In a week of mostly lower prices for the major asset classes, a broad measure of commodities bucked the trend with a solid gain, based on a set of ETFs for the trading week ended Friday, Sep. 24. The equal-weighted WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund (NYSE:GCC) rose 1.3% last week. Despite the latest gain, GCC […]
Friday’s Non-Farm Payrolls dished out a huge surprise, rolling out a gigantic miss to the downside as the US economy added only 235,000 jobs. Despite a sizeable upward revision of 133,000 to the previous month, nothing was going to offset the shock of the miss in the headline data. Household employment performed strongly, helping to […]
Can ongoing record breaking rallies for the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite as well as near record highs for the Dow Jones and Russell 2000 continue as September begins? Historically, since 1945, that’s the month that’s consistently been the worst period of the year for equities. Without a doubt, it’s also the question traders are […]
The dollar edged higher in early European trading Monday, but remained near a one-week low as rising Covid-19 cases and slumping U.S. consumer confidence could pressure the Federal Reserve to delay tapering its bond-buying program. At 2:55 AM ET (0755 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, […]
As the busiest week of the current earnings season came to a close on Friday, stocks ended lower, pressured by signs of weakness from the very mega cap companies that, over the past year, boosted the market to new highs. Here are the key market moving factors for the week: The US The […]
The virus is once again raising the prospects of slowing the economic recovery that was unevenly unfolding. The preliminary July PMI for Australia, UK, France, and the US was disappointed. Expectations for the trajectory of monetary policy are being impacted. Consider that the implied yield of the December 2022 Eurodollar futures fell to 40 bp […]
Inflationary pressures are showing no signs of easing just yet and the market will soon look to test the Fed’s patience. The dollar has been stuck in a tight trading range since the middle of June, but that could soon change if the rest of the world shifts to a tightening mode more quickly than […]
Global stocks are all over the place as some indexes fall into correction while others continue to extend higher into record territory. The bond market volatility surprised many investors as the growth outlook took a massive hit with the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant showing many countries are still struggling to return to normal. […]
Previously, the US nonfarm payrolls beat market expectations on the upside, with hiring accelerating in June as labor market supply constraints eased. 850k new jobs added,marking the highest reading in 10 months. Average hourly earnings rose 0.3% MoM and 3.6% YoY, reflecting strong demand for labor. This week, Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting minutes may give […]
Asian stocks dropped on Monday as investors mulled the implications of a surprise hawkish shift last week by the U.S. Federal Reserve, while the Treasury yield curve flattened further with 30-year yields dropping below 2%. Though investors have been spoiled by the most generous stimulus ever, both from the Fed and the Biden Administration, a […]
