Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The long-term return forecast for the Global Market Index (GMI) continued to ease in January, dipping to an annualized 6.6% total return, based on the average for three models (defined below).GMI is a...

A judge ruled yesterday that Elon Musk can't collect the massive pay package he had arranged with Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), saying it wasn't fair to shareholders. In this video, we'll look at what the...

The Ontario Mortgage Broker Regulator FSRA has smart things to say about the fastest growing segment of Mortgage World: Private Lending. Their ideas are rational & needed. Ron breaks it down...

US futures are pointing to a higher open after contracts advanced afterhours on tech earnings. European equity markets have opened firmer, following largely positive trading in Asian markets. Market...

Stocks rebounded yesterday ahead of today’s job report, with expectations for 185,000 new jobs to have been created, down from 216,000 last month.Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is expected to...

As FOMC rides into the sunset until March, the US Dollar Index is left to fend for itself amid the hawkish (or at least not yet dovish) echos of Jerome Powell’s assertion that the market should...

US futures are indicating a higher open as of 04:45 ET. European equity markets have opened mixed, following mixed trading in Asian markets. Markets are digesting the FOMC decision. The statement...

The Fed disappointed markets yesterday, crushing March rate-cut hopes. This should have been expected as the central bank's priority is to eliminate any possibility of inflation returning. As...

Part One of this series led with a graph implying that we are embarking on an inflation rollercoaster for the next ten years, similar to the experience of 1965 to 1982.Parts One and Two explained the...

Will last week’s news of substantially stronger-than-expected growth for US economic output in 2023’s fourth quarter extend into this year’s Q1?It’s too soon to make...

US futures are indicating a lower open as of 04:45 ET. European equity markets have opened higher, following mixed trading in Asian markets. The January FOMC meeting ends today with the policy...

The Federal Reserve is all but certain to leave rates unchanged at its January FOMC meeting. Fed Chair Powell could strike a more hawkish tone than expected in the post-meeting press conference. As...

US equity futures are indicating a slightly lower open as of 05:00 ET. This follows mixed markets in Asia, while European equity markets are higher. A surprise reduction in the US Treasury's Q1...

Stocks got a bump late in the day after the US Treasury announced it would borrow $55 billion less than projected last quarter.It now expects to borrow just $760 billion in privately held net...