Market Overview

The yen extended its biggest gain in three years after Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said he wouldn’t intervene to weaken the currency.The yen headed for its largest weekly advance since...

As Japan’s Nikkei 225 entered bear market territory on Friday, investors are beginning to fear that they may have been overly optimistic about an economic revival in the world’s third...

China’s central bank set the strongest yuan reference rate on record before Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. counterpart Barack Obama meet for talks in California later today.The...

The May employment report is being dubbed the most important in years, with the power to shape market expectations for weeks, if not months to come.Interest rates have moved higher ahead of it, stocks...

China’s new leaders have adopted a greater tolerance for a slowdown in the economy than their predecessors and are likely to allow quarterly growth to slip as far as 7 percent before triggering...

Asian Stocks closed lower on Friday on investor concern regarding Friday's U.S non-farm payroll data. The Shanghai index was the worst performing index during the session, dropping nearly -1.39%....

CurrenciesEUR/USD- the pair traded in a major resistance zone on a 4 hour time frame. The price traded above the 50 and 100 day moving averages.USD/JPY- the price has bounced from a major support on a...

The US reports the monthly employment data today, but there are greater forces at work and it is not clear that the employment data will arrest those forces that have injected volatility into the...

ADP data on private payrolls has an interesting story to tell about job creation in the US. It is particularly helpful to understand job creation in terms of business size. ADP breaks down businesses...

Tomorrow brings the all important Employment Situation Report, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will announce job growth figures for the month of May. Markets eagerly await the data release...

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the euro-area economy will return to growth by the end of the year, handing policy makers a reason to hold back fresh stimulus.“Euro-area...

The Bank of England and the European Central Bank both kept policy on hold this morning as Europe still reels from a third recession since 2007 and England's economy grows ever-so slowly. The European...

There are many different types of investment strategies and opportunities in the market if you are willing to take time and search for them. When I look through companies I look for two types. A large...

The Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report was released this morning for last week. The 346,000 new claims number was a 11,000 decrease from the previous week's upwardly revised 357,000...