Market Overview

I have viewed Bitcoin (BTC/USD) and Crypto in general as a speculation to varying degrees from day 1. NFT? Well, as soon as NFT/Crypto drones started liking, following and glad-handing me due to the...

Interest rates are a powerful force in the financial world, capable of reshaping markets and shifting investment dynamics. As the Federal Reserve tweaks rates to combat inflation or stabilize...

Risk management is critical to wealth preservation, especially in today’s turbulent market storm. However, during such volatile times, we must also not consider what tomorrow may have in store.  Are...

US Economy I: The Godot Recession Is Back During 2022, 2023, and 2024, most economists and investment strategists expected that the dramatic tightening of monetary policy would cause a recession....

The question I have is whether the toxic global trade backdrop will help pivot the economy over the edge before prices have a chance to rise appreciably. That would be the “deflation first” scenario....

While coming in much stronger than expected, the latest employment data confirmed what we already suspected: the economy is slowing. The reason the employment data is so important is that without...

Stock futures are showing a mixed stance this Friday, with investors cautiously optimistic about the potential progress stemming from the newly outlined U.S.-United Kingdom (TADAWUL:4280) trade deal...

US President Trump reignited risk-on sentiment across global markets on 8 May, coinciding with the announcement of a US–UK trade deal framework. During a White House press Q&A, he hinted at the...

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...

Another hold from the Federal Reserve with an acknowledgement that uncertainty has increased with more upside risk for both inflation and unemployment. This suggests little inclination to move until...

S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures rose after the U.S. and China announced a meeting in Switzerland this week. Treasury Secretary Bessent said the talks would aim to ease tensions, not make a deal,...

It wasn’t an inspiring Wednesday. There was a lot of back-and-forth trading, followed by a late surge on news that the Trump team plans to rescind the Biden-era AI diffusion rule and replace it with...

Preliminary estimates for the US economic activity in the second quarter point to a recovery following a mild decline for GDP in the first quarter. The obvious caveat: Q2 data is still sparse and so...