Market Overview

Sentiment has changed midway through the trading week so I expect risk-on leading us into FridayBelow you may find the video

It’s still earnings season and countless businesses are reporting their financial results.Echoing the strength in the auto manufacturing sector, American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc....

What Is A Bond Market Vigilante?Before we can move on to a hypothetical example of a difficult period for stock-and-bond-only portfolios, it is important to understand the concept of bond market...

Before we look at some charts, I want to talk about using sell/stops. I personally never use sell/stops as it shows the specialist, the market maker, where all the treasure is buried. They will then...

Saved by the bell - for now, the Nikkei stopped just short of breaking through fragile support ~ 14,000. All things considered, we are looking for the Nikkei's retracement decline to continue and are...

US consumer credit report surprised to the upside today, beating forecasts by nearly $2bn. One positive aspect of this report is that for the first time in months we are seeing a jump in credit growth...

Part of the assessment of a new Federal Reserve Chairman always involves trying to figure out if the new person says particular things because they are wily and cagey, or because they don’t...

Some US officials have suggested that if Japan does not cede to US demands that it should be dropped from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. This might be a rhetorical zeal and part of the...

I remember in early 2007 when the PitBull told me there was “rotten wood” floating around in the stock market leaders, the banks and brokerage stocks. I will never forget those words nor...

I’ve been discussing the consumer sector of the market recently, looking at Consumer Staples (ARCA:XLP) relationship to the S&P 500 and the divergence in momentum that’s lead to...

Gold futures fell for the second straight day as a rebound by the dollar crimped demand for the precious metal as an alternative asset.The greenback rose for the first time in four sessions...

When I first saw a chart similar to the one below in Business Insider I was immediately suspicious.  For example I knew that May through September of 2009 was a period of rapid growth (21%) yet...

Note from dshort: I've update the charts in this commentary to include the latest monthly data.My monthly market valuation updates have long had the same conclusion: US stock indexes are significantly...

• Global manufacturing outlook remains buoyant• UK is the star of the show, other advanced economies also good• Asia/Pacific is the weakest link The crisis in emerging markets...