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London’s blue-chip FTSE 100 edged 0.4% higher in holiday-thinned trade on Tuesday, inching within striking distance of its record high as mining stocks rallied on stabilising metal prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sagged on Tuesday, declining around 100 points as equities grapple with holiday-constrained market flows and low end-of-year trading volumes.
Artificial intelligence chip stocks had a blockbuster 2025, with leading names – Nvidia, Intel, Broadcom, and AMD – each rallying more than 40% in the trailing 12 months.
Interesting times lie ahead for 2026. Technology can't be expected to carry the markets again next year, and a decent correction - or more likely a sideways shift - is something to watch for.
Silver shot up 7% this morning, and I watched everyone scramble to explain why. China wants delivery. Overnight futures pressure. Global demand. Inflation hedge.
In 2025, energy markets were driven less by policy narratives and more by hard constraints - supply, infrastructure, economics, and reliability reasserted control over prices, investment, and the pace of transition.
AppLovin Corporation is experiencing significant year-end momentum and mixed signals as it approaches an earnings report, highlighting both potential growth and short-term volatility.
Recently, the December 2025 Q dividend of $0.19 equates to an annual payout of $0.76, which is the forward-looking annual dividend amount projected for the coming year.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies are likely to proceed with their intended output pause during this weekend’s meeting, as evidence of a worldwide oil oversupply continues to mount.
2025 was a highly active year for currencies, and there are numerous indications that 2026 will continue at least some of the patterns we’ve seen over the last 12 months.
Gold pulled back to a major trendline and held, in addition, it is back above its October 2025 highs. As long as this trendline holds, the bias remains bullish on gold.
The NZD/USD is trading within sight of the 0.58100 ratio as holiday trading dominates the Forex market and large financial players are absent from the landscape.
Double-distribution structure favors range trade, with focus on value extremes as silver volatility and repo injections sharpen attention on near-term policy signals.
Buying Starbucks right now is essentially an attempt to pick a bottom. It is the trading equivalent of catching a falling knife. You might get lucky, but the odds are stacked against you.
Near-term event risk centers on today’s FOMC minutes, which could clarify the Fed’s internal policy divide and shape expectations around the timing and scale of rate cuts priced into 2026.
In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the significant correction in the metals market, noting that silver, gold, copper, and platinum all experienced a pullback after a strong December rally.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, is remaining steady and trading around 98.00 during the Asian hours on Tuesday.
Chinese forces are conducting a massive military exercise in the areas surrounding Taiwan — a major economic power and supplier of semiconductor chips essential to the world (and US) economy
The S&P 500 E-Mini Futures (ES) continues to advance, breaking into new all-time highs and confirming that the prevailing trend remains firmly bullish.
Elliott Wave analysis suggests the Nasdaq 100 is at a critical inflection point, with competing bullish and bearish scenarios. Price action around key support, gamma levels, and S&P 500 futures will determine direction into year-end.
Gold price edges higher above $4,350 during the Asian trading hours on Tuesday. The precious metal recovers some lost ground after falling 4.5% in the previous session, which was gold's largest single-day loss since October.
While tech stocks dominated headlines, “boring” Consumer Staples quietly delivered standout returns. Companies like Cintas proved that steady demand, low volatility, and consistent execution can rival — or beat — Big Tech performance.
Although they are among the world’s most profitable companies and have strong balance sheets, the immense spending on various AI investments from the hyperscalers in the Mag 7 has been scrutinized.
Lululemon Athletica is in focus today after its founder, Chip Wilson, reignited tensions with the company’s leadership – announcing a proxy battle aimed at reshaping the board.
The lesson for individual investors is not to liquidate entire stock holdings. Buffett’s position reflects Berkshire’s unique situation, a 95-year-old company with fewer years of deployment runway than most investors have.
In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the significant volatility in the metal markets, noting a dramatic rise followed by a substantial sell-off, advising caution amidst this turbulence.
Quantum computing doesn’t need a dramatic breakthrough to become economically relevant. It just needs more deals where companies commit real capital to real constraints.
GDP, released last week, showed that the economy grew by a larger-than-expected 4.3%. Powering the strong economic growth was personal consumption, which rose by 3.5%.
If passive funds grow to too large versus the market capitalization of the stocks in the index, the resulting loss of price discovery associated with markets would create an instability that would take the index down to zero.
How much private credit has been put in place but isn't in the official credit total is unknown and very likely unknowable. That means total systemic risk is also unknowable.
