Are investors underestimating the power of brands? According to some research the answer is yes and if this dynamic continues to remain place it offers the possibility of better than market long term returns.
The Federal Reserve took a big step in their battle with inflation today when they announced plans to taper asset purchases by $60 billion a month.
Currencies and equities have been consolidating ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve monetary policy announcement.
Everything from equities, currencies to Treasuries and crypto have been itching for breakouts. With five major central bank rate decisions…
Apple is about to become the world’s first three trillion dollar company and the question facing investors in 2022 is could the party last?
U.S. inflation numbers will be released tomorrow and economists are looking for the monthly CPI growth rate to slow and the annualized rate to accelerate.
At this pace, the Bank of Canada can no longer justify the current level of policy accommodation. The market is pricing in anywhere between 4 to 5 rate hikes by the BoC next year.
The U.S. dollar rallied on Monday against some but not all of the major currencies. Our readers should not find the rally in USD/JPY or decline in EUR/USD surprising because we talked about how a soft jobs report changes nothing for U.S. policymakers on Friday who are laser focused on inflation.
Job growth in the U.S. slowed significantly last month. The U.S. dollar sold off when the numbers came out but recovered quickly for 3 reasons.
Health experts around the world are worried about Omicron but investors are not – at least, that’s what the 2% rally in stocks and rebound in the U.S. dollar suggests.
What makes today’s announcement so important is the timing. The COVID-19 Omicron variant is a serious risk that many scientists are still struggling to understand.
The U.S dollar rose to 4.5 year highs against the Japanese Yen and 16 month highs against the euro today as Treasury yields extended their gains.