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Will there be a Santa rally this year? After a weak start to the last quarter of 2019, the bulls have returned, encouraged perhaps by the monetary easing into the end of the year. Last […]

Yesterday saw one of the most important monetary acts this year. The Fed chair, Jerome Powell, announced that the central bank would resume purchases of short-term Treasury bonds in order to bolster its balance sheet. This […]

In the world negative interest rates, minus 0.5% does not seem that bad. On Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) lowered the interest rate on the deposit facility by 10 basis points to minus 0.50%. […]

A sharp decline. Followed by a strong intra-day rally. Another big down session. Volatility is spiking across the board – despite a ‘flattish’ trend where many instruments are still trading within their recent ranges. The S&P […]

One of the most significant market events of late is the upside breakout in multiple US equity indices. Dow Industrials, one of the oldest stock benchmarks that comprises of 30 industrial members, surged to new all-time […]

One of the market principles is that once a trend is in motion, it is likely to continue. Over the past few months, stock markets around the world have staged a huge rebound. Many stocks […]

In recent commentaries, I have warned about equity markets’ short-term overbought technicals. This is unsurprising given their large advances over the past three weeks. Indeed. Tuesday saw key US indices consolidate from their near-term highs. […]

Are European equity markets poised for a further rally? Last Friday, some European indices rallied to their multi-week highs. These advances broke their multi-month downtrends. In particular, the DAX Index gapped up decisively above its […]