Market Overview

The December CPI report is due on Thursday at 8:30AM ET. Headline annual inflation is seen rising 3.2% and core CPI is forecast to climb 3.8%. While the rate of inflation is declining, it’s not...

The S&P 500 finished the day higher by about 60 bps, while the S&P 500 Equal Weighted finished the day higher by just 17 bps. It again shows how the indexes are diverging and returning to...

A lot of easing in China has seen Asian share markets generally move higher, helped by a buoyant Wall Street overnight as well as a slightly weaker USD as traders await tonight’s latest US CPI...

The number of ‘extreme rent hikes’ in Australia’s capital cities slowed in the final quarter of 2023, Domain research reveals, as a streak of quarterly rises that began in 2020 came...

Risk markets were unable to make substantive moves higher overnight despite a solid session on Wall Street and a slightly weaker USD as ECB concerns of a European recession pushed most European shares...

DXY is moot:AUD stopped falling:CNY did not:Brent is dancing along the cliff:Dirt yawn:Mining smash:EM doom:Junk hope:Yield firm:Stocks party:The AUD rally has a new challenge, and it is...

Stocks gapped lower, while the equal-weight and small-cap indexes didn’t recover much. The S&P 500 finished the day lower by around 15 bps.The index was able to fill the morning’s...

Asian share markets are again mixed with only Japanese bourses advancing as local shares absorb the latest inflation figures while Chinese markets remain cautious in the wake of more property sector...

A continued absence of catalysts saw risk markets remain rangebound overnight Wall Street putting in a wobbly return as European shares took back all their return gains. Meanwhile the USD rebounded...

DXY is consolidating, but for lower or higher?AUD is in free fall still: CNY is a ceiling:Oil is hanging on:Dirt is not. China is not well:Big miners are accelerating down:EM dead:Junk is...

Much of what is thought and believed about the stock market is based upon fallacy and a lack of understanding, which was easily seen in the comments section of one of my recent articles.It seems that...

During the last week of December, I polled my Twitter followers for their outlook on the markets and the economy for 2024. The results were quite interesting, but before we look forward, we must look...

It was one of those days; as soon as I woke up, I knew it could be a long day because the VIX was up probably more than it should have been for flat futures.If it feels like Deja Vu, it is probably...

Asian share markets are doing much better given the stronger result on Wall Street overnight plus the return of Japanese markets. A slightly weaker USD is also seeing the Australian dollar lift higher...