Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Initial signs from earnings suggest that EPS growth bottomed last quarter Going ahead, it looks like the rebound could continue into next year Meanwhile, majority of the stocks in S&P 500 remain...

Stocks were up yesterday by around 1.1% on the S&P 500, but we have gone nowhere now in a week, so the bulls are making no progress. The question in front of us is which way the index will break,...

Markets generally rose, with investors keeping a watchful eye on developments in the Middle East, but at least temporarily choosing to focus on a strong start to the earnings season.Around a tenth of...

US dollar has continued to gain ground after taking a breather on the weekend Meanwhile, both crude oil and gold have experienced minor corrections following their significant surges Another price...

With the number of moving parts on the increase, investors are tending to err on the side of caution.The possibility of escalating violence in the Middle East and the potential for the conflict to fan...

After years of zero interest rates, such an abrupt tightening is bound to break something.The main questions are: what, when, and where does something break? When rates are low credit is cheap and so...

Week Ahead 16-20th OctoberSAT: New Zealand General Election MON: New Zealand CPI (Q3), PBoC MLF TUE: RBA Minutes, German ZEW Survey (Oct), US Retail Sales (Sep), Canadian CPI (Sep) WED: Chinese GDP...

Today marks a year since the S&P 500 ended its bear market A lot has changed since then, but the US economy still hasn't entered recession The future might look bleak because of the current...

Stocks finished lower following a hotter-than-expected CPI report and a weak 30-year Treasury auction. The CPI data knocked the indexes off their pre-market highs, while the weak Treasury sent rates...

Who knew that the big risk this year was a US economy that would be too hot? Coming into 2023, strategists were bearish following the market’s drubbing the previous year. The consensus...

The September CPI report is due Thursday and is expected to show headline annual inflation rising 3.6% compared to the 3.7% reading seen in August. Overall, while the trend is lower, I believe the...

On October 5, 2023, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made a very telling statement about the future course of interest rates. YELLEN SAYS DEBT SERVICE COSTS WILL BE 1% OF GDP FOR THE NEXT DECADE....

The S&P 500 finished about 50 bps today higher but had been up more than 1% at one point—stocks turnaround after 1 p.m. ET, following a weak 3-Year Treasury auction.The 3-year auction ended...

Markets continued to grind higher as the headwinds of the Middle Eastern conflict were neutralised by a further softening of rhetoric from the Federal Reserve.Alongside the human tragedy was some hope...