Market Overview

Valid until the market close on May 30, 2014The S&P 500 closed February with a monthly gain of 0.62%. All three S&P 500 MAs and all five the Ivy Portfolio ETF MAs are signaling "Invested". The...

It was another odd week last week. Markets were up in the face of a surprisingly weak initial GDP estimate that widely missed consensus, then sold off on Friday despite a jobs report that crushed...

Note from dshort: The charts in this commentary have been updated to include the Q1 2014 Advance Estimate.The chart below is my way to visualize real GDP change since 2007. I've used a stacked column...

April Unemployment Rate Plunges To 6.3 Percent On Gain Of 288,000 Payroll Jobs, But Details Still Show Some Weaknesses In Employment Situation.The BLS monthly household survey, released today, showed...

Currencies EUR/USD: The pair is rebounding above its support on a 30 minute timeframe. The next support is at 1.3845 and the next resistance is at 1.3875. USD/JPY: The pair has rose above its support...

The EUR/USD is exchanging at 1.3880 crawling higher on Thursday having ridden out two days of more terrible than anticipated news on Eurozone swelling and the US economy that have not in a broad sense...

This Great Graphic was posted on Barry Ritholtz's Big Picture blog.  He found it in The Wall Street Journal, which got it from Thomson Reuters.  The chart depicts year-over-year growth in...

It doesn't matter until it matters! Will a decline in margin debt from all-time highs matter this time? Doug Short each month does an excellent analysis on margin debt and the latest update is now...

The May Day holiday has thinned market activity in both Asia and Europe. The US dollar has been unable to sustain even modest upticks. While US Q1 GDP was considerably weaker than expected, investors...

EUR/USDToday’s support: - 1.3850, 1.3809 and 1.3788(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3764, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3747. Break of the latter would...

No US GDP report is complete without an explanation from the Consumer Metrics Institute of how Washington is fooling us. The latest one is even scarier than usual:There are a number of disturbing...

Market Roundup AUD import prices and smashed expectations at 3.2% to see the Aussie trade above 0.930 following the release and break the bearish channel. Currently trading at 0.9293 and appears...

There are no economic releases in Europe, thanks to the Labour Day holiday, but the US will pump out several key updates. Among the crucial numbers to watch for Thursday: updates on initial jobless...

The dollar was under much pressure following yesterday's disappointing GDP figure, and stayed weak after FOMC announced further tapering as widely expected. The dollar index breached the 79.50 handle...