Market Overview

The Federal Reserve Bank will be holding its monetary policy meeting this Wednesday.The central bank is widely expected to deliver another quarter-point rate cut at this week’s meeting. However,...

Equity markets were seen trading flat, a day after rising to fresh highs.President Trump stated that the US-China trade talks were progressing faster than initially thought. This grew investor...

U.S. futures linger on the cautious side ahead of Fed announcement Peugeot-Fiat merger talks fail to prop up STOXX 600 Asian shares drop on slimming trade hopes Pound climbs as U.K. PM Johnson wins...

Overview: The global capital markets are mostly treading water ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting. Asia Pacific and European equities drifted lower. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index appears to have...

Market Movers Today Today we have a busy schedule ahead of us. The FOMC meeting tonight (at 19:00 CET) is today's highlight, where we expect another 25bp . Also today, the first estimate of GDP growth...

U.S. MarketsIts highlight of the week time as the Fed interest rate decision and press conference take place later today in the NY session. Another 25-basis point (bp) cut seems in little doubt, but...

There should no longer be any doubt that the U.S. economy is slowing down, but most Americans still don’t realize what is happening because the major news networks are completely focused on the...

In the wake of the Great Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke introduced a number of unconventional policies, including Quantitative Easing, one of the most controversial programs...

In Part I here and Part II here, I make the argument that the next 10 years or so in the stock market will likely not look a lot like the last 10 years. I also highlighted two “areas”...

Policymakers at the U.S. Federal Reserve are virtually certain to cut benchmark interest rates another quarter point this week—to 1.5 to 1.75%—but officials will be at pains to emphasize...

By Clint Siegner, Money Metals ExchangeAmericans hated it when the Federal Reserve handed trillions of dollars to crooked Wall Street banks following the 2008 Financial Crisis. Politicians were...

Not unexpectedly the market has been going through its usual pre FOMC position tap dance despite the rate cut all but assured. Whether you buy into it or not the whole idea of a mini reflation trade...

The Conference Board will be releasing the monthly consumer confidence index data today.A measure of how American consumers feel, the consumer confidence index is a closely watched report. Typically,...

The week continued being volatile yesterday following a number of impactful events affecting market sentiment. For one, Trump indicated that a trade deal with China is very likely now, driving flows...