Market Overview

Stocks bounced back following last week’s decline, with the S&P 500 rebounding by 1.7%. This week will be short, with US markets closed on Thursday and a half-day on Friday. It will also be...

Following President Trump’s re-election, the S&P 500 has seen an impressive surge, climbing past 6,000 and sparking significant optimism in the financial markets. Unsurprisingly, the rush by...

The ongoing rise in continuing claims looks worrisome, but initial claims are telling a considerably more upbeat story. Which one’s the better measure? The positive spin via initial claims is...

If you could only track one economic indicator to monitor the economy the trend in payrolls would be a solid choice. Think of it as the fuel that powers consumer spending engine, which accounts for...

The next round of central bank decisions could rank among the most challenging in recent history, perhaps in decades. Policy hawks and doves can cite a fair amount of evidence for supporting their...

Mark Cuban Says Trump’s Tariff Proposals Will Ramp Up Prices- Business Insider Fed’s Kashkari Says Trump Tariffs Could Reheat Inflation If They Provoke Global Trade War- CNBC Blanket Tariffs Would...

Fourth-quarter economic output for the US looks set for another downshift, based on CapitalSpectator.com’s initial GDP nowcast. The estimate reflects the median for a set of nowcasts published by...

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...

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...

2% CPI is a headline you won't find in today's Wall Street Journal. The reason is that official inflation gauges, such as CPI, are in the mid to upper 2% range. Last Wednesday, for instance, the...

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...