Market Overview

Asian markets rebounded on reports that China has broadened stimulus and the news also took Australian dollar higher. It's reported that the PBoC is injecting CNY 500b, or USD 81b into the five major...

On Wednesday, we have several British announcements coming out, but at the end of the day we feel that the Scottish fold of course will stand in the way of any significant moves based upon economic...

Talking Points:US dollar Snaps Winning Streak, Posts Largest Drop in 3 Months S&P 500 Rallies Most in a Month, Narrowly Retakes 2000 Figure Gold Attempting a Recovery, Crude...

The latest Poll of Polls compiled by political expert Professor John Curtiss of WhatScotlandThinks.com suggests a neck-in-neck race with those favoring Scottish independence almost evenly divided with...

Nearly a century after the fact, the Great Depression remains THE object lesson for virtually every branch of economics. To monetarists the fact that the US money supply fell by nearly a third in the...

What is the single best indicator of the American Dream? Many would point to household income growth. The Census Bureau has now published some selected annual household income data in a new report:...

Scotland's referendum seems to overshadow this week's key events. Yet, for the most part, it is a binary event. Either Scotland votes to be independent of the England and Wales or it doesn't. An...

Scrappy, scrappy, scrappy… As far as the eye can see. This scrap, that scrap… indeed, enough said… So what are we in store for today? Err… more scrap… However,...

We’ve grown accustomed to the higher prices and higher margins associated with the organic-food industry. But that may be starting to change.  On Kroger's (NYSE:KR) earnings call last week,...

As Lying seems to be the Nature of our Global Leaders, don’t Trust any of Them.Gold prices have begun this week on a slightly firmer note, reversing the trend of the previous six days, after...

In its preview for the FOMC September meeting on Wednesday, Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) takes a different view from the one shared by many market participants who expect the FOMC to remove or...

When the dust clears from tomorrow’s Fed announcement, the crowd’s expecting that the slow but persistent pace of tapering will endure. While we’re waiting for Wednesday’s...

Firstly, I have to apologize for lack of posts over the last several days. As few of you would have already guessed, I am traveling around Asia as I write this. And because I have been accompanied by...

International rates The Fed is still expected to hike in April 2015. With growth and inflation firming and markets expecting a relatively shallow hiking cycle, there is room for higher US rates. ...