The US dollar continues its ascent after breaking out from a 2-year trading range in response to recent data pointing to “stickier” than expected inflation, resulting in a Fed that probably has to...
“Speculation has run amok on Nasdaq,” writes Helene Meisler. “And it’s not as though the speculation stops at the stocks themselves. It veers right into options land as well.” Of course, options...
Market Overview: S&P 500 Emini Futures The S&P 500 Emini market formed a weekly Emini lower high major trend reversal this week. The bears need to create a follow-through bear bar to increase...
Strong US Jobs Report Impacts Fed Expectations with some analysts now predicting no cuts at all. The S&P 500 experienced a sell-off, breaking below key support levels and raising concerns about...
I publish an updated version of my New Year “investor” resolutions yearly. The purpose of the process is to take an annual inventory of what I did and did not do over the last year to improve my...
A deep look at tariffs and the most attractive macro asset classes to kickstart 2025. What if tariffs end up being non-inflationary and negative for growth? And what if Trump focuses on short-term...
Inflation is relatively low compared with the post-pandemic surge, when the year-over-year change for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) peaked at 9.0% in June 2022. The current 2.7% pace through this...
“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which ran its series finale last year, starred Larry David as an over-the-top version of himself in a comedy series that showed how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day...
Crude prices, natural gas prices, as well as other commodities are surging this morning and fundamentals becoming more obviously bullish and the fact that it’s going to take a lot of demand for a lot...
MON: No major event. TUE: EIA STEO; CBR Policy Announcement; Indian WPI (Dec), US PPI (Dec) WED: IEA OMR, UK CPI (Dec), EZ Industrial Production (Nov), US CPI (Dec), NY Fed Manufacturing...