Market Overview

Equities extended their gains on Tuesday but currencies consolidated as traders worry about President Trump’s campaign to challenge the election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said...

Central banks around the world are pulling out most—but not all—of the stops to help their local economies soften the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Bank of England said last week it...

Federal Reserve policymakers were forced to tread water in their meeting last week, which came in the awkward interval between Americans casting their ballots in the presidential and congressional...

The answer is almost! The most divisive election in Western democratic history commences today as those Americans who haven’t voted head to the polls. Results will start flowing in through the...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell picked just the wrong moment to reiterate his call for more fiscal stimulus last Tuesday, as his warning of “tragic” consequences came just hours...

“Free hand” was the phrase that jumped out to investors in the minutes from the September meeting of the European Central Bank policymakers released Thursday.Given the uncertainty of the...

The article was written exclusively for investing.comUS index futures, including the Dow, S&P and NASDAQ, fell overnight, so far unable to build on the mild gains from Thursday. European indices,...

The U.S. dollar finally came under some selling pressure on Thursday after the U.S. set another record high of more than 59,000 coronavirus cases on Wednesday. The numbers moderated a bit today but...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is not an economist and his plain-speaking policy steers him away from “on the one hand-on the other hand” dichotomies, but his recent messaging has...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Crude oil and sugar fell to new lows in April Sugar is all about Brazil where the sweet commodity has a dual role The Brazilian currency is...

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is due to reveal its Q1 2020 report card for the fiscal quarter that ended in March on Thursday, April 30 after market close. The mammoth online retailer has accomplished what few...

What crazy times we live inStock markets are back in the red on Tuesday afer Wall Street endured a shaky start to th week and oil left everyone gobsmacked as it ventured into uncharted territory. Oil...

This post was written exclusively for Investing.com Gold broke out to the upside in dollars in June 2019 Many currencies made new record lows against gold in 2019 Last week the Swiss franc reached a...

No question about it, March was painful, very painful, for stocks.  And going into April the market continues to remain vulnerable and volatile.Just look at the last three days: the S&P 500...