Market Overview

A sudden reversal in risk markets overnight as more concerns about a hawkish approach by the Fed overshadowed what looks like more ammunition for a sooner rate cut than later. Wall Street pulled back...

The economy isn’t always decisive in US presidential elections, except when it is. Think Herbert Hoover in 1932 and George H.W. Bush in 1992. Each lost the presidency to a challenger primarily...

A steady session for Asian share markets as Wall Street braces for the latest consumer confidence numbers tonight after a major revision in last month’s NFP job print, with bets of a Fed rate rise...

The S&P 500 ended the day up about 40 basis points yesterday, showing little reaction to the rising VIX, increased 1-month implied correlation indexes, a steeper yield curve, and a weakening US...

Wall Street finally had some good news with revisions to NFP data from last week keeping the whole edifice afloat while the USD remained somewhat weak against the major currency pairs as the latest...

DXY is a sinking stone: AUD held the gains: North Asia is supportive: Oil is in all sorts. Gold the winner! The silly little metals pop: Mining dead cat: EM is struggling: Junk is bullish: Yields set...

Profitable bond trading opportunities arise when your expectations about Fed policy differ from those of the market. Therefore, with the Fed seemingly embarking on a series of interest rate cuts, it...

A shaky session for Asian share markets as Wall Street begins to lose momentum before the release of tonight’s FOMC minutes. Equity futures are a bit flat going into tonight’s session with the weak...

  In this article, we will take a look at the stock market and the gold market and draw a comparison. We do not want to take sides too quickly, but instead look at the figures objectively and answer...

Credit spreads remained steady yesterday, but there were notable movements elsewhere. The one-month implied correlation index, which gauges how stocks might move together, increased. At the same...

A quiet night for economic news but that didn’t stop the selloff in USD as scuttlebutt around Fed interest rate cuts grew larger which helped lift Wall Street out of its very temporary funk from...

DXY is pricing Fed cuts: AUD to the moon! North Asia to the moon! Only oil is earthbound: Commods to the moon! Mining dead cat: EM to the moon! Junk spreads to the moon! Bonds to the moon! Stocks to...

Social media has become the place where many of us spend our time, share our lives and, increasingly, get our news. An estimated 12 billion combined hours are spent every day on these platforms,...

US recession risk appeared to ease in the wake of last week’s encouraging updates for retail sales and jobless claims. Will the better-than-expected numbers delay the widely expected rate cut that...