Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The CPI numbers yesterday largely came in line. But when you took a deeper look at them and rounded them out, you realize they were in line but on the hotter side of inline, meaning the...

Last month’s CPI had set up an uncomfortable situation for the FOMC, where too-high inflation was colliding with a Fed that had launched too soon into ease mode – for what appears to be mostly...

The US CPI data for November has come in exactly as forecasted. Headline CPI rose marginally from 2.6% to 2.7% whilst core CPI remained unchanged at 3.3%. The lack of surprise has seen a muted...

From 2010 through 2022, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) calculates that global Oil demand grew by 10 million barrels per day (Mb/d). Over 60% of the demand growth was due to China’s...

The closely watched U.S. November CPI report comes out today. Headline annual inflation is seen rising 2.7% and core CPI is forecast to increase 3.3%. A "hawkish cut" scenario could emerge if CPI...

Stocks finished lower for a second consecutive day, with breadth continuing to show more losers than advancers. This trend actually began sometime last week. The NYSE McClellan Oscillator has broken...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is set to cut rates for the fourth time this year when they meet on Thursday. Market consensus heavily leans toward a 25-basis-point cut, with an 85% probability...

Disinflation has stalled recently, but economists are debating if this is a temporary blip that will soon give way to a softer trend. Tomorrow’s consumer price report for November will be widely read...

Housing affordability helps explain why residential real estate transactions have reached a standstill. Over the last five years, housing prices have surged. Per the Case-Shiller 20 City Home Price...

UK markets opened at a brisk pace, helped along by some froth in the advertising sector, which lifted WPP (LON:WPP) shares by more than 3%. Reports of a $30 billion US merger between Omnicom and...

TikTok’s future in the U.S. could be decided by January 2025—and Donald Trump might be its last hope. What does this mean for traders, creators, and educators? Watch the video to find out what’s at...

Are market starting to slow down ahead of Chrismas?  Let's take a look at the technical view heading into a new week for the markets.

In The Financial Times this week, Ruchir Sharma (chair of Rockefeller International) argues that “America is over-owned, overvalued and overhyped to a degree never seen before.” Warren Pies points...

Valuation & Growth As we’ve seen over the past three years, stock investors don’t like recessions, not even the no-shows. There was much anxiety about an imminent recession from January 3, 2022...