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The S&P finally broke out of its 100-point trading range today. We've been stuck between 6850 and 6950 for nearly seven weeks. That changed with violence this afternoon.
“Fiscal dominance” refers to a situation where government debt grows so large that the nation’s central bank feels that it has little choice except to focus on making sure the government does not default–even if it means a surge of inflation.
The gold miners’ recently-finished Q4’25 will soon prove their greatest quarter ever fundamentally. Their coming reported earnings are going to skyrocket to epic records, mostly due to astonishing record gold prices
The Dow and Nasdaq finished the day with triple digit pops, securing their largest weekly wins since early November as investors cheered a strong start to 2026.
This week’s activity, and today’s specifically, should offer a reminder that when push comes to shove, while rate cuts are nice, a stronger economy is preferable.
While NVDA has pulled back from a peak market cap just above $5 trillion in late October/early November to $4.5 trillion today, there's still a significant gap versus the next largest stock: Alphabet.
We discuss how silver futures, paper markets, clearing mechanisms, and physical delivery interact — and why bullion banks, hedging, and market structure matter more than most investors realize.
In a bold move to power its AI ambitions, Meta Platforms has inked long-term nuclear energy deals with Vistra, spotlighting the utility's pivotal role in the tech-driven energy surge.
Three monetary riddles, partially overlapping, require at least a tentative solution before work on any genuine forecast for 2026 and beyond should begin.
A decade ago, Stack Overflow was where every CS engineer went to ask questions and get answers. It’s fascinating to see how, now that ChatGPT (and the like) make such places unnecessary, it has shrunk to nothingness.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite Index are all comfortably higher this afternoon, as investors brush off a lighter-than-expected December nonfarm payrolls report.
Berkshire Hathaway's stock shows mixed technical indicators and solid fundamentals as it approaches its 52-week high, leading to heightened volatility ahead of upcoming earnings and leadership changes.
The US dollar continues to climb against the yen, with carry trade momentum and resilient US data pushing USD/JPY closer to the key 158 resistance level.
The US dollar enjoys a firmer tone today ahead of what promises to be a memorable North American session that features the US December employment report and the Supreme Court’s judgement.
Just as markets were beginning to adjust to the situation in Venezuela, new geopolitical risks have emerged, which could leave markets on edge going into the weekend.
Asian markets stayed within a tight range as investors awaited two major events on Friday: the U.S. payrolls report and a possible Supreme Court ruling on Trump's tariffs.
Blue Owl, a name we’ve gotten to know for all the wrong reasons, has been forced to come clean after getting sued by pretty much every class action securities lawyer in America.
The British pound remains resilient against the yen, supported by interest rate divergence and carry trade momentum, with 215 as a long-term upside target.
Expectations have grown that today’s US jobs report will be decent enough to keep the Fed put for longer, and that the Supreme Court will rule against Trump’s tariffs.
Gold (XAU/USD) reverses a modest intraday dip to the $4,453 area and trades near the top end of its daily range heading into the European session on Friday.
“We see a wide range of $5,050 – $3,950/oz for 2026 and an end-year price of $4,450/oz,” the HSBC analysts said in a note published Thursday, which was quoted in a Kitco report.
In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the upcoming release of the December nonfarm payrolls data, highlighting expectations for 75,000 new jobs and a jobless rate potentially falling to 4.5%, which could prompt a rate cut.
China's consumer price index inflation rose 0.8% year-on-year in December to a 34-month high, bringing the full-year CPI to 0.0%. This indicates that China avoided deflation in 2025.
In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the upcoming US nonfarm payroll report, with economists forecasting a rise of 75,000 jobs and a slight decrease in the jobless rate to 4.5%.
