Market Overview

Today’s foreign trade report for Germany will receive wide attention in anticipation of Eurozone GDP growth in this year’s final quarter. Later, we’ll see the weekly update on US...

Now that Kinder Morgan has come out with a massive dividend cut, I think it will get harder to ignore that this isn’t just about crude oil prices and the death of “transitory.” There...

The fact that there is almost universal recognition of a “manufacturing recession” not just here but spreading across the world is a significant change. After resisting and ignoring as...

The extreme carnage that we are witnessing in the junk bond market right now is one of the clearest signals yet that a major U.S. stock market crash is imminent. For those that are not familiar with...

If the American Dream depends on skyrocketing debt built on a weakening foundation of stagnant productivity and income, then it is indeed over. Despite a ceaseless propaganda campaign declaring all is...

The illiquid trading of December is already well in evidence – and we haven’t even reached the bad part yet. Once we are past the CPI report and the Fed meeting, there will be a few days...

This morning, I finally got it right.I had 90 shorts. I was over 150% committed. I was heavily short energy. EVERYTHING was going my way right at the opening bell. Crude was collapsing. Equities were...

This week's central bank ‘speak-fest’ and the December decisions were just the beginning of the divergence, though. Whilst we expect the Fed to hit the pause button after its first hike...

Mr. Market is becoming anxious… again. Although the US stock market (S&P 500) has recovered all of the lost ground from the recent Aug-Oct correction, several metrics in the Crash Risk...

This article was originally and simply titled ‘Market Management’ as the opening segment from this week’s NFTRH 372. We then covered US and global stock markets and precious metals...

Forex News and Events Japan’s 3Q GDP increased Against all odds, Japan’s gross domestic product rose at a 1% annualized rate vs 0.2% expected and way above the preliminary reading of...

The US dollar is firm against the dollar-bloc currencies, and sterling, but is heavier against the euro and yen.The 13th consecutive year-over-year decline in China's imports helped keep the pressure...

U.S. stock markets moved lower on Monday, reversing some of the gains made on Friday’s employment-fueled rally. Major benchmarks were weighed down by a declining energy sector hit by tumbling...

Market BriefCrude Oil printed fell to a fresh 6-1/2-year low in the US session yesterday as OPEC’s decision weighs. West Texas Intermediate reached $37.50 a barrel, while Brent crude fell to...