Market Overview

DXY found some footing Friday night:   AUD eased:Interesting that the bear market rally has not dislodged speculative shorts:Oil looks ready to break:Base metals are stuck:Miners (NYSE:RIO)...

Fed is the only game in town Employment data especially significant at this time Bad economic data should cause a rally While all four major U.S. indices advanced last week, excepting mega caps, they...

Jackson Hole was a pivotal moment for markets; as Federal Reserve Chair, Jay Powell indicated, he was earnest about getting inflation to cool off, and it was going to be a long and challenging road...

Wall Street was closed overnight, while the USD remained weak against the major currencies on firming expectations of a slower pace of Fed rate rises. Euro remained at a monthly high above the 1.04...

Rising rates, accelerating inflation, and slowing economy hammered S&P 500 Energy and healthcare shares have been the market’s top gainers Investors should consider buying Exxon Mobil and...

Australians are set to bring their Christmas shopping forward this weekend to bag large bargains and offset the spiralling cost of living.New research from the Australian Retailers Association (ARA)...

Wall Street continued to climb higher overnight, absorbing the latest FOMC minutes with aplomb, as the USD pulled back sharply against the major currencies as a result of the less than hawkish...

Recent data for the US economy reflect a mixed profile, but several widely followed business-cycle indicators are screaming recession.A pair of Treasury yield curves are signaling that the odds are...

The Reserve Bank has stressed the need to stabilise rising consumer costs to avoid all Australians paying a 'heavy price'.RBA Governor Dr Philip Lowe has reiterated the central bank's commitment to...

We see a case for the bond rally to extend in the near term but we expect the move to run our of steam ahead of the next weeks’ inflation and employment dataDrift lower in yields to continue for...

EnergizedOn the back of increasing Chinese covid cases and lockdowns, base metal prices were all down -2-3% on Monday night, iron ore was down -1.5%, and gold was also lower. Yesterday the materials...

DXY softened last night:   AUD firmed:All of the usual followed with EM (NYSE:EEM), junk (NYSE:HYG)and commods up:But curve inversion got deeper again in the US:Stocks are trading on DXY...

The FTX saga and Sam Bankman-Fried's illegal and extremely unethical actions capture much of the financial press’s attention right now. For good reason. The real-life story has echoes of...

Death in ChinaOn a comeback close for Wall Street on Friday night, the ASX200 jumped over 20 points from the open yesterday, but thereafter no one was interested. The index sank quietly all day to a...