Market Overview

AM AnalysisInvestors will be keenly watching the markets todayInvestors will be keenly watching the markets today to see what reaction we will have to the Federal Reserve’s decision to taper...

If an investor was loaded up with Zero Coupon Bonds from the highest quality governments in the world and shorted all .dotcom stocks, what would you guess this person was thinking would happen to the...

My colleague David Kotok has already commented on the FOMC’s most recent decision with respect to the path for tapering its asset purchase program. It is now obvious that unless the FOMC chooses...

The euro lost some ground on Thursday morning after weak data from the eurozone added to evidence that the European Central Bank would be forced to intervene in order to prevent deflation. The common...

US Q4 GDP grew at an annualized pace of 3.2% in Q4, spot in line with expectations. This follows the 4.1% growth in Q3. Still, the data is unlikely to quiet the skeptics who argue the US economy has...

Yesterday, the Fed announced the decision on the reduction of the repayment of assets, by 10 billion dollars, to $65 billion dollars a month. This meant that the regulator ignored the weak statistical...

GATX Corporation (GMT) recently delivered impressive fourth quarter results and provided bullish guidance for 2014.This motivated analysts to revise their estimates much higher for both 2014 and 2015,...

Market movers today Emerging markets continue to be the focal point. As long as this is the case financial markets will take the lead from the development in the EM currencies and macroeconomic data...

The US dollar is posting across the board gains as the global capital markets continue to be unsettled. The yen is holding its own against the dollar, but is firmer on the crosses. Emerging market...

Risk aversion remains the theme in the markets after Fed announced to taper another USD 10b in its asset purchase program. The Dow dropped -1.19%, or -189.77 pts to close at 15738.79, extending recent...

Following the Fed's tapering, and continued woes in China and Europe, risk is still off the table this week.To follow on from yesterday's video we saw equities and yields drop in light of...

Emerging markets have been hemorrhaging this year and are now grabbing media attention. However, as the charts show, the decline in these markets and currencies has been taking place for some time...

This mornings release by the American Association of Individual Investors of its weekly investor sentiment survey shows the individual investor continues to become less bullish on the equity markets....

National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NOV) is set to report FQ4 2013 earnings before the market opens on Friday, January 31th. National Oilwell Varco is a manufacturer of equipment and components used in...