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July is expected to be an eventful month on Wall Street amid a plethora of key market-moving events. Investor focus will be fixated on the U.S. jobs report, CPI inflation data, and the Fed’s FOMC...

The Fed and economists are encouraged because CPI is down to 3.3% from a high of nearly 9% in 2022. Despite the Fed’s “significant progress” in lowering inflation, most citizens are outraged and...

From time to time, you will read that the Federal Reserve is trying to “thread the needle” on rates. That is, they don’t want to keep rates too high for too long, lest they sink the economy, nor...

There are some emerging signs that a slight rotation may have begun in US markets, where a narrow concentration on mega cap technology stocks has been virtually the sole driver of gains this year. In...

There was a brief period earlier this year when US shares gave up the leadership crown to commodities, but American stocks have retaken the performance throne in June, based on a set of ETFs through...

Stocks finished Friday slightly lower as June OPEX passed. This week, we head into the quarter’s end, closing out the year’s first half. It should be a fairly uneventful week with little on the macro...

Week Ahead 24-28th June: MON: BoJ Summary of Opinions, German Ifo Survey (Jun), German Import Prices (May) TUE: Japanese Services PPI (May), Canadian CPI (May), UK GDP (Q1) WED: Australian CPI...

If the Bank of England’s decision on Thursday to leave interest rates unchanged is a guide, the outlook for the start date for a US rate cut may be further down the line than generally assumed. There...

As we approach the halfway mark of 2024, I figured it’d be constructive to check in on the results of this year’s record-breaking elections. The numbers are particularly striking: Approximately 4.2...

By nearly any measure you cite, US equities are enjoying a stellar run. Despite numerous global risks, investor sentiment for American shares is resilient. The question, as always, is when is it...

Great bounce off the 8170 support yesterday and 8210 remained as the resistance all day but has broken overnight to see a test the 8227 level. As such we may well see a drop back this morning towards...

The world is changing faster than ever, and sometimes appears tougher than ever to have a simple life without stressing about what the future brings. This is one of the factors that can convince...

In the absence of a lead from the US, global markets drifted, with attention now turning to the latest interest rate decision from the Bank of England. Closed for the Juneteenth public holiday, US...