After a weekend that was filled with news and analysis surrounding the impact of Hurricane Irma, we’re doing our best to turn our attention to what’s going to be the focus on the trading week ahea...
As expected, August brought more volatility. Early in the month, the large cap, mid cap, and small cap indices all set new all-time closing highs while the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) hit an all-time ...
The U.S. dollar headed higher on Monday morning despite the potential damage from Hurricane Irma, as President Donald Trump put pressure on Congress to speed up his overhaul of the tax system, placin...
ALL MAJOR POWERS COMPARED BY GDP FROM THE YEAR 1 AD Long before the invention of modern day maps or gunpowder, the planet’s major powers were already duking it out for economic and geopolitical su...
The central bank monetary policy decisions continue into another week. However, this time around it is quite likely that there will not be any surprises. On the agenda this week, the Swiss National...
Going through the latest numbers from the OECD Composite Leading Indicators data set I thought it would be worth sharing a couple of what I thought were particularly interesting charts. As the tit...
It’s been a long time since oil market supply/demand was based on physical barrels rather than financial flows: First, there was the subprime period, when the Fed artificially boosted demand and...
The Middle East and North Africa region contains about half of the world’s proven reserves of oil and natural gas. This has already proven to be a mixed blessing for economic growth in the regio...
The apocalypse is on hold. Although the human suffering will no doubt be profound, damage estimates from Hurricane Irma are already being rolled back on Sunday evening as the worst case scenario doesn...
An investment in an equity might be beneficial in generating high returns in the long run. However, they are not risk-free. Fixed Deposit, on the contrary, offers sizeable returns but is risk-free. F...