Market Overview

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...

Following the ECB meeting on 3 December we will host a conference call during which we will discuss the details of the menu of aggressive easing that Draghi is expected to deliver. We will also talk...

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...

• 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...

The much anticipated ECB meeting is at hand. Yesterday's disappointing eurozone CPI figures only fanned the anticipation. Today the service PMI was softer than expected at 54.2, down from 54.6.What...

CurrenciesEUR/USD: This pair is trading below its downward trend line on a 4 hour time frame. The next support is near the 1.0518 level and the resistance is 1.0899. USD/JPY: The pair has formed a...

The Euro-Complex is under decent selling pressure before the critical European Central Bank meeting and President Draghi’s press conference. It is fair to say the market is expecting...

Now the gap between real house prices and real earnings is even wider than it was during Housing Bubble I.We know two things about housing bubbles: they always pop—with devastating...

As the year comes to a close, the markets await two monumental decisions. It is thought by many and priced into the market that the European Central Banks, Governing Council have already agreed upon...

Another month, another pivotal central bank meetingToday’s European Central Bank meeting is once again expected to see Mario Draghi and the Executive Council add stimulus to the economy via...