Market Overview

It's often said that there’s a whole cohort of young Australians who may never find themselves able to enter the property market.Soaring house prices have emerged as a major barrier, making it...

Stocks traded mostly sideways yesterday, even as rates and the dollar surged. However, the big news came yesterday when Jay Powell noted that it would take longer for the Fed to gain the confidence...

This is one of my favorites, and every few years I re-blog some portion of this article. The original, I wrote in 2010. The basic question is, what is the correct way to respond as an investor to...

DXY is approaching resistance. If we get through, it will go nuts: AUD is pushing towards critical support: North Asia is a pair of concrete boots: Oil is consolidating while we await...

Continued war jitters across the Middle East plus further Fedspeak overnight is not helping risk to stabilise, although Wall Street was able to put in only minor losses with Asian markets still...

Economic “reflation” is becoming the next bullish narrative as equity valuation increases continue to outpace earnings gains, at least according to Gold Sachs and Tony...

Queensland has one of the strongest performing markets in Australia as of 2024. Both Brisbane and the rest of the state have seen huge gains since the start of 2023, for both houses and units. If...

Stocks finished the day sharply lower for a second day in a row, with the S&P 500 dropping by 1.2% and the NASDAQ dropping by 1.65%. The S&P 500 opened higher, but the selling started around...

DXY is up and away: AUD has been shot to the cliff’s edge: North Asia is a pair of lead boots: Do we run our cars on gold or oil? Goldman’s latest disgrace, squeezing copper and...

Another hot US economic print plus continued war jitters across the Middle East caused Wall Street to pull back sharply again following the Friday night volatility. The USD pushed back against the...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and Bitcoin were top of mind at last week’s Paris Blockchain Week, where I had the privilege of presenting to an enthusiastic crowd. The blockchain and digital...

In the wake of last week’s hotter-than-expected consumer inflation data for March, the implied forecast via Fed funds futures indicates that interest-rate cuts are unlikely in the months...

The retraction of global markets on Friday and this morning in Asia and Europe are rational risk-rebalancing moves, considering that the heartbreaking events in the Middle East present the potential...

A rocky start to the trading week with most stock markets in Asia losing significant ground in response to the escalation in conflict across the Middle East, with the spike in USD on Friday night...