers for the manufacturing sector (Monday) and services sector (Wednesday). Furthermore, several FOMC members are due to...

Opinion polls continue to signal a close race but 'remain' is still ahead in most polls. Most notable was the Ipsos MORI poll published two days ago, which showed a 55% to 37% lead for 'remain' (from...

Somewhere back in the depths of time the world got the idea that easy money — that is, low interest rates and high levels of government spending — would produce sustainable growth with...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong. Oscar Wilde As a parent of a young child in her formative years, one often gets the opportunity to...

The MPC speaks out on the Brexit vote - and it’s not sugar coatedA historic vote will be taking place on Thursday, June 23, 2016. UK citizens will have an opportunity to put their proverbial...