Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

This month could, if seasonal habits persist, provide investors with a great opportunity for the new year. There’s a fair chance that this week could see further downside on the global markets front....

Recessions don’t happen very often, and they don’t last very long. Most of the nine recessions since 1960 were caused by the tightening of monetary policy, which triggered a financial crisis and a...

This week all eyes will turn to prices, with the CPI report on Wednesday, the PPI report on Thursday, and import/export prices on Friday. Analysts expect the CPI report to show a 0.2%...

This past week, I heard an interview with President Trump, during which he postulated that “this country will go into a depression if she wins the presidency.”  Now, believe me, I am no fan of...

MON: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone Event; Japanese GDP Revised (Q2), Chinese CPI (Aug), EZ Sentix Index (Sep), US Employment Trends (Aug) TUE: EIA STEO, OPEC MOMR; Australian Business Confidence...

Trump's Musk-Led 'Efficiency Commission' Plan: A Critical Analysis of Potential RisksIn a recent campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio, former President Donald Trump announced plans to enlist Elon Musk to...

US stocks are struggling to pick a direction after the US August jobs report. The reading gave a mixed picture of the health of the labour market, with another month of weaker job growth than...

Today is NFP news at 1330 and the markets have been on tenterhooks this week ahead of that, as it will give more clue on the imminent rate cuts or not. The forecast is 164k, up from 114k previously,...

Commodities were doing well — beating bonds and real estate and keeping up with global equities —until June 2024 (Figure 1). July was a bad month for the asset class and the cross-market volatility...

Bloomberg reported on Tuesday after the stock market closed, that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had sent Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) a subpoena related to a potential antitrust investigation. We...

The current lineup of US GDP nowcasts for the third quarter continue to indicate a softer but still solid growth rate. Wall Street is wondering if the upcoming payrolls report for August will change...

The US yield curve, which has been so closely looked at for the past two years, has disinverted for the first time since July 2022. The yield on 10-year bonds is ever so slightly higher than that on...

US markets regained some poise after a stumbling start to the month which was prompted by some concerns over economic data alongside a flight away from technology stocks. In another choppy session,...

Stocks ended the day mostly flat, resembling a pause. It wouldn’t be surprising to see the market trade lower today, ahead of the payroll report, which is due tomorrow. Implied volatility will likely...