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....
Over the past few weeks, Fed speakers are bemoaning inflation and voiced their wishes to squash it. They frequently mention how effective their monetary toolbox is...
Looking at the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap (excluding stablecoins), altcoins showed the biggest returns leaving Bitcoin in the dust. The post Bitcoin was the...
Europe's Spendthrifts Are Stuck In Irreversible Debt-Traps Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, A Euro Catastrophe Could Collapse It This article looks at the situation in...
Futures Slide After Disappointing JPMorgan Earnings, Tech Rout Worsens After trading flat for much of the overnight session, S&P futures slumped to session lows shortly after...
Futures Flat Ahead Of Another Scorching PPI Print US futures were little changed on Thursday one day after the highest CPI print since 1982 and just...
Futures Slightly Green Ahead Of Today's "Brutal" CPI Print U.S. index futures were little changed, if slightly in the green on Wednesday as investors settled into...
What Is Diversification in Investing? In finance and investing, diversification is a popular term for mitigating risk by dividing one’s investments between a variety of asset...
While recent bearish crossovers between Bitcoin‘s 50-day and 200-day exponential moving averages failed to push prices lower, this time could be different. Bitcoin (BTC) formed a...
While recent bearish crossovers between Bitcoin's 50-day and 200-day exponential moving averages failed to push prices lower, this time could be different. Bitcoin (BTC) formed a...
Here Are The Best And Worst Performing Hedge Funds Of 2021 It was another painful year for most hedge funds, with many suffering the pain of...
2021 was an awkward ’steady state’ year for financial markets: bonds delivered the worst returns in a quarter of a century except for one year (1999),...
After a positive start to the New Year, valuations of risk assets fell as markets priced a more hawkish policy from the US Federal Reserve. ...
Will we now see a proper pandemic recovery?
Futures Surge To A Record Above 4,800 As Euphoria Grips Global Markets US stock futures, European bourses and Asian markets all rose, extending the blistering start...
The US dollar index (DXY) lifted in the overnight session as the US government bond sell-off intensified. The index rose to $96.25, which was about 0.70%...
Whereas inflation rates in the US and Europe have risen steeply in the course of the year 2021, consumer price inflation in Japan stood at 0.1...
Futures Rise, Eye 71st All-Time High After closing at a fresh all time high on Wednesday, its 70th high for the year, which is the most...
Futures Resume Levitation, Push On To New All Time Highs One day after a brief interruption in the Santa rally, as US stocks fell for the...
US real estate and fixed-securities provided diversification benefits during last week’s widespread selling that weighed on most other markets around the world, based on a set...
Stocks, Futures, Oil Tumble On Omicron Lockdowns, Manchin Shockwave Global stocks and US equity futures are sharply lower to start the otherwise very quiet holiday week,...
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee (MPC) yesterday went against market expectations to… The post Banking stocks boosted as Bank of England springs a surprise...
Stocks, Yields Tumble As Quad-Witching Fears Add To Broader Market Slide US futures tumbled after hitting an all time high less than 24 hour ago, as...
Interest rates are front and center today as the Federal Reserve prepares to update the world on its current thinking about monetary policy. The main question:...
Transitory or persistent? That’s still the big question facing central bankers over inflation.
Futures Reverse Lower As Fed Meeting Looms US stock futures fell on Tuesday, reversing an earlier gain, as traders prepared for this year’s barrage of final central...
Futures Ramp On China Stimulus Hopes Ahead Of Central Bank Barrage U.S. futures rose again, starting the Santa rally predicted over the weekend by Goldman, after...
I have been emphasizing the Fed's dilemma: If it raises interest rates, that raises the U.S. debt-service costs. 100% debt to GDP means that 5% interest...
BoJo Unveils “Plan B” Restrictions To Fight Omicron As New Cases Double Every 2-3 Days Update (0800ET): More details about BoJo's "Plan B" are coming into...
Stocks Soar On Optimism Omicron Is A Dud As Traders Focus On Growing China Stimulus U.S. index futures rallied, led by gains for Nasdaq 100 contracts,...