Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) are an unavoidable part of retirement planning for many Americans. While they are designed to ensure retirees eventually pay taxes on their tax-deferred...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that he will meet with Chinese officials in Switzerland to begin trade talks with China. A month ago, when markets were grossly oversold, news of trade...
Dollar strengthens after Fed sounds less dovish than expected Stocks in the green as Powell says economy is solid Trump expected to announce trade deal with Britain BoE set to cut rates, focus to...
Gold Climbs Higher After Decline Gold (XAU/USD) fell by 1.95% on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve (Fed) kept the funds rate at 4.25–4.5% for a third consecutive meeting. Market sentiment turned...
On Monday, the S&P 500 finished the day lower by roughly 65 basis points. From a stock market perspective, it was relatively uneventful. When looking at the S&P 500, I still believe it’s...
Something important is about to happen next week. It’s a really exciting week ahead of us, even though many investors don’t realize what’s really happening here. The key things that are currently in...
President Trump said he wouldn’t fire Federal Reserve Chairman Powell, but the pressure for rate cuts continues. The market, however, is still betting that the central bank will stand firm and leave...
US trade fell, but markets shrugged off the decline, with the Nasdaq 100 bouncing back to pre-Liberation Day levels. Each week, we take you through the last seven days in seven charts. 1. A Negative...
Japan holds over $1 trillion of US Treasury securities, making it the largest sovereign holder by a significant amount. Thus, the possibility has arisen that Japan might use its extensive holdings as...
I started the month on a trip to Latin America, just as the tariff story hit my newsfeed and the market reacted with a sell-off that knocked more than $9 trillion in market cap for global equities in...