Market Overview

The September jobs report was the first market-shaking event for volatility traders CPI, Retail Sales, and corporate earnings begin this week FOMC rate decision and the U.S. midterm elections take...

Last week, I reminded readers that high-inflation environments are associated with lower equity multiples, all else being equal, and that that phenomenon has been true for more than a hundred years....

Q3 earnings season expected to be a major test for the market S&P 500 Q3 earnings growth of 2.9% and revenue growth of 8.7% Energy, Industrials likely to stand out Financials, Communication...

DXY to the moon:   AUD flushed to the lows:Oil is up with the OPEC cut:Metals down:Miners (NYSE:RIO) too:EM stocks (NYSE:EEM) were soft:Junk (NYSE:HYG) rolled:Yields piled higher:Stocks...

After some stonking rallies recently, stocks had to take a breather overnight, although European shares fell back sharper than expected on higher oil prices while Wall Street had minor scratch...

A solid rebound in DXY last night as EUR fell. The two trend channels are crazy perfect:   AUD is stalled for now:Oil is going to rain on the bear market parade:Metals followed:Miners (NYSE:RIO)...

DXY was smashed last night by the RBA!   AUD was weak anyway:How long before oil snuffs the rally?And metals:Big miners (NYSE:RIO) dead cat:EM (NYSE:EEM) gapped into the ceiling:Junk (NYSE:HYG)...

Markets are smelling blood in the water, but do they have enough evidence to price a policy turnaround? Not yet in our view. The BoE’s reluctance to buy gilts is a sign that it hasn’t...

Supergreen! Asian stock markets have soared across the region in response to the bounce on Wall Street overnight, with local stocks having one of their best days on record, up nearly 4% because the...

DXY was down last night:   As usual, everything else was up. AUD, commods, EM (NYSE:EEM) and junk (NYSE:HYG): Treasuries were bid:And stocks:Is it possible these days to have a bid for bonds...

Stepping into the spooky month (from a historical market perspective, of course) of October, we need to take administrative notice of the fact that the S&P 500 has fallen more than 8% in three of...

Nasdaq 100 futures underperformed futures on the Dow, S&P and Russell 2000 and were the only index to trade in the red.Sharply rising Treasury yields have been a critical driver of this year's...

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...

Let's be frank: The third quarter was a mess for stocks. It doesn't much matter where the stocks were traded, except this: U.S. stocks in September were not a place you wanted to be.The Dow Jones...