Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Following a weekend of warnings on global economic fragility from G10 finance leaders at an IMF meeting in Bali, global equities are starting this new week on the back foot, with regional bourses in...

European shares fall to near two-year lows, Chinese shares hit four-year low Gold rebounds, potentially bottoming WTI jumps amid US-Saudi tensions Pound drops on Brexit impasse Key EventsThe global...

Markets back to normal; Treasurys return to negative correlation with equities Volatility bets, the biggest driver of the equity selloff, expected to be mostly over Major Indexes, except Russell 2000,...

Friday, Oct. 12: Five things the markets are talking aboutVolatility, in particular, for equities, has notched aggressively higher this week, now that sovereign bond yields are beginning to price out...

EuropeStock markets had a volatile session and finished in the red. Traders are nervous about the relatively high bond yields in the U.S., the potential fiscal fight between Brussels and Rome, and...

VIX spikes to highest level since March on worst US selloff in eight months Europe's STOXX 600 and UK's FTSE 100 enter correction territory Dollar, US yields, WTI slip lower Key EventsThis morning,...

Pick up in Treasury selloff coupled with dwindling equity gains flags up bearish paradigm Morgan Stanley warns of shift into value sectors, upcoming correction US investors rotate into Asian...

Tuesday, Oct. 9: Five things the markets are talking aboutThe first day back in a holiday-shortened trading week again sees U.S. Treasury yields creeping higher, trading atop of their seven-year-high...

The first week of the third quarter was another good one for the US dollar.The greenback soared to multi-year highs versus the Australian and New Zealand dollars and extended its gains against most of...

Italy's budget standoff with European Commission adds to broader rotation into risk-off China's central bank intervention hits Asian shares, yuan Potential US waivers on Iranian sanctions weighs...

There was a wee-bit of a development in the Canadian energy space earlier this week and, in my opinion, the market hasn't given it nearly the attention it deserves.In fact, it hasn't given it any...

Employment change in September from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) was higher than consensus (63K vs. 25K m/m) and our own estimate (35K). Moreover, despite an uptick in the participation rate from...

U.S. unemployment rate falls to a 49-year lowThe September U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7% from 3.9% in August, the lowest rate since 1969. The U.S. non-farm payrolls rose to a seasonally adjusted...

I know that’s a big title, so let me explain. I often get asked: What is the most important thing you look for in a metals and mining stock? Being asked so often prompted me to write this...