Market Overview

Asian Stocks on Violent Roller-Coaster Ride - Are today’s equity markets set up for another historic disaster? US Industrial Production Note the start of the last recession. The National Bureau...

Next weeks shortened holiday week includes 18 separate economic releases, T-bill or T-bond auctions or announcements, 6 Federal Reserve Bank presidents speaking and the US GDP.Monday the markets are...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into the Memorial Day Weekend that the equity markets looked healthy, but remained short of break outs. Elsewhere looked for...

The “wealth gap” in the United States is widening. It’s a fact we’re reminded of almost every day... On the web... in the news... and, increasingly, as part of campaign...

If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the stock market, you know that the biotech sector has been on fire. The Amex Biotechnology Index is up 19% year-to-date (versus a 3% gain for the...

Market movers ahead We expect US Q1 GDP growth to be revised lower over the coming week, due primarily to exports and inventories. We expect the underlying upward trend in the US housing market to...

“This is the most hated rally in history” “It isn’t a bubble because people think it’s a bubble” “Everybody is bearish” If you want to see just how...

As one of the greatest nations on the planet, the United States excels in a number of areas, innovation and entrepreneurship foremost among them. But something you might be hard-pressed to find at the...

1) Petrobras reported stronger than expected Q1 earnings2) A Colombian court ordered a delay to the sale of the government’s 57.6% stake in hydropower company Isagen3) The Mexican government cut...

Mexico gets no respect as an emerging market. To some extent, though, that’s justified. Even under the conservative governments of 2000 to 2012, the country achieved economic growth of less...

How’s that second-quarter rebound holding up? Well, it’s shaky. The economic reports in the weeks ahead could tell us otherwise, but the numbers published so far for May offer a mixed bag...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) as widely expected did not announce any new easing measures in connection with today's monetary meeting. The target for the annual expansion of the monetary base (the main policy...

U.S. futures are treading water ahead of the open as traders take cover in the run up to what could be a volatile final session before the bank holiday weekend. The Friday before the bank holiday...

Market Drivers May 22, 2015 EZ IFO 108.5 vs. 108.3 Draghi – ECB not constrained by zero bound Nikkei 0.30% Europe -0.28% Oil $60/bbl Gold $1211/oz. Europe and Asia:CNY LEI 1.1% vs. 0.5%EUR IFO...