Market Overview

Four fairly quick observations on this Federal Reserve meeting day, not all of which have anything to do with the Fed:1. The FOMC today announced unchanged policy for now on the overnight interest...

The sharp runup in US inflation in 2021-2022 revived the idea that a so-called real assets portfolio is crucial for asset allocation strategies.But with the peaking of inflation in mid-2022,...

The Fed added Quantitative Easing (QE) to its monetary policy toolbox in 2008. At the time, the financial system was imploding. Fed Chair Ben Bernanke bought $1.5 trillion U.S. Treasury and...

Markets are on edge ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting. I believe the Fed will lean hawkish with its messaging as inflation fears return. Contrary to the consensus view, there...

It was an implied volatility day yesterday ahead of the VIX expiration this morning. The important level for the VIX is 14, and as of yesterday, the VIX closed at 13.8.Vixperiation officially...

The momentum factor has been revived in recent months, led by powerful rallies among AI-related stocks and Healthcare sector behemoths Two companies, one from each space, hold investor events this...

Commonwealth social security payments have been lifted in line with inflation as of 20 March, bolstering the budgets of some of the most vulnerable amongst us. Key points Government payments...

There were 514,300 Australians (2.5%) who experienced a scam, down from 552,000 or 2.7% in the 21/22 period. Key points The number of Australians exposed to scams continues to decline, down to 2.5%...

Analysts are debating if last week’s sticky inflation news is the death knell for a June cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve. This much is clear: the recent run of news isn’t...

Following the ECB, all eyes are on the Fed's upcoming interest rate decision, and the US central bank is anticipated to hold rates steady. Our proprietary tool now indicates a near-certainty of the...

Stocks rallied on Monday, ahead of an eventful two days. Meanwhile, the market is also busy repricing its rate path for the Fed policy, with Fed Futures now seeing fewer than three rate cuts in...

Asian share markets are in mixed mood as both the BOJ and RBA meetings put some volatility into local currencies as well as stocks, with dovishness sending them both down against USD. Wall Street is...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board chose to keep the cash rate at a 12-year high at its March meeting. Key points The RBA board held the cash rate at 4.35% It noted it might be some time...

Wall Street was able to start the new trading week with confidence going into a volatile period as major central banks set their interest rates again, with the RBA the first cab off the rank today....