Market Overview

These are 5 Market Risks to Watch for September

The holiday-shortened trading week will focus more on digesting data from last week than on anticipating new data. The key data to watch this coming week is the ISM Services Index, expected to be...

Stock Market Breakout In my August 4th update, Stock Market Weakness Likely, I pointed out that the market was likely to pull back, and as long as that weakness did not decisively violate...

Cash led the performance race in August for the major asset classes, based on a set of proxy ETFs. In fact, most markets posted losses last month. The handful of winners, in addition to cash: a broad...

Powell’s recent Jackson Hole Summit speech was mainly as expected. Well, except for the part where Powell obfuscated the truth behind the surge in inflation. More telling was the...

Higher interest rates and a stagnant economy keep bank lending on a weakening trend. Annual growth in broad money growth is now negative. This adds to expectations of a weak eurozone economy in the...

After three straight weekly declines, the Global Market Index (GMI) rebounded for the trading week through Friday, Aug. 25. This unmanaged benchmark holds all the major asset classes (except cash) in...

Powell's recent statements raised the chance of a September rate hike to 20%, with November at over 50%. Bond market faces uncertainty due to the Fed's ambiguity-based policy and bond vigilantes'...

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US economic growth in the first half of the year appears on track to continue in the third quarter, based on the median estimate via several sources that are aggregated by...

Fitch’s recent downgrade of the U.S. debt rating alarmed investors as the deficit and debt steadily increased. The downgrade sent 10-year Treasury bond yields above 4%, causing concern about...

US 10-year bonds have reached the highest levels since 2007 PMIs for the US economy continue to show a negative trend Meanwhile, a bearish session for the Nasdaq 100 indicates a high risk of further...

Data uncertainty through Sept 20 rate decision makes a call on Fed hard Spot gold could tumble to $1,850 if the dollar Index breaches 105.60 On flip side, bullion could peak at $1,958 if DX goes below...

I have three items to discuss in this week’s post.The first item is an announcement made by the BLS on Tuesday regarding upcoming changes to how the CPI for Health Insurance will be...