Market Overview

The stock market is cyclical and corrections are normal The best way to avoid getting caught up in short-term volatility is to focus on the long term Corrections can be scary, but they are also an...

Global marketsUS stocks weakened for the third week in a row under pressure from rising US bond yields and concerns over the Chinese economic outlook. Strong US retail sales in July along with the...

Risk markets remain rattled on Friday night as the debt contagion from the Chinese property market continues to spread while interest rate concerns rise again in the USD. The USD continues to be...

DXY eased Friday night:AUD was still very weak: The shorts are getting longer but there’s more room yet:Commods enjoyed relief:But not miners:Nor EM:Junk is screaming again:The crazy bear...

Since the beginning of 2022, the media has regularly warned a recession is coming. As we suggested previously, if a recession DID occur, it would be the most well-forecasted recession ever on...

DXY took a breather: Which releases pressure on the Commodities Complex. AUD dead cat bounced: Dirt too: Plus miners and EM: But junk is the tell: As the maniac bear steepener rocks the stock...

DXY is up and away! Everybody is long EUR, so watch it fly: AUD is global whipping boy: Commodities are waking in fright to a strong US and China accident: Big miners have horrible descending...

Is China's crackdown on economic news sufficient for another Big Short? Immortalized by Christian Bale in The Big Short, Dr. Michael Burry is stirring ‘animal spirits’ in the stock market...

Retail sales in the US have been resilient in the first half of 2023, despite concerns about a recession However, there are some warning signs that signal a slowdown in the coming months Earnings from...

Recession forecasts continue to swirl in some corners of the economics profession, but early econometric estimates for third-quarter GDP data suggest that the expansion will persist for now.US output...

Government bonds or stocks: If you were picking an asset class to outperform over the next 18-24 months, which would you choose?Such was an interesting point made by Greg Feirman last week. To...

Asian stocks are mixed given the volatility on Wall Street overnight as the latest Japanese GDP numbers came in stronger than expected, while the PBOC cut rates again as economic data indicating more...

So far, 2023 has been a tough time to be a renter in Australia. Rental rates have risen more than 10% in the past year, and with vacancy rates still low and record migration levels expected in the...

The CommBank Household Spending Insights Index revealed the annual growth in spending nationally was flat in July, up by a modest 1.3%. Key points Households in NSW and Victoria are feeling the...