Market Overview

by Caroline Gerber This is part two of our annual outlook for the coming year. Part one focused on the direction equities could take in 2020.During 2019, equities rallied to all-time highs despite...

Wall Street’s major indices are on track to end the year at all-time highs as the "phase- one" U.S.-China trade deal appears to have eased some of the uncertainty on the global economic outlook....

SPX up 28.67% so far for the year, on course to overtake the +29.68% hit at close of 2013. Expected January signing for Phrase I of trade deal and a dovish Fed may trigger traders to drive the...

When former European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi uttered his famous “whatever it takes” to defend the euro declaration, what mattered was not only the words he used, or...

Friday’s slim gains reflect tepid trade deal reliefRetreating yields signal stock trader ambivalence toward U.S.-Sino agreementSlumping VIX could indicate another leg higher for stocks After...

With one active year of raising rates and reducing its balance sheet behind them, and a second active year reversing all those actions, the Federal Reserve seems ready to go into hibernation and sleep...

Cryptocurrency is undoubtedly an exponentially lucrative marketplace. If tread wisely, investors and traders can earn an enormous amount of profit. However, similar to any other concept,...

Investors may be getting impatient once again at the lack of trade progressYields set to keep fallingOil threatening to reverse into a downtrend With the approach of the Dec. 15 deadline for the next...

Kathy Lien, Managing Director Of FX Strategy For BK Asset ManagementDaily FX Market Roundup November 20, 2019The U.S. dollar rebounded against all of the major currencies on the back of relatively...

Fresh from cutting the 7-day repo rate on Monday, China has shaved 5bps of its 1-year and 5-year Loan Prime Rates this morning to 4.15% and 4.80% respectively. It seems clear that China isn't waiting...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was bullish on the US economy in his annual testimony to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress on Wednesday, leading him to reaffirm his earlier suggestions that...

U.S.-Sino trade 'truce' as “phase one” agreement emergesU.S.-Sino trade 'truce' as “phase one” agreement emergesChances improve for a Brexit deal, reducing some geopolitical...

November has been off to a much better start for USD than October ended. Add seasonality to the Mix, and DXY could be in for a positive close this month. This ties in nicely with Tuesday’s...