Market Overview

In recent days, the blogosphere has gotten excited about a potential turnaround in gold and gold stocks. Specifically, technicians have pointed to the rally in gold (top panel of chart), the gold...

The pace of US consumer credit expansion remains brisk. A quick look at consumer loan balances at large US commercial banks shows a spike that started in February of this year.  Note: This data...

Countless stocks are bouncing off their highs and in many cases, a lot of these companies are due for share splits.It’s a peculiar environment for investors in that the main market indices are...

Oh, the power of misinformation – and the price that gets paid in the end. I can hardly believe it, but here we go again.For the stock market, the highlight of the week was the Fed meeting, the...

The ratio between the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (ARCA:EEM) and the SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY) has produced some interesting setups this year. While EEM hasn’t been the strongest...

Talking Points:US Dollar Flirting with Overturning Three-Year Uptrend S&P 500 Vulnerable After Setting Another Record High Gold Soars to Retake $1300/oz Figure, Crude Oil...

Have you noticed that prices are going up rapidly?  If so, you are certainly not alone.  But Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, the Obama administration and the mainstream media would have...

Gold, Silver jump After weeks of trading quietly, gold and silver jumped yesterday, with gold rising 2.8% and silver exploding 4.5% in heavy volume. Reasons quoted on the screens included thoughts...

Currencies The euro continues its bearish trend against the dollar. The pair climbed by 0.7% from 1.3521 to 1.36245 this week, which is the biggest weekly gain in the last two months. Investors are...

Market movers today A pretty light day today in terms of data, with the only release of interest being preliminary euro area consumer confidence (16:00 CET), expected to rise slightly again in June....

Decision time for Belka as well The EMEA markets will be focused on central banks in the coming week, with the Hungarian, Czech and Turkish central banks announcing rate decisions. We expect the...

As widely expected, today Norges Bank kept rates on hold. However, the interest path was adjusted downwards more than expected by almost 50bp versus a consensus view around 25bp ahead of the meeting....

Bank of Japan to urge economic reforms ECB's Mersch backs mutualised social security Eurozone consumer confidence lifting Today’s data calendar is light, and after the Federal...

Dollar Slides as Volatility Shrinks, Equities Rise and Yields StruggleThe Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index attempted to recover from early losses this past session, but its effort wouldn’t...