Market Overview

Originally published by AxiTraderQuick RecapThe US dollar is higher again as bets increase that the Fed will indeed be raising rates in December. That didn’t bother long bond or Fed fund futures...

Originally published by RivkinU.S. earnings season is in full focus in what looks like it will be the first quarter of positive earnings growth in five quarters.So far a total of 23% of S&P 500...

Investment markets and key developments over the past weekMost major global share market rose over the past week helped by generally good economic data, more evidence that US earnings have bottomed,...

Many of my clients know how much I love dividends and the franking credits attached to them. So I thought I should go over them again after reading recent research from the Association of...

Originally published by AxiTraderMarkets Overview:Equities: Nikkei 225 (+1.09 %), Hang Seng (+0.69 %), CSI 300 300 (+0.02 %), KOSPI (-0.10 %), S&P/ASX 200 (+0.16 %) Commodities: Crude Oil $51.38...

Originally published by AxiTraderQuick RecapThe release of the much weaker than anticipated September jobs data in Australia yesterday, and the apparent loss of 53,000 full-time jobs, was all the...

Originally published by Chamber of MerchantsI’ll briefly comment on where I think we’re at as well as where I believe we’re going, leading up to January 2017. I mentioned about 2...

Originally published by Chamber of MerchantsGood morning all. Last night, as I completed a commentary on what I expect for Gold & Rates over the next 8 weeks, the EUR/USD decided to crash to 4...

While shorting stocks (selling borrowed shares) receives a lot of media attention, particularly when stock markets are falling, the total value of all short positions has actually been declining...

Deflation’s evil has become an established fact. I contend the truth is exactly the opposite — price deflation is good and price inflation is bad. What’s more the tools used to...

Given the theatrics that is current US politics, it’s hard to recall a time when there was more anger and frustration towards America’s political and economic institutions than there is...

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) increasingly come in different shapes and sizes and offer efficient access to more asset classes and sectors than ever before. Growth has been rapid. Of the 150 Exchange...

Housing is expensive in Australia. Measured as a multiple of average wages, Sydney residential property costs nearly 1½ times that of London and over twice that of New York. All eight of...

Do you prefer regular or smart investing? Smart, of course, which is why fund marketers invent catchy names for investment products. ‘Smart beta’ is one such product category.Smart beta...