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Investors might want to start buying stocks heading into 2026, blocking out the noise, and focusing on the strong earnings growth outlook for the S&P 500 and the likelihood of more Fed rate cuts.
A new paradigm does not dismiss innovation or business fundamentals. It recognizes that markets move on emotion, expectations, and positioning long before outcomes are known.
Recently, the January 2026 declared $.50 per Q dividend equates to an annual payout of $2.00 which is the forward-looking annual dividend amount projected for the coming year.
Caterpillar Inc. is experiencing a significant stock rally driven by technical momentum, yet concerns remain about the sustainability of demand and underlying fundamentals as earnings reports approach.
Banks have enjoyed a formidable moat built on customer relationships, regulatory privilege, and distribution networks for decades. – but that moat was breached in 2025.
Gold remains strongly bullish after record highs above $4,500, supported by geopolitical risks and rate-cut hopes, with limited selling pressure despite the holiday.
The EU launched pilot measures to standardize plastics recycling rules, support the struggling recycling sector, boost circular materials, and prepare for a wider Circular Economy Act targeted for 2026.
Toyota plans to sell U.S.-built Camry, Highlander, and Tundra models in Japan from 2026, aiming to ease U.S.–Japan trade tensions amid Trump-era tariff pressure, though analysts expect limited demand due to vehicle size and left-hand drive barriers.
In this week's podcast, I provide (with apologies) the delayed Precious Metals update. The metals have been very dynamic, with gold, silver, and platinum rallying strongly over the last week or so.
Spot VIX looks calm, but forward volatility tells another story. A steep VIX term structure and extreme skew show institutions aggressively hedging, signaling elevated risk and potential volatility spikes into year-end and early 2026.
Markets are stirring as CDNX pushes back toward the top of its October range, setting up a possible reversal, while precious metals stocks grind higher—SLV leads the advance and GLD breaks out to fresh all-time highs.
Since the turn of the century, central banks have been steadily increasing their gold reserves, a trend that has sharply accelerated in the last few years.
The two things that typically feature in an empire’s last chapters are excess spending...and unnecessary war. Both are self-inflicted wounds that fester…and eventually kill the host.
Tesla’s profit shift toward energy and its long-term autonomy and AI ambitions provide one path for value, while Rivian’s near-term setup hinges on converting resistance into support.
The tech heavy Nasdaq 100, which has been the lead sled dog for this latest phase of the tech bubble, is failing to make a new high, in a sharp divergence from the SP 500.
Ethereum’s price has struggled to break above the $3,000 level over the past week, weighed down by continued outflows from spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds.
Retail sales came in flat at 0%. Yet we're supposed to believe GDP grew at 4.3% while the government was shut down for six weeks and accounts for roughly 20% of spending.
Gold, silver, and a broad range of commodities have surged as capital rotates into “real assets” amid inflation, geopolitics, and dedollarization trends.
SMCI stock has tanked, as investors lost faith in this AI server company. However, large and unusual call option activity in SMCI may indicate that it may be time to buy.
2025 was the year silver stackers were waiting for. The metal blew through $40/oz, then $50 and $60 without a backward glance, and is now testing $70. Many of you are suddenly rich. Nicely done!
Despite record highs and heavy inflows into SLV, implied volatility is at extreme levels—signaling risk ahead and making defined-risk option spreads essential.
Nvidia stock tumbled nearly 1% on Wednesday after reports surfaced that the AI chipmaker has paused testing of Intel’s ambitious 18A manufacturing process.
The Canadian Dollar (CAD) holds modest gains against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday, even as the Greenback trades firm amid limited movement as markets drift into holiday mode.
As initial jobless claims declined back to 214,000, while the four-week average also declined to 216,750. The last three weeks collectively have had the lowest seasonally adjusted numbers since January.
Cook made his second purchase of Nike shares this year, buying $2.95 million worth, equivalent to 50,000 Class B shares, at a weighted average price of $58.97 on Monday.
The economy is moving beyond information toward valuing attention and intention. New research shows how scarce attention shapes consumer behavior, workplace productivity, wages, education outcomes, and how AI may further monetize focus.
U.S. pressure on Venezuela is less about fentanyl and more about oil, diesel, and geopolitics. A revived “Donroe Doctrine” risks disrupting heavy crude flows, underpricing diesel-driven inflation and strengthening the case for gold as a hedge.
Markets broke higher with steady buying led by the S&P 500, improving breadth, renewed strength in megacap tech, and concurrent gains in gold and silver, signaling favorable risk-reward into year-end.
US GDP utterly crushed it in Q3, and that was following Q2 when output supposedly was well more than expected, so two quarters in a row of booming numbers.
The British pound continues to attract buyers against the Japanese yen, with pullbacks viewed as opportunities while the broader trend points higher toward the 214 level.
The Bank of Japan’s decision to raise its policy rate to 0.75% (from 0.50%), while in line with market forecasts, marks a clear step towards monetary tightening and has pushed yields higher on Japanese assets.
In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the recent significant movements in the metals market, highlighting the rise in silver to $72 an ounce and copper reaching $560.
