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As Chinese online retailer Alibaba Group Holding LTD (NYSE: BABA) forges into new markets in recent months, it’s been facing a few forces from a couple directions. On the one hand, its shares have lagged seemingly in tandem with negative news on the U.S.-China trade front, an issue that...

One way to view markets is that they are one giant feedback loop. A reflexive echo chamber, per the description of legendary investor George Soros. And, boy, is today's echo loud. While the Treasury market yield curve has been flattening for months, the final straw for economists landed this...

With about half a month left to go before the United States hits China with another round of tariffs, it seems that investors are growing increasingly worried about the global economic growth ramifications of a prolonged trade war. In a data point to support those fears, a survey of business...

After last week’s volatility, some investors may be hoping for smooth sailing this week. But it appears that worries about global economic growth remain high as the U.S.-China trade dispute continues. Protests in the major financial center of Hong Kong also seem to be adding to the jitters as...

This time last week, the indices were facing their worst trading day of the year. As the decline in the Yuan sparked trade concerns, sending indices and rates to multiyear lows. Today and this week, it’s all about the economic data headed our way and some of the more closely watched releases...

Have you ever been on a roller coaster that takes you on a series of dips, twists and turns, and then, just as it feels like you’re slowing down and heading into the station, it sends you through one more action-packed set? If early market activity is a guide, today might be that kind of...

With the chart of long-term Treasuries now resembling a hockey stick, there are few more important questions than whether the U.S. bond market is in a bubble. Now hold on – there's a lot of stigma attached to that word without a whole lot of consensus definition. For some, systemic risk...

After yesterday’s impressive comeback, global markets feel like they’re on better footing this morning with bond yields moving up. That doesn’t mean it’s OK to get complacent about possible aftershocks. The whiplash moves aren’t necessarily over, with volatility still...

Doves seem to be taking flight in global markets, as a surprise half-percent interest rate cut from Reserve Bank of New Zealand has caused upheaval for the currency. Kiwi Dollar futures are getting crushed this morning on the news, with the contract continuing a more than 5% slide downward since...

After the tsunami that hit Wall Street on Monday, markets remain on edge. Take a look at how stock futures tumbled early Wednesday amid pressure from a jumpy bond market. The bond market went crazy in the two hours before the open Wednesday in what appeared to be fallout from an influential trading...

Many parents of Millennials gave their kids a lesson about the stock market: “Buy the things you know.” Transportation company Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) is one a lot of Millennials know, and they’ve snapped up its shares enthusiastically since the company’s...

U.S. equity markets took a big hit on Monday as the benchmark S&P 500 fell 3% and indexes saw their worst trading day of 2019 on Monday. The sell-off began last week when President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on Chinese goods. However, market reaction became even more negative when...

After a day like today, many investors might feel the urge to flee for the hills. What’s important, however, is to keep things in perspective.  Sometimes these are one-day events, and we’ll find out tomorrow if that’s the case. However, a quick bounce back would probably...

While a dovish Fed and what appeared to be progress on trade talks with China helped the U.S. indices lift to new all-time highs in the month of July, the sentiment shifted suddenly and dramatically in reaction to news of a new 10% tariff on billions of Chinese goods to be added in September. The...

U.S. investors awoke Monday morning to new exchange in the ongoing trade dispute with China. Only this time, it wasn’t an exchange of words, but rather a tweak in exchange rate policy, as China allowed its currency to float above 7 yuan to the U.S. dollar for the first time since the 2008...