What to Watch in Energy Markets in 2019
The only certainty about global energy is that the markets will continue to surprise in 2019. The energy business has always been notorious for its ups and downs. This is…
The only certainty about global energy is that the markets will continue to surprise in 2019. The energy business has always been notorious for its ups and downs. This is…
The most commonly held definition of a “bear market” in stocks is a 20 percent price decline from peak to trough. Although there are several different index’s one could use…
Jack Bouroudjian discusses the factors behind today’s volatility hitting stock markets, and why we should watch the Fed and the yield curve before the end of the year. The post…
The equity market slide continued in a big way, including the worst week for the Nasdaq in about a decade. Jack Bouroudjian unpacks it all and looks at what traders…
Each year the CFTC publishes an agency financial report which provides data on financial and performance, operations management and information on the CFTC. This is the 14th annual report that…
The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has made several changes to the tax law. Below we have summarized some of the changes we feel may affect some…
An Introduction for Introducing Brokers Security matters, and the NFA and other financial regulators are pushing to help market participants appropriately protect their customers and themselves against cyber threats which…
OPEC’s decision to cut oil production beginning in January 2019 might have been expected to boost oil-linked currencies, but other factors are taking their toll. The currencies most closely associated…
Jack Bouroudjian examines today’s rate hike from the Federal Reserve and how commodity markets and the yield curve responded. The post Market Update: What Comes After The Rate Hike? appeared…
Ahead of this week’s FOMC meeting, is the market finding its footing? Jack Bouroudjian looks at what traders are expecting from the Fed decision, and how that decision could impact…