Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Stock markets are mixed to finish the week. US index futures are up 0.3% continuing their post Fed rally while European indices have faded into the weekend with the FTSE 100 and DAX down marginally....

Stock markets around the world have been trading sharply upward overnight. Yesterday's late rally continued through overseas sessions and back around to North America again. US index futures are up...

The calm ended and the storm arrived with three big central bank meetings on today. Stock markets are soaring after the Bank of Japan made a number of adjustments to its monetary stimulus program. The...

This morning finds stocks in North America and Europe trading up slightly. The FTSE and DAX are both up about 0.5% while US index futures are up 0.3%.Crude oil has dropped back a bit on no news in...

Stock markets around the world have put on their rally caps to start the new trading week, with miners and energy producers leading the charge. US index futures are up 0.4% while the FTSE and CAC are...

Stock markets around the world have been drifting lower into the weekend. US index futures are down 0.4%, the DAX, CAC and IBEX are down 0.7%, Italy's FTSE MIB is down 1.7% while the UK FTSE is in the...

Markets continue to sail through choppy waters continuing a pattern of up ‎and down days. Downward momentum from yesterday's selloff followed through Asia Pacific trading but reversed in Europe...

According to the latest data released on September 9, 2016, by the Federal Reserve, the 12-week change in commercial and industrial (C&I) loans for all U.S. commercial banks turned negative in the...

Stock ‎markets around the world have been flat overnight with the FTSE, DAX,. Nikkei and other major indices all trading within 0.3% of flat. US index futures are taking a bigger hit this morning...

The outcome of the next American elections is highly uncertain and not solely binary (Trump or Clinton). The election results in the United States House of Representatives and the Senate are likely to...

After the streak of dismal data released earlier this summer, we finally get better news regarding the Canadian economy. Following last week’s release of the July trade data showing that...

Speculation on whether OPEC countries may or may not speak to each other at an upcoming conference can be all well and good for trading on slow days, ‎but there's nothing like actual data to...

The Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its target for the overnight rate at 0.50% yesterday. The tone of the short 421-word statement was more dovish than expected by most market participants. The BoC...

Stock markets around the world have been holding steady overnight as the selloff in USD sparked by a soft ISM non-manufacturing PMI report ran its course. Gold, US index futures and the FTSE are flat...