Market Overview

Talking Points: US Dollar: Evidence of Oncoming Downturn Building S&P 500 Manages to Hold Support Near 2000 Figure Crude Oil Range Holds, gold Snaps Monthly Uptrend US DOLLAR TECHNICAL...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into the last week of January, that the equity markets were churning, but at different paces. Elsewhere looked for Gold to...

With very little in the way of economic announcements to move the market, we believe that the focus will be on the technical analysis. The one announcement believe that we will be paying attention to...

In our view, the sole factor that can get interest rates significantly higher is spelled:i-n-f-l-a-t-i-o-n.TradesProfit taken, earlier in the week we reached a set target and took profit in the...

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a...

My virtual acquaintance New Deal Democrat has posted an interesting article on real (inflation-adjusted incomes) based on annual IRS tax data through 2013. His discussion includes some comparisons...

The Fed May Be Making A Mistake On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve made their latest monetary policy announcement. Janet Yellen, the current Chairwoman, made several statements that led the markets to...

The dollar is heading to its highest level in ten years as recent US jobless claims fell by 43,000 to a near-15-year low at 265,000 in the last week. The data is fairly lower than what economists had...

The euro, sterling, and yen remain confined to their recent ranges, while the Australian and New Zealand dollars succumbed to selling pressure. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand shifted to a more...

Without a doubt, one of the most important inputs in a successful outcome for your investment portfolio is time. In the finance world, this is usually expressed as your “time frame” or...

When inflation alarmists want to convince everyone the dollar is about to become worthless, they post this chart of the CPI:CPI - Urban Consumers - All Items - Index Inflationists claim that is a...

Last night’s Federal Reserve meeting was one of the least anticipated in a long time. This was with good reason, it turned out in the end. In a particularly brief statement, the FOMC maintained...

One more post on Greece, possibly not the last one. Markets are more worried about what is going on and there is more and more talk about the possibility of and exit of Greece from the euro area. As I...

That Grand Narratives based on short-term trends are often wrong should not surprise us. Two of the most durable and least-questioned narratives of the past 15 years are: 1. The world is becoming...