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In July 2025, consumer prices in China were unchanged year-on-year, defying market expectations for a 0.1% decline and following a 0.1% increase in the prior month.
Equity-index futures climbed in both the US and Europe, while oil prices fell amid expectations that a meeting between US and Russian leaders could facilitate a resolution in Ukraine and enhance crude supply.
Both McDonald's and Wendy's reported this past week that more Americans are skipping breakfast, not for some health fad but increasingly harsh economic circumstances.
We expect the FX market to remain predominantly driven by data, and continue to treat expectations about a potential ceasefire in Ukraine with caution ahead of Friday’s Trump-Putin meeting.
Cloud computing is the technique of processing, storing, and managing data on a network of remote computers hosted on the internet by cloud service providers rather than on a personal computer or local server.
The pharmaceutical industry is embracing AI to help in R&D. Such an approach often help a company develop a new drug in days instead of the years it might take using the traditional clinical trial approach.
If the Silver Institute is right, we’re drawing down the pantry every year. If CPM is right, the pantry is still stocked — but eventually, those shelves will be bare.
The Nasdaq 100 Index and its exchange-traded funds, like the Invesco QQQ, jumped to a record high last week as the earnings season continued and as concerns about a trade war waned.
Federal Reserve eyes rate cuts as July inflation data approaches, with tech earnings from Cisco, CoreWeave, and Circle highlighting key developments in AI and crypto sectors.
Microsoft Corp. generated impressive free cash flow (FCF) growth and higher FCF margins in the June quarter. That could lead to a +28% upside in MSFT's price over $668 per share.
The cryptocurrency market survived a period of extreme volatility with flying colors. Not only did most cryptocurrencies recover their losses, but they also added significant gains. As a result, the market capitalization increased by $300 billion.
The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high on Thursday, Aug. 7, even though new tariffs on imports from dozens of countries were implemented. This drove the Invesco QQQ ETF higher. Here is a brief look at some top stocks in the fund.
Semiconductor stocks drive the global economy, and the integration of AI, combined with the recent boost in defense spending, will continue to fuel growth. So what are the best stocks in the semiconductor space to consider?
Let's turn our attention to where the money isn't going. It is decisively not flowing into the Russell 2000. Additionally, only 151 S&P 500 companies had insiders buying their stock last month. That is the lowest rate since 2018.
There will be three Treasury settlements on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, with roughly $130 billion set to be drained from the overnight funding market. The reverse repo facility ended the week at $80 billion, down from $214 billion on July 31.
As of Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, Lamar Advertising Company closed at $115.50, down 7.41%, before rising 1.30% after hours to $117.00. The company reported Q2 2025 net revenues of $579.3 million, marking a 2.5% year-over-year increase.
The retail REIT space is well-positioned to capitalize on favorable market conditions and evolving strategies. The relevance of physical retail remains strong. Given this favorable backdrop, here is a brief look at REITs to keep an eye on.
Meta recently acquired AI voice startup WaveForms for an undisclosed sum. Meanwhile, Apple has lost around a dozen of its AI staff, including top researchers, to rivals in recent months.
The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF recently triggered a put-call ratio buy signal, as its weighted 21-day put-call ratio peaked at extreme levels. This signal typically suggests that bearish sentiment has reached a capitulation point.
Last Friday's major market sell-off reversed on Monday. The number of NYSE new 52-week lows remains just a bit elevated; not enough to be overly worrisome, but enough to serve as a reminder that there is selling pressure behind the scenes.
The COT currency market speculator bets were overall lower this week as just two out of the eleven currency markets we cover had higher positioning while the other nine markets had lower speculator contracts.
In 1916, the US market was ramping higher as World War I raged in Europe and the Allies needed to buy supplies from the US. Money was pouring into corporate coffers.
Molina is a managed care organization providing health insurance to low-income families and individuals under government-sponsored programs like Medicaid and Medicare.
Covered call ETFs are more popular than ever, with new variants offering leverage and exposure to trending stocks. HHIS takes this further—it’s an ETF of covered call ETFs.
Gold markets have been bullish again during the course of the week as we broke above the $3500 level. The $3500 level has been like a ceiling in this market for some time and breaking above there obviously will attract a lot of headlines.
It is rather easy to say the one-month trend in WTI Crude Oil is lower, and current prices indicate more selling. A look, however, at a three-month chart actually shows the price of WTI is straddling important support levels.
Since January 2025, the USDCHF forex pair, like the U.S. dollar in general, has been in a bearish sequence. This bearish run continued the September/October 2022 bearish cycle after a five-month recovery between September 2024 and January 2025.
In the latest trading session, Nvidia closed at $182.74, marking a +1.09% move from the previous day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.78%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.47%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.98%.
Some of the most resilient wealth-building machines are parked just off the highway, where locals grab gas, snacks—and a surprisingly good slice of pizza.
I find it somewhat ironic that the research series of CPS data adjusted to NFP concept arose in the wake of the 2002-03 recovery when conservative economic pundits argued the establishment series was mismeasuring the jobs recovery.
New Jersey Resources provides natural gas and clean energy services, transportation, distribution, asset management, and home services through its five main subsidiaries. The stock trades at 14.1x our EPS estimate, below our fair value P/E of 17.5.
The YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF was trending on Twitter for some reason so I looked to see why. While I didn't see why it was trending, there was one Tweet that said at $6, paying $0.10 per week, you'd make 100% in just 60 weeks.
Continuous Gold: is the chaining together of futures contracts such as to present a continuous history of the futures price, its new All-Time High just achieved as noted yesterday at 3534;
2026 forward corporate earning estimates are the farthest they have ever been from historical averages. This makes a future downward revision a near-guarantee at this point.
The information industry witnessed a 58% growth in the number of business establishments between December 2019 and September 2024, the fastest increase nationally.
Thanks to AI, robots are now stepping off the screen and into the real world – and taking over physical tasks once reserved for humans. This shift will reshape entire industries… and reward those who get in position early.
As we head into the final phase of the Q2 earnings season, we can say with complete confidence that the overall earnings picture remains strong and resilient.
