On Friday, Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD) shares declined by 1.54% after Loop Capital downgraded the stock to neutral from buy. Analyst Laura Champine also lowered the...
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) shares are advancing this Friday despite the fact that the Nonfarm Payrolls report showed that the U.S. added only 194K...
The U.S. economy added far less jobs in September than expected, the United States Bureau of Labour Statistics said in its employment report this morning. According...
Job creation might well have slowed, but a deeper dive into employment data suggests the picture is actually pretty rosy.
Investors AlleyHere’s Where to Invest in Volatile Markets Markets have become incredibly volatile lately. This is all thanks to fears around inflation, the Federal Reserve, higher...
After Wednesday's impressive rebound the bulls are regaining confidence and attempted a run for the 50-dma yesterday. With control back in their hands, the first big...
Would Americans Benefit From A Government Default? Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, The Biden administration's rhetoric on the debt ceiling has become nothing...
West Fraser stock is firing on all cylinders. The Canadian-based forestry company is up 30% this year after an explosive run in 2020. The post West...
We’ve got one central bank over here in America which appears as if its members can’t wait to “taper”, bringing up both the topic and using...
Asset price inflation is the cause of wealth disparity between between the top 1% and the bottom 50%. The more they have, the more they get....
"We Need Changes At The Fed": Elizabeth Warren Shreds Powell Over "Culture Of Corruption" Update: 1155ET): Warren slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying that he...
Overview: The markets remain unsettled. The surge in energy prices, the fears emanating from China's property market, and the unresolved US fiscal drama weigh on sentiment. Japan...
Central Banks & The Looming Financial Reckoning Authored by Willem Buiter via Project Syndicate, Across the advanced economies, central banks have rightly prioritized maintaining financial stability...
It looks like we are in for a bit of a chop-fest in financial markets for the rest of the week, until Friday’s US Non-Farm Payrolls...
Fed chair Jerome Powell stressed that the officials had not violated any existing rules,… The post Fed asks its watchdog to review trading by senior officials...
Government Debt Is Taxation Without Representation Authored by Brian McGlinchey via Stark Realities, With Thursday’s passage of a continuing resolution that funds government operations until December...
The EUR/USD tilted upwards on Friday after the latest Eurozone consumer price index (CPI) data. It rose to a high of 1.1600, which was 0.35% above...
Fed Vice Chair Clarida Traded Millions One Day Before Powell Emergency Pandemic Statement Earlier this week, with Fed hawks suddenly dropping like flies following the resignations...
In the week ahead, the US September employment report is the high-frequency data highlight. It is the last non-farm payroll report before the November 2-3 FOMC...
A challenging period for the markets Nerves are starting to creep into the markets which will make the final months of the year very interesting. The...
Stocks Pressured After Fitch Warns Debt Ceiling "Brinksmanship" Threatens US AAA Rating Ready for a rerun of August 2011? As a reminder, just over 10 years...
The US dollar was driven higher in September by two main factors. The first was the anticipation of the Federal Reserve continuing to move toward tapering...
Bloomberg is running a very interesting top story this morning stating that China’s Vice Premier Han Zheng has ordered the country’s top state-owned energy firms to...
Q2 GDP Revised Slightly Higher As Core Inflation Rises The Most Since 1983 There was little surprise in today's third and final revision of Q2 GDP...
Quantitative easing enables central banks to purchase predetermined amounts of government bonds and other assets to help inject money into the economy. The post What is...
Futures Fade Rally With Congress Set To Avert Government Shutdown US equity futures faded an overnight rally on the last day of September as lingering global-growth...
Saving For A Home-Downpayment Now Takes Even Longer... Thank The Fed America's working-poor, or put another way - whatever is left of the middle class -...
Is it delta COVID? Or the widely reported labor shortage? Something has created a soft patch in the presumed indestructible US economy still hopped up on...
Futures Rebound As Yields Drop U.S. index futures rebounded on Tuesday from Monday's stagflation-fear driven rout as an increase in Treasury yields abated and the greenback...
As it beats expectations and raises guidance, Workday (WDAY) stock still looks like a solid opportunity. Except for one thing: possible changes in the market conditions...