Market Overview

Markets turn their glare to Washington where partisan squabbles threaten to undermine the US economy once again. Congress has until Monday to pass a budget or a government shutdown will begin. At...

Don’t worry, peripheral euro-zone yields aren’t creeping up enough to get bond junkies excited and the troika nervous. In fact, we saw Greek Deputy Prime Minister Venizelos today report...

Thursday's Market Movers With the deadline looming on Monday focus in the US will continue to be on the negotiations about an agreement for funding non-mandatory government spending for the new...

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has confirmed a massive new investment in a major Ugandan oil field. The Kingfisher field is believed to hold 635 million barrels of oil and the...

Citigroup Inc, (C) has announced it has reached a mortgage settlement deal with Freddie Mac. It was revealed by the banking company that it is set to pay $395 million (£245 million) to Freddie...

EUR/USD Today’s support: - 1.3495, 1.3467 and 1.3449(main),where correction is possible. Break would give 1.3432, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.3413. Break of the latter would...

A busy day of economic news awaits for Thursday, including revised second-quarter GDP data for Britain (08:30 GMT) and the US (12:30 GMT). But don’t let the backward-looking big picture numbers...

European stocks opened steady on Thursday, with indices trading in tight ranges due to the pending battle over the US debt ceiling that causes uncertainties for investors. At 8.05am GMT, Future...

The forex markets are still generally staying in tight range as consolidation continues. Yen is a bit softer in mid-Asian session but yen crosses are generally held below this week's high and thus...

The labour market in the U.S. continues to show signs of strength with the number of people applying for unemployment benefits last week lower than expected. The Labor Department reported that jobless...

The nub of the problem What China proposes to do about it What's missing? Relevant precedents Risks involvedThere's growing speculation that China will soon undertake substantial reforms to its...

I wrote the following at RealMoney on 4/10/2007:I’ve written two columns already about “spring cleaning” a portfolio, walking you first through the criteria I use when reshaping my...

The current market environment is creating potential opportunities for investors seeking alternative options. These investors can beneit from a discussion comparing active microcap investing and...

Note from dshort: With today's release of the Fed Flow of Funds for Q2 2013, I have updated this commentary to incorporate the latest data.Let's take a long-term view of household net worth from the...