The S&P 500 remains within a broad consolidation level just below a key pivot zone weve been tracking for weeks. These are the levels that matter on the SPX500 charts.
The US Dollar may rise if the Fed meeting minutes and commentary at the Jackson Hole symposium spooks markets and boost demand for liquidity.
As trade wars and monetary policy look to maintain their position at the helm, markets will be offered insight on another major theme that could rattle fragile sentiment.
After a week of dovish ECB, a US GDP beat and unexpected headlines from President Trump; we now move into a second week of heavy scheduled and unscheduled event risk. The FOMC rate decision is an event that will stretch to all corners of the financial system and the focus
We may find the top scheduled event risk next week displaced for market moving potential by an increasingly volatile theme. Key event risk ahead includes Fridays US 2Q GDP update and the global PMIs for July which would seem to put the focus on growth and recession concerns. Yet, the
Earnings season has arrived, and the Dow Jones, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 will pay close attention the countrys largest stocks and their quarterly performances.
The Conference Boards Consumer Confidence Index missed expectations in June as consumers become rattled by a reawakening of global trade tensions, coupled with a miss in new home sales.
S&P 500, DAX, FTSE 100 Fundamental Forecast: Eyes on Fed, ECB and BoE
Disparate fundamental themes are starting to coalesce into a clear sense of general risk aversion. While the US-China trade war was due to further simmer towards its next boil over, President Trump lit an unexpected fuse with the vow of a blanket tariff against Mexico. With the tallies from trade