Market Overview

US ISM MANUFACTURING: Actual Whilst the manufacturing sector is deemed to be expanding above 50, yesterday's number of 51.6 it is certainly not at the rate most would like to see. Prior to...

The following table lists the key economic data and other events that are due out during the week of February 3rd–February 7th, with release times displayed for the GMT time zone.The list also...

The carnage continued in Asia after the more than 2% drop in the S&P 500 on Monday.  The Nikkei was crushed, falling 4.2%, which is the largest drop in 7-months.  Consumer and...

Last March we predicted that middle market business sale values in 2013 could reach all-time high levels. Recent data from Pitchbook confirms that was in fact the case. Source:...

The BEA's Personal Consumption Expenditures Chain-type Price Index for December shows core inflation well below the Federal Reserve's 2% long-term target at 1.16%. The latest Core Consumer Price Index...

Most of the analyses of the Central Bank of Turkey’s rate hike last week concentrated on its impact on banks and corporates. There was surprisingly little mention of...

In terms of data releases we have a fairly thin calendar today. In the euro area we expect Italian HICP to increase slightly but to remain below 1%. The market impact should be limited, as the figure...

EU PPI likely to reinforce case for deflation • Bad figure could force ECB to take action• Italian CPI in focus for further disinflation cluesThere are no major economic reports scheduled...

In normal times, by which I mean before actions of the Federal Reserve became the only data point that mattered, the monthly ISM report was important because it was the first broad-based...

During the current bull market, the first trading day has tended to be one of the best of the month, mostly on better-than-expected M-PMI news for the US. These data are released during the first...

In this past weekend's missive, I discussed the recent issuance of an "initial" weekly SELLsignal for the S&P 500 and reviewed the major sectors of the market.  I...

Brazil reports January trade data on Monday. Brazil will also report December IP on Tuesday (expected at 0.2% y/y) and January IPCA inflation on Friday (expected at 5.67% y/y vs. 5.91% previously)....

STOCKS: The world economy is healing. However, there remains clear headwinds to the continuation of this healing, such as the emerging market risk-reassessment. Quite clearly, risk is being mispriced...

AM AnalysisMany investors are starting to question the sustainability of the economic recovery After the savage sell-off global bourses have experienced since the turn of the year, many investors are...