I am tempted to use one of the most tired clichés to describe the state of play in financial markets. In his famous book with the same title, Malcolm Gladwell describes a tipping ...
U.S. equity markets are going through turbulent times. There is a lot of volatility and uncertainty owing to rising geopolitical risks and political uncertainty. This has increased...
The Top 10 of the Ranking and Rating list for the coming week shows the following stronger currencies being well represented for going long: the CAD(4X) followed by the EUR(2X) wi...
Yesterday, when commenting on the impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, we noted that even before the two devastating storms were set to punish Texas, Florida and the broader econo...
The US dollar’s selloff accelerated. It has been selling off since the start of the year. The first phase of the decline at the start of the year seemed similar to what happened...
Stocks end week at a critical juncture. In tonight’s video market update we take a look at all of the critical areas of the market coming at a crossroad. What stocks or secto...
In the Currency Strength table, the CAD was again the strongest currency while the USD was the weakest. There were some significant changes last week with the CHF gaining 3 point...
The US dollar had one of its worst weeks of the year, as its interest rate support eroded. Despite prospects for a further upward revision in Q2 US GDP above 3.0% and continued ...
It really should be clear that a major international banking crisis is inevitable, and likely to occur fairly soon. Due to the extreme debt levels, many banks are close to that poi...
This morning, we posted excerpts from Goldman’s latest projections on the likely economic impact from Hurricane Harvey. In a response to the tweet that accompanied that post, ...