Market Overview

In a little-noticed press release in June 2014, the Bank of England announced changes to its policy of providing information on its balance sheet and monetary policy operations. The revisions roll...

It may seem unusual that an economist would talk about culture. Usually, we talk about prices and production, quantities produced, employment, the structure of production, scarce resources, and...

Signals are automatically generated by integrating electronic prices and weekly statistics with proprietary algorithms.Direxion Daily Jr Gld Mnrs Bull 3X (NYSE:JNUG) WEEKLY MOVING AVERAGES The...

Sight deposits are currently the only means of financing for SNB currency (and maybe after the referendum for gold) purchases. The IMF-compliant weekly monetary data release on the SNB website...

Anyone who looks at central bankers' speak can sense the fear behind their absurd bravado, and the dishonesty of their public confidence. The extraordinary disconnect between soaring stock markets and...

When protective puts are integrated into our covered call writing strategy it is known as the collar strategy. The covered call aspect of the trade generates cash flow and the protective put leg...

It seems like the tone in the blogsphere arena nowadays goes something like this—if you are not investing/trading like we are then you are wrong and we are going to tell you all about it....

Per a recent report from broadband research company, Sandvine, Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX)  continues to dominate Internet traffic – especially at night.Currently, the video streaming...

The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) is at 133.2, up from the previous week's 132.0. The WLI annualized growth indicator (WLIg) is at -2.4, down from -2.9 the...

Note from dshort: I've updated this series to include yesterday's release of the October Consumer Price Index.Here's a perspective on personal income for production and nonsupervisory private...

Interest rates are low, so stock valuations should be high.  After all, a lower discount rate means that company cash flows are worth more; hence, a higher stock price. And the higher yield...

A new phase in the markets began this month. The Federal Reserve ended its QE3+ purchases. The Bank of Japan unexpectedly and dramatically stepped up its asset purchases under its QQE operations. The...

There are things going on with the financial markets currently that seem just a bit "out of balance." For example, asset prices are rising against a backdrop of global weakness, deflationary pressures...

Earlier this week, Japan announced that its gross domestic product had declined again, pushing the country into recession -- the definition of which is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP. Most...