Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Buyers pushed up prices for most of the major asset classes last week. US bonds were the downside outliers, based on a set of ETFs through Friday’s close (June 9).Government fixed-income markets...

Markets face a decisive week, with the Fed and the ECB likely to put an end to their rate hike cycles Markets will now focus on how long rates will stay high—as well as the Fed's balance...

This will be a pivotal week for the markets, with CPI on Tuesday, the June FOMC meeting on Wednesday, the ECB on Thursday, and the BOJ and US options expiring on Friday.Markets aren’t sold on...

When the U.S. Dollar is strong, it is a headwind for precious metals. And when the U.S. Dollar is weak, it is a tailwind for precious metals. Today we check in on this relationship by looking at a...

New Video! With FOMC, ECB and BoJ this week, here's a new video on the best way to trade Central Bank decisions.Trading central bank rate decisions can be risky, but you can improve your...

Hedge Fund Tips with Tom Hayes – VideoCast Article referenced in VideoCast above: “The One That Got Away” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)…It was very lonely being a bull...

Since October 2022, the stock market has traded consistently higher as earnings improved. With the first quarter earnings season behind us and the second quarter approaching, will earnings improve...

It was very lonely being a bull last fall when the S&P 500 was in the 3600s to 3700s. A few smart hosts kept an open mind (at those subdued levels) when we were pounding the table to buy equities...

Market timing is investors' worst enemy And, buy and hold is investors' best friend in the long term Despite knowing this, most investors tend to lose a lot of money Despite the emergence of...

The US and European stock futures are trading a bit flat while traders focus on the next big catalyst that will drive the price action. The past few weeks have been about the US debt, and the drama...

Today we are going to geek out on inflation derivatives a little more. Since early 2022, just after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 10y US CPI swaps have fallen from about 3.15% to around 2.50% (see...

US equity futures are indicating a lower open as of 05:00 ET. This follows mostly higher Asian markets, while European equity markets are lower. US Secretary of State Blinken will travel to China for...

CEO of a well-known fund recently said we're in a 'no-recession recession' This is after the markets rallied, the economy remained strong It seems like the 'finance gurus' were wrong, once again I was...

The headwind isn’t expected to soften for the world economy in 2023. For a second year in a row, global economic activity will ease, predicts the World Bank. There’s also a bit of good...