United States
Michael Gable of Fairmont Equities suggests last night’s fall in the Dow is a warning sign.
Jan 31 2017
Trump Trade With A Twist
As the Trump rally reignites, Kathleen Brooks of City Index ponders the inevitable pullback.
Jan 27 2017
Trump: Making America Volatile Again
Kathleen Brooks of City Index warns the Trump rally may give way to heightened market volatility as Trump reality sets in.
Jan 19 2017
Kathleen Brooks of City Index thinks equity markets are likely to overshoot, as they always do, but it shouldn’t be a worry this month just yet.
Dec 22 2016
Previous Stories
Rudi On Thursday
Mar 19 2008
Weekly musings from your editor, who looks like a goose on Thursday morning as the US market did exactly the opposite he thought it would do. Wednesday’s version has been amended.
The Overnight Report: Goldman, Lehman Save The Day
Mar 19 2008
A Fed rate cut of only 75bps was still enough to add impetus to a rally started when Goldman and Lehman beat the Street. The Dow jumped 420 points.
Fed Appeals To Banks To Support Lehman Bros
Mar 18 2008
It has been revealed that as the Fed assisted in orchestrating the end of Bear Stearns on the weekend, it was simultaneously appealing to investment banks to rally around colleague Lehman Bros.
Currency Intervention Odds Tighten
Mar 18 2008
As the Fed steps up its financial market rescue, expectations are increasing that the G7 will be forced to intervene to save the US dollar.
The Overnight Report: Wall Street Agonises Over Whales And Cockroaches
Mar 18 2008
A 21 point rise in the Dow belied another rollercoaster session in which traders tried to decide whether Bear Stearns could have signalled a bottom. The commodities bubble popped in a dash for cash.
Could Citibank Go Under?
Mar 17 2008
Bear Stearns is small fry compared to America’s large commercial banks. James Turk looks at the biggest of them all – Citibank – and how it shapes up alongside the investment banks.
Bear Stearns Gone for US$2 Per Share
Mar 17 2008
JP Morgan has acquired Bear Stearns not for US$20ps, but for US$2ps – all scrip. Goldman Sachs set to announce big losses. The Fed cuts the discount rate.
The Week Ahead: Rescues And Rate Cuts
Mar 17 2008
JP Morgan may have bought Bear Stearns by this morning while the Fed could cut 100 points.
Bear Stearns: Whale Or Cockroach?
Mar 16 2008
The temporary bail-out of distressed US investment bank Bear Stearns poses all sorts of problems of its own.
The Overnight Report: Order Breaks Down
Mar 15 2008
There were two casualties of war on Wall Street on Friday – the truth, and Bear Stearns. Dow down 194. Gold over US$1001/oz.
