Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday spoke the words that investors have longed to hear: the rate-hiking cycle is ending. Except that maybe it isn’t.Speaking at a conference last...

The US is dangerously close to triggering its debt ceiling limit, yet markets seem very relaxed.The 2011 episode shows us how political incentive schemes can instead drag negotiations until the very...

U.S. shares led rallies in equities markets around the world in the trading week through Friday, May 19, based on a set of ETFs. The rest of the major asset classes lost ground.Vanguard Total Stock...

Week Ahead May 22-26thSUN: Greek Elections MON: PBoC LPR Announcement TUE: BoK Announcement, EZ/UK/US Flash PMIs (May), US Richmond Fed (May) WED: FOMC Minutes, RBNZ Announcement, UK Inflation (Apr),...

The risk of recession remains elevated, according to several indicators, but the soft-landing scenario isn’t dead. Support for the relatively upbeat outlook includes estimates for second-quarter...

A decent performance from the bears yesterdays taking it down from the 7760 to the 7708 target level, whereupon we have seen a bounce. Helped of course by the rise on the S&P500 as a debt ceiling...

Warnings that the US economy is close to the tipping point for recession have endured for months, but the expansion keeps surprising on the upside. More of the same is likely for the immediate future...

Last month’s surprisingly strong UK wage growth figure was almost certainly a key driver behind last week’s Bank of England decision to raise interest rates further. This month though, the...

Every couple of years, it seems, the world watches in apprehension as the U.S. president and Congressional leaders play chicken over the nation’s debt limit. If the so-called ceiling can’t...

Losses took a toll on markets worldwide, with US stocks and bonds posting the smallest setbacks last week, based on a set of ETFs representing the major asset classes. By contrast, commodity and...

Our economic system is ultra-financialized and dependent on leverage.That’s why understanding the incentive scheme for investors and borrowers is an important step to piecing together the global...

In this video, we'll delve into the US government's debt crisis and the nail-biting suspense of Congress waiting until the last possible moment to act.I discuss the two biggest risks to the financial...

MON: Eurogroup Meeting, South Korean Trade Balance R (Apr), German Wholesale Prices (Apr), EZ Industrial Production (Mar). TUE: IEA OMR, Chinese Retail Sales (Apr)/Industrial Production (Apr), UK...

Talk about the US debt ceiling is starting to heat up. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged Congress on Thursday to raise its debt ceiling, warning that a US default would produce an...