Market Overview

US futures are trading higher this morning after a volatile week, which brought the volatility back in the markets. However, the sell off was short lived and investors bought the dip and pushed the...

The latest FOMC minutes provided some clarification on the approach the Fed is expected to take as it begins normalizing short term rates in the US. Here is a quick overview of the Fed's strategy and...

Men (and arguably women to a lesser extent) enjoy the process of hunting for a mate. Chasing the seemingly unattainable event aligns with man’s innate competitive nature. But the quest for the...

The following table lists the key economic data and other events that came out during the week of July 7th through July 11th, with release times displayed for the GMT time zone.  The list also...

In her recent Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture, Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen stressed the importance of resilience in the financial system. Further, she believes she has advanced a...

A snapshot view of last week's money flow and technical notes for the week ahead.KEY EVENTS THIS WEEK: AUD:     RBA Minutes; New motor vehicle sales; NAB quarterly business...

During the second half of the 1990s, the looming introduction of the euro led to a sharp drop in borrowing costs among the peripheral economies of the Eurozone. That boosted their economies and the...

Trend following strategies have been under the limelight for its dismal performance in recent years. Whenever we think of trend following, we think about Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) and as a...

You probably often see very conflicting views of the Turkish economy. If you are sick of my gloomy writings (hey, it is called the dismal science), there are plenty of columns and research reports...

Big buffet of data and central bank statements Upcoming BoC meeting key to loonie's fate Mark Carney speech could be key for cable The week is ending with the Canadian dollar being the...

When it comes to employment statistics, it is pretty easy to prove any opinion. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) obliges our need for data by using two very different methodologies for compiling...

Uncertainty seemed to have benefited investors in 2013. However this hasn’t always been the case, especially in 2008. As recently released Federal Reserve papers show, it was a little luck and...

“O, how shall summer’s honey breath hold out?” – William Shakespeare (Sonnet 65)When the stock market came into last week overbought technically on every time horizon, it was...

The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) is at 136.1, up from the previous week's 135.4. The WLI annualized growth indicator (WLIg) is unchanged at 4.4 (the...