Opinions

The finger-pointing related to the spread of the coronavirus in the US is starting to accelerate. President Trump is not willing to say the buck stops with him concerning the US’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A technical look at the major indices around the globe to highlight areas technical traders might look to buy (or sell).

The US rig count will need to fall for prices to rise during a price war

While the Federal Reserve slashed its interest rates by 50 basis points this week, and are expected to ease further at their March meeting, Andrew Bailey took a contrarian stance by stating that a rate cut for the UK is not imminent.

What is the Bitcoin price prediction for 2020, especially with the Bitcoin halving event which is to take place in May?

Now, nearly two months after the trade deal was signed, it looks as if it may never get fulfilled. In the meantime, the coronavirus has done a lot more damage to China’s economy and geopolitical aspirations than Trump’s trade war.

After a sharp drop in the equity markets in the last week of February, one equity index is on the verge of a technical breakdown which hints that the globally correlated equity markets might see more downside.

Britain and the EU return to the negotiating table. With so many issues to iron out and protectionism in play, it is going to be a rough ride.

The change in sentiment in the equity markets has caught up to the slower growth sentiment already expressed in the US bond market.

Financial market investors were ahead of the Fed before in 2018 and central bankers made three cuts in 2019. I think they are right again so I expect the Fed to cut its benchmark rate sooner rather than later in 2020.

Gold prices as the 10-year yield are negatively correlated

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The U.S. markets are going to be supported as long as Asian and European money keeps coming in to chase the higher-yield. But if they start to come down later today and finish lower, then this will tell us that the U.S. professionals have had enough and the market could

With the US markets rallying to fresh record highs this week, it certainly seems like a good time to buy dips in the market. The challenge, however, is finding stocks that don’t have a significant amount of downside risk.

In my opinion, U.S. investors were trading momentum and not value. This usually indicates the presence of short-term speculative buyers, not value-seeking investors. I also think that some money managers bought because everyone was buying and they didn’t want to miss the move.

I expect Chinese equities to “play catch-up” with the rest of the global indexes. My guess is for a 6-10% lower opening on Monday, February 3.

Ahead of the opening bell on Friday, the S&P 500 has recovered a bulk of the loss from the early week. But will the index continue the upward momentum?

It’s been a wild ride for Britain and the Pound since the summer of 2016 when Britain decided to jump ship and we may see a few more twists and turns…

Rig counts are declining and prices are oversold

WHO decision should trigger a volatile response in financial markets and is likely to determine the direction of global stock markets over the near-term.