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The bond market tells the real story. And it has quietly flashed a warning signal that will determine the direction of equities, the economy, and your portfolio for the entire year ahead. So, why don’t most people see it?
The year 2025 proved to be a defining moment for the U.S. crypto sector. Legislation imposed reserve requirements, audit standards, and clear supervisory pathways, repositioning stablecoins from experimental instruments to financial infrastructure.
Cullen Roche was a guest on Meb Faber's podcast this week. It was fascinating. Part of the fascination lies in how differently they appear to approach portfolio construction. Let's break that down.
The broadcast industry has been grappling with a rise in cord-cutting despite a surge in demand for streaming content. However, industry players have been reaping the benefits of a spike in digital content consumption. Here are stocks to watch.
Strategy Inc, the software firm turned Bitcoin-focused treasury vehicle, is expected to post a multibillion-dollar loss for the fourth quarter of 2025. This outcome follows a 24% fall in Bitcoin’s value during the same period.
The gold price ended last week on a steady footing, closing the year with an exceptional 65% return. After an aggressive rally in the previous few months, the precious metal pared some of its gains as traders took profits.
Commodities have been underinvested in for too long as most investors have crowded into tech stocks. Our portfolio construction worked beautifully in 2025, and I have no reason to think it won’t continue to in 2026. Let's take a look.
60 days. A dozen prints. Just 1 setup. Our system caught massive call buying in Hertz at the start of November and December. Check the numbers today, and you'll see some staggering sizes. The fuse is lit, and now it's only a matter of time.
Coherent Corp.’s ability to capture the growing AI markets is at the apex of its growth strategy. The company’s keen interest in AI and datacom is yielding results. Could Coherent Corp. be the ultimate AI stock in 2026?
The recent, December 2025, Q dividend of $0.375 equates to $1.50 annually, which is used as the forward-looking annual dividend amount projected for the coming year.
Here is a short look at the 10 largest companies by market capitalization as of Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. Additionally, I have included the percentages of the corresponding rate of return for the past year. Let's dive into the numbers.
What has Wall Street been buzzing about this week? Here is a quick look at the top 5 Buy calls and the top 5 Sell calls made by Wall Street's best analysts during the trading week of Dec. 29, 2025 to Jan. 2, 2026.
January trading can be fascinating. Hefty early-year inflows traditionally support stocks. But January markets can also be buffeted by significant portfolio reallocations and strategy adjustments.
There was an explosion, a record spike – and it’s not even close - in lending by European banks to European shadow banks in October and November.
The coming year begins under the long shadow of geopolitical tensions and the unfolding of a new transformative technology, artificial intelligence—a technology that in 2025 proved both a backbone and a fault line for the U.S. economy.
Buffett delivered staggering returns exceeding 5 million percent for investors – a compounded annual growth rate nearing 20% that dwarfed the S&P 500's roughly 10% annual return over the same period.
SanDisk’s longer-term relative strength index (100-day) sits at 60 currently – reinforcing that its upward momentum is unlikely to lose steam anytime soon.
Shares of Shopify Inc. dropped 2.3% on Friday, closing at $157.20, after a Canadian appeals court ruled that the company must retain certain merchant data requested by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in an ongoing tax dispute.
The liquidity party that made everyone look smart for four years is ending. What's coming requires actual trading skills, not just diamond hands and hopium.
Went long Rivian, saw early gains near 4%, tightened the stop, but fading strength triggered a stop-out for a flat trade. With the position closed, I’m back to a fully bearish stance.
Silver has broken out of a 45-year base to new all-time highs, signaling a powerful and structurally different bull cycle. Relative valuations vs stocks remain extremely low, suggesting much higher silver, gold, and miner prices ahead.
America's monetary supremacy faces unprecedented challenges from soaring debt, political dysfunction, rising global rivals, and the use of the dollar as an instrument of digital surveillance.
Gold and silver's advance is not speculative excess, but an inevitable response to accelerating currency debasement, structural supply shortages, and surging global demand for physical metals.
BYD has officially dethroned Tesla Inc as the world’s top electric vehicle (EV) seller, after the latter’s Q4 deliveries came in down 16% year-on-year at 418,227 units on Friday.
Gold soared in 2025 achieving one of its most-phenomenal years ever, smashing countless records. Such epic performance naturally earned gold universal adoration, and fueled intense herd greed.
The S&P 500 Earnings Scorecard is the most comprehensive and up to the minute compilation of aggregated earnings
growth and market intelligence covering the companies included in the S&P 500 Index.
Although some AI misinvestments are to be expected, the AI boom is likely to continue driving capital across chips, data centers, energy infrastructure and software.
Silver faces a supply crunch due to rising industrial demand, mining constraints, and China's export controls starting January 2026. Market interventions can't prevent price rises. A multi-hundred million ounce deficit will increase prices.
Alphabet, Inc. is set to announce earnings early next month. Whether GOOGL stock rises or stays flat, investors can make a 2.0% income yield by shorting one-month out-of-the-money put options.
Stocks are a scattered bunch to kick off 2026. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is inching higher, attempting to shrug off morning choppiness and now poised to snap a four-day skid.
Natural gas prices took a dip overnight, and it’s mostly thanks to a mix of warmer weather on the horizon and traders hitting the sell button after a year-end rally.
Global markets endured a volatile run in 2025, but when the last trades closed on Dec. 31 all the major asset classes posted gains for the year, based on a set of ETFs.
For long-term investors, Alphabet offers unmatched scale, balance sheet strength, and optionality across artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and global digital services.
Becton, Dickinson is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of medical surgical products, such as needles, syringes, and sharps-disposal units.
Crude oil is showing a repeat of a past technical pattern that could trigger a 50% rally, supported by rising energy demand from data centers, with clear breakout and invalidation levels identified alongside a bullish setup in natural gas.
Caterpillar's stock is nearing its 52-week high due to increased demand from AI-related projects and construction, with upcoming earnings set to potentially confirm or challenge this growth trajectory.
Disagreements within the Fed regarding the pace of easing in 2026 and sharp volatility in the precious metals market in late December amplified the cautious investor sentiment at the start of the new year.
The British pound is once again capped by the 1.35 level against the dollar, leaving GBP/USD poised for a breakout in either direction as traders balance Fed cut expectations against a recently dovish Bank of England.
Nvidia’s explosive growth has created a new challenge: how to deploy an unprecedented amount of cash in a world where scale itself has become a regulatory constraint.
