Market Overview

Is the U.S. economy on solid footing? Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen seems to think so. In particular, Yellen expressed confidence in household spending as well as job growth during prepared...

The November Nonfarm Payroll report crosses Friday at 8:30 EST (13:30 GMT) with expectations centered on a headline print of 201k after last month’s blowout 271k reading. My model suggests that...

As the manufacturing recession becomes more and more unassailable (and I mean that in more than one way), the fact that it still shows no end or let up suggests still greater difficulty beyond...

Yesterday, we asked whether Saint Draghi would bring a shiny new present or a lump of coal to expectant EUR/USD bears. Today we learned that the bears must have been much naughtier than they had...

Market participants knew that volatility would rise today with the ECB meeting. What they got was far worse than could have been anticipated.It started with a report from the Financial Times a few...

Private nonfarm payrolls in the US are projected to increase by 193,000 (seasonally adjusted) in tomorrow’s November report from the Labor Department, based on The Capital Spectator’s...

First the good news: The “trend” of the stock market is bullish (and least based on the particular trend-following indicators that I follow) and I am hoping for a standard issue...

US stocks dropped on Wednesday as falling oil prices weighed on energy stocks and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s remarks indicated the central bank is on track to raise interest rates in...

All eyes are on the European Central Bank on Thursday as it prepares to announce its latest policy response to the ongoing depressed levels of inflation that have left the central bank well below its...

The 30-day moving average of the Effective Fed Funds rate is inching higher for the first time since early September. The revival of the upward bias for this key rate, although slight, is significant...

One of my favorite television shows right now is The Blacklist on NBC. The main character in this spy thriller, Raymond Reddington, is prone to deliver thought-provoking monologues that have many...

The Brazilian stock market has suffered over the last 5 yearsSource: Short Side of Long Unless you’ve been living in a cave, it shouldn’t be a surprise to any of us that the Brazilian...

• ECB to unleash fresh stimulus All eyes will be on the ECB policy meeting in what is probably the most highly anticipated Bank meeting after the US Fed gathering in mid-December. The market is...

Market BriefAfter a very quiet start of the week, we finally got some volatility in the FX market yesterday as traders reacted to Janet Yellen comments. It seems now that a rate hike in December is...