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Earnings season has begun, with major banks like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. leading the way. The previous quarter, expected to be an earnings trough for the S&P 500 Index, instead delivered 8.7% growth.
This trader’s lesson explores how following broken market patterns and chasing the spectacle can lead to ruin—what looks fun may be fool’s gold in serious markets.
Adobe’s focus on improving monetization of its AI-powered solutions is a positive for investors already holding the stock. However, a stretched valuation, macroeconomic challenges, and stiff competition make the stock a risky bet right now.
Gold stocks are the top performing major asset class of the year. It’s not even close — they’re outpacing global stock indexes, Bitcoin, real estate, and commodities.
Semiconductor stocks have been the biggest beneficiaries of the Artificial Intelligence boom, as these companies provide the “picks and shovels” for the AI gold rush. But that raises the question of whether this really is a boom or a bubble.
The EUR/USD weekly forecast illustrated neutral-to-moderately-bullish momentum this week, as the euro strengthened amid easing political tensions in France. Meanwhile, the dollar remained under pressure amid lower yields and revived trade war fears.
In a pivotal moment for the U.S. semiconductor industry, Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company have successfully produced the first U.S.-made Blackwell AI wafer at Taiwan Semiconductor’s state-of-the-art facility in Phoenix, Arizona.
The market has recently been less than 2% off all-time highs, yet everyone's acting like the sky is falling. Trade war fears, banking crisis 2.0, and the AI bubble supposedly bursting (again). We heard all of the exact same things in August.
There’s always some truth beneath the hype. That doesn’t mean what’s happening in AI isn’t real—it absolutely is. The question is: What impact will it have? How much value will be created? Nobody seems to know the answer.
Ahead of earnings, D-Wave Quantum’s balance sheet is materially stronger than a year ago, implying low near-term liquidity and solvency risk as compared to the year-ago period. But can this capital strength translate into shareholder value in Q3?
Banking is not a small, insignificant industry. Yes, the big banks still have an inordinate amount of power in the industry, but regional banks still have a profound impact on the real economy. And they appear to be up to their eyeballs in bad loans.
Earlier, I noted that the same institutions that crypto was meant to disrupt were starting to embrace it instead. Which meant the financial giants who once resisted change were now the ones driving it. Visa’s recent move into stablecoins proves it.
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 Oct. 13-17, 2025.
Fifth Third Bancorp's strategic investments in technology and branch expansions enhance its competitive positioning. Plus, its acquisition of Comerica is expected to improve its financial strength and enhance its capital ratios.
While cryptocurrency traders lick their wounds, things haven’t been all bad for this market. Something my son taught me is that this ecosystem looks to be evolving, perhaps even maturing.
We discuss why $50 silver is a psychological barrier, and how decades of tech shifts, by-product mining, and central-bank gold buying shaped today’s divergence between gold and silver.
Momentum indicators are on a sell signal, which will likely cap gains short-term, and relative strength readings have reversed from overbought territory and are cooling off with the pullback.
There are some fundamental weaknesses in the U.S. dollar, and we're expecting it to hit 1.20 against the euro by Christmas – it hasn't been that low for four years.
The gold weekly forecast shows a sharp rally to an all-time high around $4,380 before a slight pushback to $4,200 this week, after the greenback and treasury yields recovered.
“Terminal phases” tend to be as confounding as they are enthralling. Things appear robust. Late-cycle loose financial conditions ensure boom-sustaining Credit excess.
Analysis of the business cycle indicators, which are derived from comprehensive market data and demonstrate a strong correlation with business activity levels.
The listing index continues to move downward. The index for the beginning of October was more than 5 percent below the index number at the start of April.
Every bull market gets compared to a bubble. When prices rise too fast or too far, investors reach for history’s easiest headline. The latest: “AI is the new dot-com.” But it’s not!
Trade frictions are back in the spotlight—with heightened U.S. tariffs reigniting recession fears, pressuring the dollar and boosting gold’s rally. The current regime may yield lower but more enduring inflation and reshape the Fed’s rate-cut paths.
With the government shutdown about to enter its third week, the federal court system announced Friday that it will begin operating in a limited, unpaid capacity starting Monday.
Gold, silver, and mining stocks fell sharply, suggesting a short-term peak. Bearish chart patterns point to declines toward support before a possible long-term recovery.
Dow Inc. cut its dividend due to the impact of a prolonged chemical industry downturn, poor financial results, leverage, tariffs, and trade uncertainty. The firm’s dividend has been constant since Q2 2019, and it was eventually cut this year.
For the 58 S&P 500 members that have reported Q3 results, total earnings are up +15.4% from the same period last year on +8.0% higher revenue, with 86.2% beating EPS estimates and 79.3% beating revenue estimates.
Oracle stock tumbled 6.5% on Friday, wiping billions from the market value of the enterprise software giant as investors parsed the company’s long-term AI and cloud ambitions against the short-term costs of scaling.
Zions Bancorporation nosedived this week after reporting a $50 million write-off tied to fraudulent loans. The sell-off wiped over $1 billion off its market cap in recent sessions.
Given the stunning ascent of the gold and silver prices over the last few weeks, at some point there was going to have to be a day when they didn’t soar higher yet again. And at least as of midday Friday, so far that day is today.
Gold’s mighty cyclical bull just grew into its biggest ever. Midweek gold’s massive bull over these past couple years eclipsed its famous popular speculative mania into January 1980.
