A broad mix of commodities topped returns for the major asset classes for the trading week through Friday, Mar. 25, based on a set of ETFs....
What Is Quantitative Easing (QE) in Simple Terms?In modern finance, when the economy hits a rough patch, central banks often come to the rescue with emergency...
Another Lost Decade Ahead? 60/40 'Balanced' Books Suffer Worst Streak Since 2008 Since the "Powell Pivot" was unleashed on global markets,...
Rally Fizzles As Futures Slide Ahead Of $3.5 Trillion OpEx After a torrid three days which pushed US stocks up almost 6%, the best 3-day run...
The USD/JPY price tilted upwards on Friday morning after the latest interest rate decision by the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The pair rose to a high...
Meanwhile In China, All Hell Is Breaking Loose With war raging across the world's bread basket, risk of World War 3 the highest it has been...
Global equities fell by almost three percent in February (MSCI AC World index in US dollar terms) as investor alarm over the prospect of faster-than-expected...
Russia’s conflict with Ukraine and the resulting geopolitical tensions have prompted sharp falls in local assets, a shift to a risk-off stance in global...
Futures Recover Overnight Losses After Torrid Thursday Rally As Uneasy Calm Returns After yesterday's furious gamma-squeeze rally, U.S. stock...
Global Stocks, Futures Crash; Nasdaq In Bear Market, Oil Soars Above $105 On Russia Attack U.S. stock index futures crashed along with global...
David Favier, senior portfolio manager of European ABS strategies, reflects on the impact of the pandemic and the outlook for 2022. Covid-19 created...
In exceptional times, monetary finance may provide helpful policy support but there are risks.
What Is Quantitative Easing in Simple Terms?In modern finance, when the economy hits a rough patch, central banks often come to the rescue with emergency...
The eurozone’s annual price inflation rate hit 5 percent in December 2021 and (as of this writing) the consensus is for 5.1 percent in January 2022....
Bank of Japan Offers To Buy Unlimited 10 Year JGBs To Contain Bond Rout While Fed chair Powell may have capitulated to the relentless daily...
Tighter US monetary policy, rising (real) yields and a correction in growth stocks. None of this is really a surprise. Markets have been reckoning with...
Futures Paralyzed Ahead Of Critical CPI Print US index futures are unchanged from Wednesday's close after some rangebound trades in another...
According to the Pew Research Center, despite some ups and downs over the past several decades, the real average wage in 2018 had the same purchasing...
What Is Capitulation in Simple Terms? Traditionally, capitulate means “surrender.” When applied to investing, it refers to selling a stock for a loss—usually during a phase...
US Equity Futures Tumble After Tech Rout If Google's earnings on Tuesday sent futures sharply higher yesterday, then Facebook's disastrous earnings report late on Wednesday has...
With the markets turning and the Russia-China axis looking ever more worrying, Rome could not risk destabilising the government.
US Futures Start The Week With More Wild Swings In Another Volatile, Illiquid Session After a rollercoaster week that ended just barely higher following a late...
“An entire economic system. Around a zero rate. Not only in the U.S. but globally. It’s massive. Now, think of the adjustment process to a new...
Neurotic Futures Tumble Despite Record Apple Quarter If you thought that yesterday's blowout, record earnings from Apple would be enough to put in at least a...
What Is Volatility in Simple Terms? Volatility is the degree to which a security (or an index, or the market at large) varies in price or...
Futures Swing Wildly In Overnight Rollercoaster Session Before Settling Flat After a rollercoaster overnight session, which saw S&P futures tumble as much as 2%, dropping as...
This infographic shows how Fed tapering works, and its impact on the economy. The post What Is Fed Tapering? How Does It Work? How Does It Impact...
"Volatility Is Back": Futures Resume Sliding After Historic Rollercoaster Reversal Following one of the greatest intraday market reversals in history, US index futures resumed their decline...
What Is a Corporate Bond? In a nutshell, a corporate bond is like a loan from an investor to a company, which the company repays with interest...
Over calendar 2021, US inflation jumped from a very tame 1.4 per cent to a worrying 7.0 per cent, the highest level recorded in four decades....