Market Overview

Japan can’t do anything right.That’s not a criticism, mind you, but rather an observation of how truly bad Japan’s options are right now.  If you want a “risk free”...

We are officially in uncharted waters.  The biggest macro risk right now for the markets is not the Fed or European Central Bank…or ISIS or even Vladimir Putin.  No, the biggest macro...

So far this year, small-cap growth stocks have surprisingly been lackluster. After 2013, when it gained a scorching 38.8 percent, the Russell 2000 has delivered a tepid 0.62 percent year-to-date...

Emerging-market stocks fell for an eighth day and currencies slid on speculation the U.S. is moving closer to raising interest rates and on signs China’s economy is slowing. Russia’s ruble...

The terms of the debate have shifted. The issue now is when does the Fed hike rates next year. And further, how will the US stock and bond market respond. This Great Graphic appeared in The Wall...

AFP (Agence France-Presse) recently printed an interesting piece about the current illusion of permanent liquidity.  To wit: "Loose monetary policies have created an 'illusion of permanent...

Daily BriefingCurrencies EUR/USD: The pair is trading below its downward trend line on a 60 minute time frame. The next support is at 1.2811 and the next resistance is at 1.3113. USD/JPY: The pair is...

Traders are once again going to keep the geopolitical situation as the centre of their attention this week. Given that we have seen a new round of sanctions on Russia by Europe, it was widely expected...

IMM data released last Friday revealed that investors slashed net EUR shorts for the first time in four weeks. The move is probably a reflection of profit taking in light of the recent EUR/USD move...

Charles Wyplosz at VoxEU questions the potential effectiveness of quantitative easing (QE) as recently announced by the ECB. His main concern is that the ECB version of QE is supply driven, as opposed...

The US Dollar is firm, though largely confined to the pre-weekend range. The Australian Dollar is a significant exception. The sharp downside momentum seen over the past several sessions has been...

It’s been a while since we’ve had a week with as much event risk as this one upcoming. Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting and Thursday’s referendum on Scottish independence...

The US Federal Reserve's policy decision will be a key release later this week The Eurozone trade surplus is on the rise, in line with modest GDP growth The AUD has slipped on soft data from...

Just when I thought there wasn’t room for another book on options for the beginning to intermediate retail trader/investor, along came a text to prove me wrong--Erik Kobayashi-Solomon’s...