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For a long time now, I have argued that one of the major factors impacting U.S. financial markets as well as world financial markets is the liquidity that exists with the global system. This abundant liquidity has come about due to the way that central banks throughout the world, but espec...

By Kathy A Jones The Federal Reserve's dovish turn at its policymaking meeting in January was a surprise for the markets. Citing "crosscurrents," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated that Fed monetary policy was on hold as the committee assesses economic conditions. Stocks and bon...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell told students in Mississippi today that he doesn't see the probability of recession "at all elevated." More news on: iPath U.S. Treasury Steepener ETN, iPath U.S. Treasury Flattener ETN, News on the U.S. economy, News on ETFs Read more ...

On Friday, the CFTC posted its COT data for the first week in 2019. For crude oil, capitulation . For US Treasury bond futures, capitulation. In the latter financial market, unsurprisingly, the net market position utterly collapsed during December. From a relatively high (meaning market overa...

When investors’ nerves are wound tight, it doesn’t take much to set off an emotional reaction which can lead to a major short-covering episode. We got a small taste of that after the 1% pullback in the S&P 500 Index (SPY) on Thursday, as the long frustrated bears were heard g...

By Jill Mislinski Note: We've updated this commentary with data through the February 8th market close. The yield on the 10-year note ended February 8, 2019, at 2.63% and the 30-year bond closed at 2.97%. Here is a table showing the highs and lows of yields, and the FFR since 2007 as ...

As the stock market stabilizes from the devastating fourth quarter of 2018, investors must be wary of brokers pitching “risk off” trades. First, let’s define “risk-on risk-off.” It refers to changes in investment activity in response to global economic patt...

Total vehicle sales is one of many classic leading economic indicators of the business cycle. Vehicle sales historically peak preceding recessionary periods due to the relatively large sticker price of the good in the consumer basket, the sensitivity to interest rates, and the economic c...

(This article was first published on January 31, 2019, and is the second installment of a comprehensive report on near-term outlook on various assets classes). US Treasury Bond Yields In the final analysis, the short-term fate of the DXY and EEM are tied to the outlook for the perform...

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