Market Overview

Overview: The Sentier Research monthly median household income data series is now available for August. Nominal median household incomes were up $123 month-over-month and $1,151 year-over-year....

As a follow-up to my last post (see A failure of Fed communication policy), I came upon a post by Barry Ritholz where he rhetorically asked, "Why do we pay attention to Fed forecasts?" His conclusion...

The latest figures on NYSE margin debt were just released and they reflect total margin debt and negative net worth of investors remains near historic highs, only surpassed by the debt levels reached...

Twin bits of negative news in the past week have caused stocks across the eurozone to fall, but the decrease should not be considered a permanent or large drop, according to NordFX Company. U.K....

Wednesday's Market Movers In the data calendar focus is on durable goods orders and new home sales in the US. It will be interesting to see if there are any signs of a negative impact on home sales...

U.S. markets are now down four straight days and the S&P 500 has fallen below 1,700. Investors are timid as they face confusing comments from Federal Reserve (Fed) officials and as the debt...

Five years removed from the last financial crisis, what’s the likelihood of another one gripping the world markets? “It’s a certainty,” says Former Treasury Secretary, Hank...

Yesterday saw another day of unwinding the post-Federal Open Market Committee reaction, which brings us to a full day five after the event. My long-time readers know that I often trot out my old rule...

The world's largest dairy company, Fonterra, has announced an increase in profits. It was revealed by the firm that it made a net profit of 736 million New Zealand dollars (£360 million) for the...

Investors continue to wrestle with the implications of the Federal Reserve's decision last week not to taper. What is being generally overlooked is that a full third of the market, according to...

The dollar and the yen are mildly higher as risk markets retreated on the US debt ceiling standoff. US Treasury Secretary Jacob $50 billion in cash by mid-October, and expectations that a deal could...

EUR/USD Today’s support: - 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 result in 1.3390. If...

The news broke out right after I wrote the first draft of this commentary on BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ/BBRY): a surprise takeover bid emerged from Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (FFH) offering $9.00...

On Sunday, we saw the results of the election in Germany, the powerhouse of the eurozone. Angela Merkel won again. Her re-election sent a wave of optimism through Europe. I can just hear the chants...