The phrase “above the Mendoza Line” comes from baseball, where a batting average below .200 is considered very poor. In investing, the 200-day moving average serves a similar role as a performance...
How geopolitical tensions and technological divergence are reshaping international finance—and what it means for business strategy. For three decades, the global financial system moved toward...
Some bearish bond investors in Japan and the US appear to believe that a paradigm shift is underway in the sovereign bond markets. To wit, consider the following statement from Jim Bianco on...
Trump accuses China of violating deal Threatens to increase tariff on steel and aluminum Dollar slides, stock futures point to a lower Wall Street open Gold attracts safe-haven flows, oil gains on...
Gold Rebounds on New Tariff Threat The gold price (XAU/USD) fell by 0.86% on Friday as resilient U.S. economic data weakened the appeal of safe-haven assets, even as geopolitical and trade tensions...
Asian Market Wrap Markets are on the back foot this morning as US tariffs and trade tensions are once again in focus, denting risk appetite. The Asian session reflected this with risk assets...
A Successful Test Last week, we discussed how this seems to be an “unstoppable” bull market. However, that doesn’t mean markets won’t pause before attempting to move higher. As we noted last week,...
This week was once again filled with tradable action in markets. The week started off with closed US and UK markets, a broadly positive sentiment taking global indices higher at the beginning of the...
Personal spending increased +0.2% in April, matching street estimates. Spending on services increased +0.4% while spending on goods fell -0.1%. Adjusted for inflation, real personal spending...
U.S. and European futures suggest a down opening on Monday, June 2, 2025, as investors react to renewed trade tensions and await major economic reports to be published. U.S. futures declined,...