Market Overview

Retail traders vs Wall St. fund volatility narrowly focused but could spread to broader market Development of new virus strains and vaccine logistics will dominate market sentiment The S&P 500,...

Supportive Fed policy joins Biden administration fiscal policy to buoy additional stimulus expectations Tencent surge sets tone for global tech shares Key EventsUS futures for the S&P 500, Dow...

Investors will be listening carefully to the tone of remarks coming from the Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week even as they don’t expect any significant changes in monetary...

Federal Reserve policymakers were at pains to reassure investors the central bank would stay the course, ahead of this Wednesday’s inauguration of Joseph Biden as President of the US, and...

Federal Reserve policymakers are trying to calibrate the uncertainties of a pandemic, a vaccine rollout, and the impact of fiscal and monetary stimulus on the economy and inflation—not to...

Stocks accelerate on Biden promise of additional stimulus Bitcoin tops $40K, hits new record doubling value in just weeks Yields move beyond 1% for the first time since March, slowing dollar decline,...

As of the time of writing, the British pound is little changed from yesterday’s close, trading at about 1.3580. However, we predict the currency pair will drop within the next couple of days,...

This week's Georgia election to add to market volatility Vaccine rollout much slower than promised, while virus spreads The interplay between escalating hopes of eradicting COVID-19 risk, as...

How do you stop a flood once the dam has burst? That's the challenge facing central banks as vaccine rollouts promise an end to the COVID-19 crisis.Having hauled out a bazooka and even much greater...

Central banks showed they had learned a thing or two from the 2008-09 financial crisis as they successfully navigated an unprecedented pandemic and lockdowns this year. They reacted forcefully to keep...

December set to be the deadliest month of 2020 as COVID escalates globally Stimulus package may be approved Sunday, potentially boosting Monday's US market open Dollar steadies All four major US...

The Federal Reserve is not likely to follow the example of the European Central Bank when policymakers meet this week by announcing a big increase in bond purchases. It’s tricky, as the ECB...

US states will start getting vaccines Monday Record US cases and deaths on Friday Lawmakers remain unable to agree on coronavirus fiscal aid package Cyclical rotation unclear on Friday Equites trimmed...

The intensifying power struggle between Republicans and Democrats nearly torpedoed Christopher Waller’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, but the chief economist at the St....