Gold’s rally into the target weeks for the ECM appear to be linked to the potential crisis in European banking. This has nothing to do with the dollar, fiat, inflation, or whatever. The only reason gold rises is the hedge against real crisis and uncertainty. Gold may not be sustainable. We really need to see […]

Thomas Jefferson to James Madison 6 Sept. 1789 Papers 15:392–97 I sit down to write to you without knowing by what occasion I shall send my letter. I do it because a subject comes into my head which I would wish to develope a little more than is practicable in the hurry of the moment of […]

In Asia, the Hang Seng could not climb out of the red all day and eventually closed down –— 0.75%. As always, the Shanghai had a volatile session, initially opening higher, but spent the balance of the day making headway to close at the day’s high of 3157 (+1.91%). The Nikkei was closed for Respect for the Aged Day. Nikkei futures […]

Asian equities traded on the heavy side today (Nikkei -1.63% and Shanghai -2.67%), and so followed Europe. However, the U.S. market appeared most nervous of all world indices, even though they ended the day only down -0.4%. Obviously, the Fed’s decision is the main topic of conversation with Retail Sales tomorrow only gaining a mention, but these were reasons given for the tightest trading range seen in […]

  It is very interesting to see that we have a lot of things emerging for our turning point on September 30/October 1 (2015.75). This is the day the funding of the Federal government stops and many are speculating that the government will shut its doors thanks to the conservatives in the Republican Party. Given […]

It was a mixed session for Asia yesterday after what has been a very volatile week. The talk remains as to what China’s next move would/should be and “if” the Fed will move next week. This been the most awaited Fed decision in years and has been the hot topic just about everywhere. It was a clearer […]

Asia saw some very strong gains on rumors of renewed Chinese intervention with the Nikkei producing its strongest one-day rise since 2008 (1,343 points +7.7%). The Chinese markets reacted to the news rather late yesterday. Europe walked in to the jubilation and saw encouraging market gains in the morning session. By mid-afternoon, the U.S. market […]

Asia saw a mixed session where most markets were lower but talk of intervention in China saw a very healthy bounce in the last few minutes of trading (Nikkei -2.5% Shanghai and HSI both up around 3%). Europe started on a positive note and never looked back. Positive session for all major European Indices saw exchanges close 1%+. […]

Asia produced a mixed session for equity markets today with all majors closing in the red. Not too much gossip as most players were digesting the ADP report, guessing China’s next move (with dealers still bidding on long-end Treasuries), and anticipating Friday Non-Frams. Europe saw a more positive note closing with small gains, but it was the U.S. market […]

You can always expect a quiet session when one of the major centers are out for a bank holiday, and that was what we saw yesterday. Not that dealers needed much of an excuse after last week’s fun and games. Asia did have a weak session after all the talk of the possibility of the Federal Reserve […]