Market Overview

An old saying cautions one to be careful of what one wishes for. Stock investors wishing for the Federal Reserve to pivot may want to rethink their logic and review the charts.The second largest U.S....

US futures are indicating a higher open. European equity markets have opened in the positive territory, following mostly higher levels in Asia. Risk appetite continues to benefit from stabilization in...

Despite warning signs flashing from several indicators, the U.S. economy is expected to report moderate growth in next month’s “advance” GDP report for the first quarter, based on a...

Editor's note: this podcast is best viewed on Desktop or Android For the first time in nine quarters, housing affordability improved in Canada.  Episode 74 of the Real Estate Investor...

In 1992, judge Giovanni Falcone was killed by the Sicilian mafia.Falcone and his colleague Borsellino were at forefront of major investigations that uncovered much of the mafia’s business and...

US equity futures are indicating a broadly flat open as of 05:00 ET. European equity markets are firmer, yet off best levels, following mostly firmer levels in Asia. Risk appetite remains positive....

No banking contagion news allows rates to jump back, but we doubt more than one Fed hike can be priced by the curve. This means the 2Y hovering around a 4% yield. Euro rates have more upside on a...

The first 2 weeks of April are the hardest to trade. Find out why and tips on how to improve your chance of profits.

US futures are pointing to a higher open. European equity markets have opened positive after Friday's deep losses and following mixed levels in Asia. Some encouragement for broader sentiment coming...

Nearly all the components of the major asset classes posted gains last week, based on a set of proxy ETFs. Real estate shares in the US and around the world were the downside exceptions, based on...

Recession indicators are ringing loudly.Yet, the Fed remains focused on its inflation fight, as repeatedly noted by Jerome Powell following this week’s FOMC meeting. He specifically made two...

Hedge Fund Tips with Tom Hayes – VideoCast Article referenced in VideoCast above: The bad news is, we have a Federal Reserve with no feel for the market or explicit understanding of...

The markets are anticipating the March interest rate hike being the last. Some asset classes hit hard in 2022, such as bonds, gold/silver futures, Bitcoin, and tech stocks, are rebounding. As the fed...

US futures are pointing to a slightly higher open. European equity markets have opened negative, following mostly lower levels in Asia. Markets continue to digest banking sector developments and...