Market Overview

There is an idea popular in certain circles that low interest rate policies are stealing from savers. When the economy went into freefall in 2008, central bank interest rates were lowered to the zero...

Last week we looked at trading fears that can keep you from making the profits that experienced market timers consistently realize.It is not the timing strategies that keep timers from being...

The past week was another mixed bag for my eight focus indexes but with a somewhat more positive skew compared to the week before. Five of the eight posted gains. The Hang Seng was the top performer...

If you stop to think about it there are several analogies for the Fed’s “tapering”, under which they gradually relax the support which has been underpinning the bond market. Maybe...

Earlier this week, Econintersect stated Retail Sales Came In Strong In July 2013. But some have reservations about the relative strength of retail sales in July.One analyst worried how much longer car...

“FORECAST”STOCKS: The world economy is muddling through: the US payroll tax increase and “sequestration” are headwinds to the US economy; China is being pressured by Japan, and...

Stock-market bears have accumulated four feathers in their caps, which tells us to remain flexible and open to additional weakness in stocks.Four Feathers In The Bears’ CapEconomic Data Supports...

The euro steadied above $1.33 on Friday after a choppy day of trading on Thursday. The common currency traded at $1.3344 at 7:54 GMT on Friday morning as investors digested this week's slew of data...

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment preliminary number for August came in at 80.0, down from the 85.1 July Final. Today's number is below the Investing.com forecast of 85.5 and is the lowest...

Market movers today In the euro area the trade balance for June will give insight into whether the end of the recession was driven by growth abroad. ECB will announce the weekly repayment of the 3Y...

The Polish economy remains weakFollowing the steady but marked decline in the Polish economy throughout 2012 and Q1 2013 (where growth was a disappointing 0.5% y/y), there are now signs of recovery....

The Nikkei has ended the week on a low after it recorded a 0.8 per cent dip today (August 16th). Asian stock markets had an up and down day overall, with the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific...