When mountaineers climb above 8,000 meters, they are considered to be in the death zone. At such high altitude, there is not enough oxygen. Their bodies...
Tverberg: Why No Politician Is Willing To Tell Us The Real Energy Story Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog, No politician...
Futures Flat After Hawkish Fed Comments, Dollar Ascent Resumes The downbeat market mood continued for a fourth day, with US stock futures...
Futures Tumble As Market Braces For Jackson Hole Hawk-ano The staggering "most hated rally" melt-up, which we warned back in June would steamroll...
Many central bankers and economists are forecasting a return to low inflation within a couple of years, but that’s wishful thinking.
Futures Rise In Morbid Volumes With All Eyes On 50% Fib Retracement Level European stocks and US futures rallied on the last day of the week,...
Overview: The dog days of August for the Northern Hemisphere are here and the capital markets are relatively subdued. Equities are firmer. The notable...
Overview: The market is judging China's response to Speaker Pelosi's visit in a mild way and risk appetites returned. Equity markets are higher, even...
Overview: The month-end and slew of data is making for a volatile foreign exchange session, while the rash of earnings has generally been seen as favorable...
Markets expecting 75bp hike After what seems like an interminable wait, we are finally at FOMC day, and the last one I shall be covering as...
Futures Fizzle As Walmart Warning Batters Bear Market Rally US stock futures dropped as investors braced for Wednesday’s Federal Reserve...
Will FOMC opt for 75bp hike? This month has dragged on and seems to be lasting forever. One reason could be that it is my last...
5 Reasons Why Interest Rate-Cuts Are Already Around The Corner Authored by Ronni Stoeferle via GoldSwitzerland.com, Inflation rates are currently...
China’s banks face insolvency risks with widespread mortgage boycotts. The U.S. dollar is strengthening and bringing bitcoin down in the process.
The Digital US Dollar Is A Threat To Civil Liberties Authored by Bradford Newman via BitcoinMagazine.com, The U.S. CBDC could be a route...
The US dollar has been on a major surge against major global currencies in the past year, recently hitting levels not seen in 20 years and, as...
A weak second quarter for China’s economy, with GDP growth narrowly avoiding contraction, might mark the low for this cycle (disregarding the pandemic-related...
Futures Jump, Dollar Slides As Euro Surges On Hawkish ECB Report After yesterday's sharp late-day swoon sparked by news that Apple is reining...
The British pound (GBP/USD) rose to the highest level since July 11th after the latest UK jobs data. The currency also held steady as the recent...
Futures Jump As Traders Scale Back Fed Hike Expectations As Economy Slumps US equity futures and global markets stormed higher, as the dollar...
Wall Street rises as US data outperforms It says something about the level of confusion in the markets right now (American markets anyway), that having...
The Collapsing Euro And Its Implications Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, The euro system and its currency are descending...
Europe is in the spotlight this year. Russia invading Ukraine in late February led to a wave of sanctions from Western nations against the invader. But...
The price exchange in the foreign exchange market was a story separate from the macro developments. The euro traded below parity for the first time since...
Futures, Oil Jump As Record Dollar Rally Fizzles US futures and European stocks advanced, shaking off data that showed China’s economy expanded...
Futures Tumble As Dollar Hits Record High; JPM, Morgan Stanley Slide US futures were already sliding fast as the reality of the Fed's upcoming...
The main economic event of the trading week is behind us now that the US June inflation report was released yesterday. Inflation keeps rising in the...
The EUR/USD pair traded in the 1.0040 price zone, its lowest since December 2002, the GBP/USD pair traded below 1.1900 and AUD/USD traded near a fresh...
As G20 ministers and central bank governors gather in Bali this week, they face a global economic outlook that has darkened significantly.
Futures Grind Higher With All Eyes On Red-Hot CPI After yesterday's last hour stock market puke prompted by a fake CPI "leak" that showed...