Market Overview

Stocks finished the day flat after a hot ADP report sent rates higher, and a cool ISM report sent rates back to flat. That left stocks moving sideways after a brief move higher in the midday and a...

Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell reiterated yesterday that the Fed is not in a rush to cut rates but that it will cut sometime this year and that the recent jump in inflation didn’t...

This S&P 500 annual return table shows the annual returns for the benchmark for various periods going back to 1/1/2000.From 1/1/2000 through 3/31/24, the annual return for the S&P 500 is just...

Forecasts that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in June took another hit after Monday’s relatively firm manufacturing survey data for March.Markets are still pricing in...

Back in 1989, Japan was taking over the world. The country’s economy had grown 6.7% in 1988. Sony had just bought Columbia Pictures, one of the largest Hollywood studios, for $3.45 billion....

Stocks suffer as chances of a summer Fed rate cut decreaseExtra focus on today’s US data releases and Fed speakersEuro shows resilience while gold defies gravityStocks suffer as the US economic...

Stocks traded lower on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 falling by around 70 bps. The move follows a pretty decent-sized move with higher rates across the curve over the last two days.Today, we will get...

Mood was down in Asia today as the strongest earthquake in 25 years led to halted operations in TSM and United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC).Elsewhere, major stock and bond markets in Europe and the US...

Bitcoin and Ethereum saw significant price swings as the dollar rallied on robust US manufacturing data.The cryptocurrency market experienced significant volatility over the past month, with Bitcoin...

These days, rapid technological advancements are the hallmark of the modern financial world. In this context, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA)'s significant ascent in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector...

Dollar strengthens across the board after upbeat ISM as June cut hopes fadeJapan keeps up intervention rhetoric as yen stays under pressureGold undeterred by strong dollar, rebounds towards record...

During running bull markets, much commentary is written on why this time is different and why investors should not worry about market corrections. One such piece was written recently by Fisher...

Gold's Bull Run Stutters After the Release of Strong US PMI DataGold (XAU) fell after reaching an all-time high on Tuesday following the release of strong US ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers'...

As we start a new month, quarter, and week, I want to remind you how I concluded the weekend Daily: “Narratives are not very meaningful if price says something different. We have seen narratives...