Market volatility made a very quick and short comeback last week on Wednesday following the political unrest in the U.S. This time, it was followed by the Comey memos about his meetings with President Trump that raised market concerns over…
The employment situation in the U.S. is still on solid ground with unemployment dipping to its lowest level in years; and even the broader unemployment rate (U6) measure has fallen to its lowest since December 2007. But the number of…
The talks over the Trump trade continue to cool down as the markets are slowly adjusting to the fact that perhaps there will be far fewer legislations passed under the current administration – including on tax reform, health care and…
The roller-coaster in the financial markets due Brexit vote left the British pound around 10% below its value against the USD before the referendum results came in. And even though equities and bonds also reacted with a “risk-off” sentiment, equities…
The bullion market lost some steam over the past week as the USD rallied against the Euro and Yen; overall gold and silver declined by 1.6% and 2.3%, respectively, on a weekly scale. Looking forward the focus in the markets…
The volatility in the financial markets remains elevated over economical and geopolitical unrest including: Concerns over a possible Brexit, Greece’s debt problems, China’s economic slowdown, the U.S. presidential primaries and the Fed’s monetary policy, just to name a few. Besides…
The labor market in the U.S. isn’t slowing down as the recent NFP showed another gain of 215K and a modest bump in wages. The markets are likely to keep digesting this news at the beginning of the week. Looking…
Here is a short overview for the week of February 15th to 19th of the main report and events of the week including: Minutes of last FOMC meeting, U.S. CPI, Philly Fed index, German ZEW economic sentiment, U.S. PPI, GB’s…
The recent NFP report came short of market expectations with only 126K jobs added in the past month. This report is likely to rekindle the hopes of a “later rather than sooner” rate hike by the FOMC – perhaps by…
Even though last week was short, the NFP report came out on Friday and surprised analysts – only 126K jobs were added, which was well below market estimates. This news is likely to resonate in the markets on Monday and…