Market Overview

Market overview: China finally introduces new stimulus measures. New rises expected for oil?Welcome to our weekly market overview.My column focuses on analyzing the most promising stocks and futures...

Stocks got a bump late in the day after the US Treasury announced it would borrow $55 billion less than projected last quarter.It now expects to borrow just $760 billion in privately held net...

Asian share markets are still mixed given the reaction to the Evergrande (HK:3333) collapse in China with Japanese equities barely moving while local stocks continue to lift slightly higher Wall...

The bank announced the relief funds on Tuesday, offering support for eligible customers struggling to pay for emergency expenses in the cyclone’s wake. Key points NAB customers who suffered...

DXY appears stuck in a firm range. I’m not sure we’ll see a downside break even with Fed easing:AUD is printing bearish candles daily. At a bottom we would expect the opposite:North Asian...

On the back of last week’s strong domestic out of the US, overnight saw some rate cut discussion from ECB officials which gave risk sentiment another boost as Wall Street rallied while European...

This week will be busy, and if you are taking time off, don’t.The news starts Monday afternoon and runs through Friday morning, and all of it will impact where stocks and rates go from here...

The southern state, known for its food and wine, overtook Victoria to take out the top spot in CommSec’s latest State of the States report for the first time in the survey's 15-year history. ...

Strong economic data out of the US kept risk sentiment in check on Friday night as the USD also remained buoyed despite some early runs from the major pairs including Euro and Aussie. Wall Street...

Goldman with the note.EUR: Tanker turning. The ECB’s focus on “data not dates” is nothing new. But,the acknowledgment that data have been trending in the right direction, faster than...

The only thing that was genuinely surprising in yesterday’s fourth-quarter report on US economic activity was the strength of the increase.The positive directional bias, by contrast, has been...

As money market account balances soar, the mainstream media again proclaims, “There is $6 trillion of cash on the sidelines just waiting to come into the market.”No? Well, here it is...

Driven by robust consumer spending, US GDP grew faster than anticipated in Q4 2023. The US gross domestic product (GDP), a key indicator of economic growth, grew slower in Q4 than the previous...

Stocks finished higher, with the S&P 500 climbing by 0.08% on the day. Yesterday was not boring. It was very interesting and exciting in some ways to see how things are coming together, as I noted...