Market Overview

Thursday’s the busiest day for economic news this week, including a fresh set of numbers on Eurozone industrial activity in the first month of 2015. Later, a pair of US reports - jobless claims...

Just a few days ago, the bull market for the S&P 500 turned six years old. This six year period of time has been great for investors, but what comes next? On March 9th, 2009 the S&P 500 hit a...

Most of us who write about financial markets look to the future. Yes, there is a place for theory, and any theory lies on a firm foundation of what has happened in the past—history matters. But...

A new paper from the Confederation of British Industry looks at three policy issues that ought to concern investors in the United Kingdom, including FDI: the private placement market; the trade...

Into every life, some rain must fall. The rain came for me on Sunday, when a Word malfunction wiped out all of this week’s column. Even though I had saved my work, the file had become corrupted,...

The Hoot Actionable ideas for the busy trader delivered daily right up front Thursday higher.... ES pivot 2043.33. Holding above is bullish. Friday bias lower technically. Monthly outlook: bias...

At last year's Jackson Hole Symposium, Fed Chair Janet Yellen delivered an extended analysis of "Labor Market Dynamics and Monetary Policy". Her speech essentially reviewed the ongoing debate over the...

Buy the Rumor, Sell the NewsAll those bemoaning about what rate hikes could potentially portend for the US dollar need to get a grip. The rate hikes are already priced in. That`s how markets...

The king commands and rest obey, so goes the trend of the US Dollar. If you are wondering how far the dollar can go, then you are certainly not the only person looking for that information. So far,...

As we saw rampant losses during January, we’re experiencing the same outcome. There will come a time when a deeper correction is going to kick in, but it isn’t gonna happen any time soon....

The most valuable commodity that we all have is "time." While the markets may have recently hit all-time highs, for the majority of investors that's not the case. They didn't sell at the previous peak...

Despite the agreement reached at the end of February, the idea of a Greek exit – or 'Grexit' – from the euro zone has not been eliminated. The economic and political costs of a Grexit are...

US retail sales are expected to rise 0.5% in Thursday’s February report vs. the previous month, according to The Capital Spectator’s median point forecast for several econometric...

Yesterday was a trying day on U.S. stock markets, as the diverging direction of monetary policy in the United States compared to the rest of the planet drove investors towards profit-taking. With the...