Market Overview

On Monday, Donald Trump was officially sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. According to Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor,...

On his first day as president, Donald Trump announced bold plans to reshape economic policy. His ideas for revising US priorities are as brash and audacious as they are controversial and contested in...

The week ahead will be light on economic indicators and heavy on executive orders (EOs). While the markets are closed on Monday for MLK Day, President Donald Trump was inaugurated into office for his...

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States at 12 noon Eastern. When he takes the oath office for a second time at least one thing will be clear: He will enter the White...

January Back To Positive Last week, we noted that while closely watching how the full month of January will turn out, we did generate a positive return during the first five trading days. “As of...

This week will be crucial for markets as Trump is set to announce (or disappointingly not announce) tariffs. In this piece, I will highlight the rationale behind my base case scenario and its impact...

In last week’s discussion with Thoughtful Money, I noted that we are becoming more “tactically bearish” as we progress into 2025. While we have remained primarily bullish in equity positioning over...

If you draw enough lines on a stock chart, one of them is bound to predict the future accurately! Given that technical analysis is perfect in hindsight and flawed in foresight, many investors mock it...

Stocks and gold have been “predictable” as we approach Inauguration Day. “Predictable” taking the form of our previous “to or through the election” view for the 2024 bull, which was ginned by the...

It is important – and I say it every year – to remember that when we are looking at economic data from December (and in many data series such as Employment, January as well) there are massive error...

Last year’s final quarter featured a record increase in the number of ETF splits. Reverse splits dominated, along with a high volume of leveraged and inverse funds splitting. Schwab and...

The closely watched U.S. December CPI report comes out on Wednesday morning. Headline annual inflation is seen rising by 2.9% and core CPI is forecast to increase by 3.3%. A hot CPI print would...

Entering a trade at the right moment can make all the difference between a successful trade and a missed opportunity. While different strategies suit different trading styles, here are five popular...

The US economy is still expected to post a slower growth rate in the upcoming fourth-quarter GDP report. But in a sign of confidence that a respectable expansion persists, the projected rate of...