Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

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, particularly in the US have been looking exhausted lately. Having reached the end of the seasonally strongest time of the year for stocks, and entering a historically more volatile...

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...

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...

Different asset classes have been heading in vastly different directions, a sign of indecision among traders following Wednesday's ‎FOMC decision and French debate and the upcoming nonfarm...

On a day where many markets around the world are closed, those that are open have posted moderate gains in light trading. US index futures are up 0.2% with the Dow still below 21,000 while the Nikkei...

UK and European traders have returned from their long weekend in a relatively good mood with indices climbing. Athens is leading the way with a 3.0% gain after the government reached a technical deal...

Stock markets around the world have come under pressure overnight and into this morning. Australia's S&P/ASX fell by 1.0% while in Europe, the Dax, CAC and FTSE are all down about 0.3%.In the US,...

Indices are holding steady this morning amid a flood of earnings and economic news. US index futures and the Dax are flat, while the FTSE is down marginally.NASDAQ futures had popped late yesterday on...

There have been a number of developments politically and economically overnight, with a lot more to come over the rest of this week and through the weekend.It's a big day for central bank meetings...