Market Overview

While Washington continues a seemingly unbridled spending spree under the assumption “more spending” is better, debts and deficits matter. To better understand the impact of debt and...

(Friday market open) Welcome signs of easing U.S. inflation propelled Wall Street to early gains Friday, but the market remains rattled following a policy tweak earlier from the Bank of Japan (BoJ)...

What should investors watch out for in a rising interest rate environment? Why is this a paradigm shift from the last 20 years of easy money?  What are the risks and opportunities? We Spoke to...

The latest GDP data for the US economy presented a positive surprise, as it increased by 2.4% instead of the expected 1.8%. This suggests that the economy is improving and may not face a recession,...

In the next 10-15 years, the financial markets and economy will be significantly impacted by three major forces: (1) Millennials, (2) Generation Z, and (3) artificial intelligence. These forces could...

In the first half of March, as we plummeted toward the reality that some of the biggest banks in the country were going to collapse, it would seem to be the picture-perfect kick-off to a huge bear...

(Thursday market open) Major indexes turned green in premarket trading on Thursday following solid earnings from Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) and McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD),...

The Fed raised interest rates by 0.25%, as expected Fed Chair Powell expressed uncertainty about achieving the 2% inflation target by 2025 Meanwhile, markets fluctuated and closed with uncertainty...

Fed Chair Powell appears less hawkish than expectedDollar slides as investors add to their rate cut betsECB to hike, focus on Lagarde’s remarksBoJ tweak cannot be ruled outPowell disappoints...

The second window up from the bottom is the hourly (SPY) and the next higher window is the hourly VIX.  Bearish signs form when the SPY makes higher highs and the VIX makes higher...

Jerome Powell and his colleagues endlessly reassert their “higher for longer” plan for interest rates. They aim to weaken economic growth, bringing inflation back to pre-pandemic levels....

No market moves up or down in a straight line, and there are pullbacks, pauses, and corrections. See, one doesn’t invalidate the trend.At least not without a serious signal and its confirmation....

(Wednesday market open) The Federal Reserve wraps up its July meeting today, and the market widely expects a quarter-point rate increase—and wonders what’s next. There’s debate about...

Tomorrow’s initial estimate of US economic activity by the government for the second quarter (scheduled for Thursday, July 27) is expected to report that a moderate expansion continues, based on...