Market Overview

The week of Dec. 19 will be anything but slow and quiet. There will be a ton of economic data, and the highlights won’t come until Friday when we get PCE, the University of Michigan, durable...

Investors are closely watching earnings and economic data releases to gauge the impact of the Federal Reserve's interest-rate hikes on the U.S. economy The Fed has been raising interest rates in an...

The bond market seems to be unimpressed by the Fed’s policy path Bond yields have hardly budged since this week’s FOMC meeting The Fed will need to get financial conditions to tighten to...

By Greg PeelThere She Goes I suggested yesterday might see some volatility with the ASX200 around the 7200 level, given derivative expiry day, and indeed there was. The morning was a madhouse of ups...

A bath of blood on Wall Street overnight following the recent rate hike by the US Federal Reserve, as the risk complex lost all confidence in the wake of double rate hikes from the ECB and BOE,...

50bp With a Hawkish Twist The Federal Reserve voted unanimously to raise the Fed Funds target rate range by 50bp to 4.25-4.5%, in line with market expectations. The text repeats that officials...

Risky TradeIt seems the computers were very excited yesterday in the wake of the big drop in annualised US inflation, shooting the ASX200 up 50 points from the open when the futures suggested only 16....

GoldGold thoroughly enjoyed the gains on the back of the dollar index's weakness, which is sitting near the five and half month low. Traders are more optimistic about gold prices as there are...

The answer, of course, depends on how soon inflation shows convincing signs of behaving. There are hints that we’re now in the early phase of post-peak inflation. Today’s update on...

The financial markets have been volatile this year, to say the least. And much of the volatility has been tied to inflationary concerns and rising interest rates via the Federal Reserve.That said,...

Inverted yield hikes in U.S. and Europe are forecasting recession Investor focus in Fed’s meeting is on inflation and rate forecasts Policymakers at the ECB and the Bank of England have mixed...

Consumer confidence has bounced off near record lows in December, with house price expectations climbing more than 27%.The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Confidence Index lifted 3% from the...

It’s a GasOn a wet and windy winter’s day in summer, the ASX200 closed down -32 points, having been as low as down -57 late morning yesterday. The topic of the day’s conversation...

Inflation and the Fed once again are taking center stage for investors. First, were signs of wages inflation being hotter than expected to start December. Next came an unwelcome increase in the...