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Ricochet markets. Equity markets stabilized and put in a solid session of gains on Friday after 2 difficult sessions mid week. Though the gains were welcomed, equity indices were still down on the week. Friday's bounce was led initially by some positive earnings from big banks prior to the opening...

The heat is on! It was another tough day for… everything except gold and bonds. And that sentence should paint the big picture of fear selling. Gold has always historically been the ultimate safe haven when risk assets are under siege. More recently, gold has lost its luster as a safety trade with...

Tech wreck! Yesterday was a tough day for equities with the major indices suffering some of their greatest losses since earlier this year as the S&P500 lost 3.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3.1%, the Russell 2000 slipped by 2.86%, and finally the NASDAQ 100 slipped by 4.44% led by the...

Step forward, step back, repeat. Markets bounced about yesterday in a volatile session that ended in a mixed close for equities. The start of the session saw long maturity treasury yields continue to slide with equities opening soft. The situation quickly reversed itself as the treasuries...

Jitters. Markets had a volatile session yesterday as last week’s drivers persisted. The Chinese central banks cutting rates this weekend, rising Italian bond yields, and last week’s surge in interest rates caused the markets to spend much of the session in the red yesterday and a late session rally...

Push pause. Equity markets ended last week in the red capping off a difficult week for the bulls. Stocks were still reeling from the rapid decline in Treasuries when Friday’s employment situation number came out and caused further selling. Newly created jobs missed expectations, the unemployment...