Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Stock markets have started the week in a tailspin with the DAX down 1.4%, the FTSE down 1.0% and US index futures down 0.5%. Asia stocks were also lower ‎with the Hang Seng down 1.5% and the...

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...

After spending the first part of the week grasping for news to trade on, the market's appetite for news has been more than filed overnight with a lot more on the way from the US.Stock markets remain...

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...

The following chart shows that on a monthly closing basis, bank reserves held at the Fed peaked in August of 2014 at $2.79T and by August-2016 had shrunk to $2.35T. This amounts to a $440B decline in...

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...