Market Overview

A Pause That Refreshes? Last week, we discussed that with the election over and the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, many market headwinds were put behind us. To wit; “As a result, the market...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is an accomplished danseur. His pirouette's are masterful. He did another such pivot on Friday in prepared remarks for a speech [starts at 19:00] to business leaders in...

This week is all about Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), as the market anticipates the company’s fiscal third-quarter results. The biggest question is whether the AI giant will continue beating expectations by...

As President-elect Donald Trump announced his nominees for the top positions on his national security and foreign policy teams, one theme stood out: A confrontational approach in relations with Iran...

As the market has now struck the upper end of my long-term target set many years ago, it seems many have embraced this bull market, to the extent that they see no reason for it to end. However, that...

Almost any way you measure it, the stock market is as overvalued today as it has ever been. Clearly, investors are not worried about the potential for inflation to prove problematic for monetary...

Stocks finished the day lower, following hotter-than-expected PPI data and some commentary from Jay Powell that caused traders to pare back bets on December and January rate cuts. The market now sees...

On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for October. Following the trend of the last three months, the inflation rate increased 0.2% on a...

I said two months ago that I didn’t think the Fed should ease, but they would anyway. And they did, by cutting overnight rates 50bps. Then last month I said: “Getting rates back to neutral, around...

Fed funds futures are still leaning into expectations that the Federal Reserve will reduce its target rate next by a quarter point, but the related confidence of the forecast is slipping. The current...

The closely watched U.S. October CPI report comes out today. Headline annual inflation is seen rising 2.6% and core CPI is forecast to increase 3.3%. Investors should brace for possible market...

Like Icarus, the stock market may be flying too close to the sun these days. The mood seems euphoric, with many headlines calling for further gains and analysts’ price targets reaching absurd levels....

Despite recession concerns, economic growth showed resilience, while equities retreated in October and inflation continued its slow decline. Nuclear energy was poised to power the future of AI, while...

Investor exuberance has rarely been so optimistic. In a recent post, we discussed investor expectations of returns over the next year, according to the Conference Board’s Sentiment Index. To...