Everything is giving bullish signals. With tech, small caps, commodities, and gold all charging, while the US dollar is falling, along with bond yields, it seems everything is suggesting the Fed will likely cut rates by 25 bps (0.25%) this week. The renewed prospects for a 0.5% Federal Reserve cut has also added extra hot sauce to the bullish sentiment. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan is expected to hold interest rates this week, after causing credit...

U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in August, suggesting that the economy remained on a solid footing through much of the third quarter.
Retail sales increased 0.1% last month after an upwardly revised 1.1% surge in July, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Tuesday.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales, which are mostly goods and are not adjusted for inflation, falling 0.2% after a previ...