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US November prelim UMich consumer sentiment 60.4 vs 63.7 expectedFed's Daly: Policy is in a very good placeYellen: We have not seen an impact on the Treasury market from the ICBC attackYellen-He meeting readout: US seeks healthy economic…

Markets:Gold up $7 to $1992US 10-year yields down 9.3 bps to 4.57%WTI crude oil down $1.64 to $80.83S&P 500 up 1.0%NZD leads, USD lagsThis week marked a turn of the calendar and a turn in markets. Treasury yields plunged and the dollar…

Markets:CAD leads, USD lagsS&P 500 up 80 points, or 1.9%, to 4318WTI up $2.05 to $82.49 per barrelUS 10-year yields down 12 bps to 4.67%Gold up $2 to $1984There was no hangover as the post-Fed rip continued on Thursday in a big way. The…

El Salvador can follow Singapore’s lead and become a financial center in the Americas, according to  Gabor Gurbacs, strategy advisor of investment management firm VanEck.“I say often to portfolio managers and asset allocators that El…

Markets:Gold up $21 to $2006US 10-year yields down 1 bps to 4.83%WTI crude oil up $1.93 to $85.15S&P 500 down 0.5% or 20 points to 4117Nasdaq up 0.4%JPY leads, CHF lagsThe cross-currents were deep and violent on Friday. Let's break them…

Markets:WTI crude down 20-cents to $88.14US 10-year yields down 7.6 bps to 4.91%Gold up $5 to $1978S&P 500 down 56 points, or 13%GBP leads, NZD lagsEquities took another beating but there were signs of optimism elsewhere. Buyers arrived…

Markets:Gold up $60 to $1928Oil up $4.74 to $87.65US 10-year yields down 7.9 bps to 4.62%S&P 500 down 0.6%CHF leads, NZD lagsThis isn't the kind of price action anyone wants to see while bombs are flying in the Middle East. The strength…

The USD is closing today mixed. US stocks moved higher for the 4th consecutive day led by the NASDAQ once again . US yields moved lower out the curve.Near the start of the US trading day, the US PPI data was released and came in stronger…

When the US jobs report came out and showed a stronger-than-expected 336K nonfarm payroll jobs (estimate 170K) and revisions of over 100K to the prior month's, the US dollar moved higher, yields moved higher and stocks moved lower. However,…