Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Stock markets are holding steady this morning with US index futures and European indices trading flat to up slightly. The main action has been in currencies and commodities.Sterling has been on a...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Advisors, LLCS&P 500: Bullish Economic Calendar This WeekTuesday: PCE Price Index Thursday: ADP Employment Friday: Nonfarm Payrolls We only list three events this week...

The pound has come under pressure overnight dropping under $1.2900 against USD. A YouGov poll showing the Conservatives lead over Labour falling to 5 percentage points has rattled traders and broken...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Advisors, LLCMany may not have noticed the amazing move the stock and bond markets made yesterday. “What move? I didn’t see any major moves,” you may ask....

World markets have been trading mixed overnight after Moody's downgraded China for the first time since 1989 over debt concerns. Copper fell 0.7% ‎on the news while Chinese indices were steady.US...

After staging a modest recovery in North America yesterday afternoon, the greenback is consolidating in narrow ranges. Momentum traders, who appeared to dominate activity recently, paused. To be sure,...

It's not uncommon for stock markets to Starr sliding in the middle of May after news flow from Q1 earnings subsides. Since this year's seasonally strong period recieved an additional boost from a big...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Advisors, LLCSurvival Guide To US Politics 2017The media has President Trump in the corner, body blow after body blow. He’s getting beat up. We’d expect the rest...

Stock markets around the world have been mixed overnight and into this morning. US index futures and the Dax are flat, while the Nikkei rose 0.2%.The top performing index so far today has been the...

Commodities and resource currencies are on a roll to start the new trading week, coming out of a big weekend for conferences.The China-led One Belt, One Road (or New Silk Road) conference on...

Stock markets are mixed around the world Friday. US index futures are trading down 0.2%, while European indices are steady to up slightly. Currency action is also mixed with the US dollar up GBP and...

Overnight surprises have had a significant impact on trading that could continue into today's action. President Trump surprised the world overnight by firing FBI Director Comey. This news has reminded...

Stock markets around the world have shrugged off Monday's jitters and are on the rebound this morning. ‎ The Hang Seng rallied for a 1.2% gain while in Europe, the FTSE, CAC, and DAX are all up...

Considering how much European indices had run up over the last two weeks, capped off by new highs for the CAC and Dax Friday on anticipation Macron would win the second round of the French...