Market Overview

European indices are set for a mixed start to the trading week as negotiations drag on between Greece and its creditors over the reforms needed to secure €7.2 billion in bailout funds. Meanwhile,...

In the wake of last week’s election in the UK, the Bank of England’s policy announcement is sure to receive close attention as the focus returns to economics. Meanwhile, two US indicators...

Key Events This Week: May 11th – 15th GBP: BoE Asset Purchase Target and Rate Decsion Monday, BoE Inflation Report WednesdayEUR: German GDP, EuroZone GDP WednesdayUSD: Advance Retail Sales...

The biggest risk to US economic growth remains the possibility of an extended US dollar rally. The Fed rate hike expectations have been pushed out to December and many doubt that the Fed will hike...

Economists generally does a good job analyzing economic and financial data and synthesizing/discussing the results. But once in a while the authors try to pull a fast one on the readers. Here is an...

Expectations are building up that China's central bank will continue announcing further easing actions. But it's not what the PBoC is saying that matters to the economy as much as what's actually...

Over the past decade, while US pundits and politicians soapboxed their Kabuki laments over Chinese trade policy and misbegotten currency regimes, Europe has quietly emerged as China's largest trading...

Fed Chair Janet Yellen has stressed the importance of wage inflation in influencing the FOMC’s decision to start raising interest rates. April’s average hourly earnings (AHE) for all...

1. Since the US economy appears to have contracted (-0.5%/-0.8%) in the first quarter, how is it doing now, in Q2 which is half over this week?Last week we learned that after a simply dismal March...

Morning View:Good morning from another sunny Monday morning at our Sydney office! No big gaps across the markets this morning as a relatively newsless weekend wraps itself up.NFP Friday:The big news...

Two of John C. Bogle’s books on investing have now been designated classics. They have been added to the Wiley Investing Classics series, joining such titles as Lombard Street, The Go-Go Years,...

The lubricant for economic growth in consumer economies has been credit. My position is that credit cannot grow forever at a rate faster than economic growth as it will constrain the future GDP growth...

I loved being with my grandmother. She was a stern lady, truly stubborn at times, but a caring, very happy and self-assured woman who seemed to enjoy every day of her life. Back in 1910, by some kind...

Many might be still wondering and trying to figure out the logical reason for strong selloff in Indian equity markets over the past few weeks. The intensity of the down move has been increasing and...