Market Overview

While still getting stopped out of a couple of trades this week which were at one time in profit, a couple of long positions have started to try and gain traction, combining for a current open profit...

The fall of Dodd-Frank which eliminated the swap push out rule also includes what will likely be a permanent 'delay' of the Volcker rule. This delay allows some big players, mostly investment banks...

Boo! … Rates are about to go up. Or are they? We’re in the fourth decade of a declining interest rate environment, but every time the Federal Reserve Chairman speaks or monetary policies...

With little fresh news during the holidays and many pros on vacation, I expect a time of reflection and prediction. Publications hungry for content and TV producers needing to fill slots will...

"Twas the week before Christmas, when all through markets Not a trader was stirring, because they already left for the Hamptons. Which left the "inmates running the asylum" with very little care As...

And so it begins… Collapsing crude prices are quickly making their way through the energy sector, as unprofitable oil and gas rigs close down. Those flashing red numbers are not just on your...

By Dr. JeromeI was on an anniversary vacation (27 years) in lovely Sedona Arizona yesterday, named after Sedona Schnebly whose hospitality and kindness was renowned in the early 1900s, when I noticed...

The sequester that went into effect at the start of Mar 2013 will cut spending by a total of approximately $1.1 trillion over the eight-year period from 2013 to 2021. This will likely affect the...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into the last full week of the year that the equity markets were seeing weakness. Elsewhere looked for Gold to continue its...

The fickleness of financial markets is truly amazing at times.Back in May, I suggested that investors were downright sanguine. I even cautioned that the markets may be too calm. But today, things are...

For many investors, today marks the end of the year, but it is ending on a favorable note. The combination of the FOMC meeting and the SNB adoption of negative interest rates underscored the dollar...

Yesterday was a fairly quiet day, apart from a brief flurry of excitement when the Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced negative interest rates. The FOMC meeting continued to reverberate through the...

I wrote a post last week entitled the Alice in Wonderland World of the markets in which I confidently stated that the present market correction, particularly in indices and equities was just that,...

In our view, the continued decline in the oil price should result in negative euro inflation in December and we now forecast it will remain negative until Q4 15. This implies that average inflation...