Market Overview

Complex, erratic consolidations… These seem to be the case in five out of the six currency pairs I follow. However, there is a limit to the collective corrected phases seen within these types...

As we head toward Tuesday's Fed Chair testimony on Capitol Hill, let's notice that 10-year yield has reversed from pushing up against key near-term resistance at 2.14% toward a test of key near-term...

I received an interesting email on Saturday from Bob Hoye at Institutional Advisors regarding "Currency Wars". Bob writes ... Currency wars are very much the talk of the times. This was also the...

Last week, the markets hit new "all-time" highs as Greece caved into the demands of the Eurozone, at least for now, in order to secure funding for another four months. The relief that the latest...

We are fast approaching the time when it will become obvious to all that mortally-wounded economies cannot be resuscitated by a massive increase in credit from central banks. Nations that suffer from...

Despite a shortened week due to President Day in the United States, financial markets remained highly volatile last week. For the first time in February, the price of oil ended the week in negative...

Chicago Fed: US Economy Off To A Solid Start In 2015The US economy continued to grow at a strong “above-trend” pace through January, according to this morning’s update of the Chicago...

Negotiations between Greece and its eurozone partners wrapped up Friday on an encouraging note. The parties agreed to extend Greece's four-month bailout plan provided that the country submit a series...

Summary: Bubbles in the information age differ from those of simpler times. Now we have real-time data showing our folly. Here’s a brief review, another in our series of posts about this mad...

The US economy is projected to grow 2.8% in this year’s first quarter, based on The Capital Spectator’s median point forecast for several econometric estimates (real seasonally adjusted...

Securing deals and tightening beltsIt has been a turbulent three months for MEO Australia Ltd (ASX:MEO) shareholders. The Neon merger has fallen by the wayside and NZ production has been shut in....

The US dollar caught a strong bid to start the week. The prospects that Yellen will keep the June rate hike in play after the FOMC minutes were seen as diminishing it may be lending to the dollar's...

Bolstering the US opportunityXP Power Ltd (LONDON:XPP) reported FY14 results substantially in line with expectations. Strong order intake positions the company well for 2015 and increased investment...

The latest IMM data cover the week from 10 to 17 February 2015. IMM positioning data released Friday show that speculators reduced their bearish GBP bets for the fourth consecutive week, which sent...