Market Overview

Concern over European gas supplies and the fake referendums in Ukraine kept overnight stock markets contained. The USD remains strong against everything undollar with Euro still sharply below parity...

DXY to the moon:   AUD flushed:Oil held up as Putin asked OPEC to fund his war with output cuts:Base metals still in big trouble:Big miners (NYSE:RIO) survived with iron ore:EM (NYSE:EEM)...

Bank of England fails to reassure investors with emergency rate hike Bond yields soar amid talk of a historic bear market Bank of Japan defies trend but yen’s fall requires intervention The UK...

A mild bounce for Asian stocks following a dreadful start of the trading week but risk markets remain extremely nervous and this is likely to be shortlived as recession fears mount amid rising...

Stock markets around the world remain in retreat mode with concern over the Torynutters economic “plan” in the UK sending Pound Sterling to a record low and spiking bond market yields. The...

We need to pan out today to get the full grasp of what’s happening. DXY is on a historic tear:   AUD appears to be rolling into a historic bust reminiscent of previous Chinese busts:Oil is...

Positive inflation-adjusted return on default-risk-free Treasuries/corporate bonds Higher market rates means a much lower S&P 500 equity risk premium Consider asset allocation tweaks but wholesale...

This week we will again get several opportunities to reconsider the received wisdom that when mortgage rates rise, home prices must fall. Last week, median home prices in the existing home sales...

Stock markets around the world remain in retreat mode following last week’s interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve with local stocks at a new two month low. Wall Street and European shares...

DXY is now a streaking flare warning of imminent global shock and recession. I have held the Millennial high as my target for a year or more. Could we overshoot?   AUD is being flushed away:Oil...

An August poll showed that nearly half of millennials surveyed claimed to have sold investments over the past year Other age groups largely kept with their portfolio plan With a big stock market drop...

The Bank of England (BoE) has defied market expectations by raising interest rates by 50bps at its September meeting. Implied pricing showed that market participants were skewed towards a bigger 75bps...

2-year Treasury surged above 4% following the FOMC meeting The 2-year may now be heading to around 4.5% This should result in great stock market volatility The 2-year Treasury rate moved above 4%...

The RBA has increased the cash rate by 225 basis points since May, leaving an estimated 854,000 mortgage holders in mortgage stress.According to Roy Morgan Research, approximately 19.4% of Australian...