Market Overview

The market was battling anxiety in the early part of last week, but the soothing dovishness of Fed chair Janet Yellen sounded the proper mixture of optimism on the one hand that things will get...

Today we have a very light calendar in terms of data releases but there are some interesting central bank speeches. ECB's Constancio, Nouy and Nowotny speak in Vienna and their comments could attract...

The Riksbank has put a lot of focus on inflation. Swedish core inflation is running at 0.0%, which is well below the Riksbank's forecast and way below the 2.0% inflation target. However, we now expect...

US Core Retail Sales is probably the main focus of the week, especially considering that the Fed is watching all data points across the board; a stronger release should add momentum to...

A snapshot view of last week's market action with technical notesFOREX:AUD/USD  Morning Star Reversal on W1 to warn of bullish continuation EUR/USD  Bearish Engulfing on W1 also closed...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post on the Fed’s success, or lack thereof, in meeting its dual targets of 5.5 percent unemployment and 2 percent inflation. The post featured the following...

The US housing recovery continues to face headwinds. Here are the key factors contributing to weakness in the sector. 1. We've had a sharp decline in housing affordability due to higher prices and...

EUR/USD is trading at 1.3809 down over 180 points in just two days since the ECB meeting decision and Mr. Draghi’s press conference. The US dollar continues to recover as global tensions...

Below is a look at how Chinese assets are performing. There has been much speculation that China's banking system is in a state of disarray, and its economy may be undergoing a collapse of sorts.The...

On the most basic level, the key issue facing investors is whether the markets are at a turning point. The dollar looked like it was going to break down, with the euro and sterling poised to have...

Recently the Federal Reserve released their April 2014 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey showing banks generally eased their lending policies for commercial and industrial (C&I) and...

While the US is celebrating a (supposed) recovery, other big parts of the global financial system are behaving as if some sort of deflationary crash is just around the corner. In Europe, for instance,...

The following table lists the key economic data and other events that came out during the week of April 28th through May 2nd, with release times displayed for the GMT time zone. The list also...

Just like the topping process in 2007/08. The rotation of inflation out of the stock market and into the commodity markets had begun. Notice that since the first taper in 2008, the stock market has...