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: It’s Earnings and Inflation Week In the US
Jul 16 2007
Australia is virtually devoid of data releases this week while it’s all happening across the Pacific, where the CPI release will be the highlight alongside earnings releases.
Shorts Jump Ship As Wall Street Surges To Record
Jul 13 2007
The Dow has posted one of its most extraordinary sessions ever rising 284 points largely on the back of retailer earnings reports.
Strange Days Indeed Continued
Jul 12 2007
An examination of the current bull and bear arguments on Wall Street.
Strange Days Indeed
Jul 12 2007
The Dow bounces back 76 points as bond yields rise again? The subprime scare has caused a strange misalignment of the planets as Wall Street results season gets into full swing.
China’s Trade Surplus Balloons Once More
Jul 11 2007
The protectionist rumblings on Capitol Hill are gaining in pitch as China exceeds economist expectations and sets a new record trade surplus for June.
Earnings Disappointment And CDO Downgrades Rattle Wall Street
Jul 11 2007
The Dow fell 148 points last night as bullish faith in the American consumer took a hit and S&P and Moody’s began moving in on the sub-prime mortgage market.
The Week Ahead: Employment Data Crucial
Jul 09 2007
US employment data released on Friday was taken as a positive by Wall Street. This week sees local data released which should have a bearing on the RBA’s August rate decision.
On Wall Street, Europe, Britain And China
Jul 06 2007
It was happening all over the world last night.
More Debt Security Woes Emerge
Jul 05 2007
A prominent US hedge fund has suspended redemptions and an Italian bank is in trouble.
Pigs With Lipstick
Jul 04 2007
The US sub-prime mortgage scare appears to have petered out. But that’s only because it takes ratings agencies a long time to reassess, and mortgage delinquencies a long time to crystallise, and hedge fund traders are able to “mark to model”.
