Market Overview

Housing is among the most interest-rate sensitive sectors of the economy. It’s also one of the most cyclical and crucial inputs for the business cycle. On that basis, one could reasonably expect...

Fed expectations drive the market; three Fed speakers on the wires todayDollar recovers but all eyes are on the US stocks and Treasury yieldsThe pound prepares for the BoE meeting as elections gain...

Gold Consolidates as the Market Monitors the Fed's ActionsOn Tuesday, the price of gold (XAU) fell by 0.43% as the US Dollar Index (DXY) gained 0.28%. Market participants were assessing the...

Yesterday was one of those days where we needed to fit a narrative to the market moves as meaningful data or comments didn’t trigger the moves. The US 2-year yield was steady near the 4.80%...

By now, everybody on the planet knows that "higher for longer" remains the Fed's primary battle cry. We also know that Jay Powell's merry band of central bankers will be "data dependent" when it comes...

Gold Holds Steady On US Rate Cut Expectations and Middle East TensionsGold (XAU) traded bullish on Monday and gained 0.92%, supported by expectations that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will cut...

The week started on a positive note for the global equities which continue to surf on the optimism that the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) next move won’t be a rate hike, which I think is...

Danielle first covers the loss of momentum in sectors like technology and financials over the last few weeks. She notes how high expectations were heading into Q1 earnings...but how company...

Last week was big for macro and markets.Today’s piece is going to cover: The Fed’s dovish announcement: a sizeable tapering of their Quantitative Tightening program; A potential upcoming...

Market Overview: S&P 500 Emini FuturesThe weekly S&P 500 Emini chart is forming a minor Emini pullback. The bulls want a strong retest of the March 21 high followed by a...

April was a rough month for investors, but the rebound in asset prices in the early days of May has revived expectations that the worst has passed. A key catalyst for the turnaround in sentiment:...

Gold Rises Above 2,300 Amid Escalating Middle East TensionsGold (XAU) moved sideways with high intraday volatility on Friday, caused by the nonfarm payroll report. The gold price tried to break below...

During LSEG Lipper’s fund-flows week that ended May 1, 2024, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the second straight week,...

Vince Lanci of Echo Bay Futures & GoldFix on Substack joins us to wrap up market action in April and discuss Gold’s outlook in May. Vince believes Gold has more downside and will be watching...