Oil soars as Iran conflict escalates, gold an...

Send a textMiddle East newsflow monopolizes market moves; oil rally persists. Dollar rally pauses, potentially opening the door to a small risk-on reaction. Gold volatility spikes after $380 swing, as buyers enter at the $5,000 level. Key US data release today; dollar/yen rally p ...  Show more

Send a textRisk appetite takes another hit; dollar rally gathers pace. Strangely, golddrops and US yields rise, as investors prefer to remain liquid. Worriesabout a prolonged military operation intensify; European equities suffer.Rich Fedspeak today, but all eyes remain on oil pr ...  Show more

Mark Cabana, head of US Rates Strategy at BofA Global Research, joins Forward Guidance to share insights on today’s very strange bond market. Cabana, a former officer at the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, explains his bullish case for the 10-year U.S. Trea ...  Show more

August saw strong gains in global equities, particularly in the Dow Jones, as well as indices in both China, and Japan. Gold has hit a four-month high nearing USD 3,500 per ounce this morning, driven by concerns over the Federal Reserve’s independence and uncertainty around US ta ...  Show more

Markets hit some rough patches yesterday, with all major European indices closing lower, followed by similar losses across the three main US benchmarks. Revised US data revealed an upward adjustment to second-quarter GDP, while jobless claims came in below expectations. This prom ...  Show more

This week, we discuss the biggest risks to the economy, whether Mag7 is a bubble, surprisingly strong consumer data, the increasingly noisy housing and labor markets, risks around Fed policy and dollar liquidity, and why gold has been a cleaner macro hedge than Bitcoin. Enjoy! — ...  Show more