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
The Week Ahead: Conflict Of Interest
Aug 13 2007
It’s CPI week in the US and Europe. Inflationary numbers will provide an interesting dilemma. The RBA airs its thoughts today in a quiet week for Aussie data.
Massive Injections Continue Across The Globe
Aug 12 2007
Wall Street gyrated wildly on Friday, ending virtually unchanged as the Fed and ECB stepped up their liquidity injections.
Cat Pronounced DOA
Aug 10 2007
Last night the ECB made a startling move by injecting E95bn into the banking system as BNP Paribas froze three hedge funds through lack of liquidity. The Dow fell 387 points.
Some Life In The Old Cat Yet
Aug 09 2007
The Dow rose 153 points last night, but it wasn’t all smooth sailing.
Rudi On Thursday
Aug 08 2007
Weekly musings from your editor. This week he shares some thoughts about a meeting with two experts out of the FNArena database of readers.
Sub-Prime Not A Threat To Metal Prices
Aug 08 2007
A slowing economy on the back of the sub-prime crisis means the US no longer leads the world in base metal consumption, but an expected pick-up in coming months keeps Barclays positive on the sector.
Lay Off Or Suffer The Consequences, China Tells US
Aug 08 2007
As the US deals with a credit crunch, it would not be a good time for China to start dumping US Treasuries. But it is threatening to do so if the protectionist groundswell is not addressed.
Bernanke Plays Goldilocks
Aug 08 2007
It was a case of bad news can be good news on Wall Street as the Fed decided not to ease rates in the face of the credit crunch. The Dow pulled back losses to be up 35 points.
Bring Out The Dead Cat
Aug 07 2007
I was the biggest up-tick since October 2002, but traders remained unconvinced of the integrity of last night’s rally. Oil finally tipped over.
Down We Go Again
Aug 04 2007
Weak jobs data set the market off again as a US mortgage lender went under and Bear Stearns fuelled the pessimism.
