Market Overview

The ISM Manufacturing Index is expected to post a modest increase to 54.3 in today’s update for July vs. the previous month, based on The Capital Spectator’s average point forecast for...

There are two events this week that will shape the investment climate potentially for the rest of the year. The first is the Bank of England meeting. The following day is the US employment report.Both...

I remain impressed by how well the US economy is doing despite all the meddling from federal, state, and local governments. Consider the following: (1) GDP cruising at stall speed. Real GDP growth on...

U.S. Economic and Financial Markets Outlook- With Interest Rates and Energy, Lower For Longer Remains the Probable Path! (Y H & C Investments may have positions in companies mentioned in this...

I can hear it now from someone reading the title: 'A HA! this guy is finally bearish after all this time -- I knew he would come around'. That couldn't be further from the truth, in fact the bearish...

VIX made a reversal pattern this week, but closed near its weekly low.The next move out of a Broadening Bottom or Megaphone formation is to break out above the upper trendline. Its average target...

The Greek news of the day is Greek Stock Market to Reopen, With Restrictions.RestrictionsPeople cannot draw on their Greek bank accounts to buy shares People can only buy shares with existing...

DOW – 56 = 17,689SPX – 4 = 2103NAS – 0.5 = 512810 YR YLD – .07 = 2.20%OIL – 1.64 = 46.88GOLD + 7.10 = 1096.40SILV + .04 = 14.87For the week, the S&P 500 index gained...

This observation may not prove overly useful to you in the short term, but I think it is worth while seeing where we are economically now that we have data going back 60yrs + which is relatively...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into the last week of July, that the equity markets were a bit weaker, but mixed with the tech names, the strongest....

I’ve written about several leading, lagging, and coincident indicators for the economy over the last year: Stocks, real estate, jobs, GDP – each says a different thing about the economy....

Are you ready for what is coming in August? All over America, economic, political and social tensions are building, and the next 30 days could turn out to be pivotal. In July, we saw things start to...

ARCA:JNK - ARCA:HYG Weekly Chart Credit Spreads Predicting Market Change - How much lower can gold and silver go?

Numerous Economic Indicators to be Released with All Eyes on U.S. Non-Farm PayrollsThere is an avalanche of economic indicators next week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the Bank of England...