Market Overview

Economic resilience has held up, but emerging signs of weakness suggest investors should stay vigilant. Market volatility is creeping higher, hinting at a potential shift from the steady gains of...

Last week, we discussed that continued bullish exuberance and high levels of complacency can quickly turn into volatility. Over the previous week, the market fell sharply following news of a...

Stocks got a major boost last Friday afternoon as implied volatility dropped sharply in the final hours of the day, aided by a large end-of-month $4+ billion buy imbalance for the closing cross....

In recent weeks, many news headlines have suggested that the US economy is tanking and that so is the Old World Order. So, investors are jittery, and a risk-off investment style is back in favor...

LINK If the history of the capital cycle is any guide, the massive allocation into AI capex in recent years is very likely to lead to especially poor returns for investors in the years to come,...

The combination of extremely rich equity valuations, high interest rates, and a new President taking bold actions will likely continue to whip stocks around for the foreseeable future. Alongside...

A couple of weeks ago, I presented a blog post called “Trump Era Volatility: The Impact on Portfolio Allocations,” in which I pointed out that the effect of increasing volatility generally is to...

Just recently, S&P Global released its 2026 earnings estimates, which, for lack of a better word, have gone parabolic. Such should not be surprising given the ongoing exuberance on Wall Street....

The stock market sold off on a decline in February's Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), confirming a similar decline in February's Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI), which was reported at the end of last...

The central bank’s job is never easier, but in the current climate, it’s unusually tricky. In addition to the usual challenges that complicate real-time monetary policy decisions, the Federal Reserve...

The EU’s most costly budgets, bitcoin’s market swings, and rising US bankruptcies. Each week, the Syz investment team takes you through the last seven days in seven charts. 1. The EU Countries With...

Last week, we discussed that continued bullish exuberance and high levels of complacency can quickly turn into volatility. As we noted then, introducing an unexpected, exogenous event can soon lead...

Economic data activity will pick up again this week, culminating in the PCE report on Friday. Additionally, NVIDIA's (NASDAQ:NVDA) midweek earnings, which have become a significant market-moving...

“The Gunfight at Dodge City” is a 1959 Western film. After his brother the sheriff is murdered, Bat Masterson is elected to the job of sheriff and is determined to find the killer and make Dodge City...