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After another year of rapid growth, the US ETF industry is evolving into price-based segments, each with distinct product offerings and market leaders. Overall, net inflows into US-listed ETFs year-to-date have exceeded 2024’s annual inflow record
The cost of a house has risen relative to the price level or to the average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers. What about real interest rates? These are most relevant for the non-liquidity-constrained agents.
Globally, central banks have begun the next major easing cycle with a jaw-dropping 320 rate cuts already implemented since the cycle began a mere 24 months ago.
Equity exposure as a percentage of the market portfolio is a leading indicator of out- and underperformance for the asset class: the pinnacle comes before a market fall and the nadir before a rebound.
Wall Street experts are generally pretty bullish about the stock markets in 2026, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be bouts of volatility to navigate amid shifting economic and market trends.
The stock’s decline wiped out billions in market value and underscored nagging doubts about the timeline and commercial viability of Tesla’s Robotaxi ambitions.
As with yesterday, the good news is that important official economic data is being reported again. The bad news is that it is very stale, as in covering last August.
How much additional money is the US government raising with its tariffs? Jay Shambaugh offers some useful perspective in “Tariffs are a particularly bad way to raise revenue”
International Paper has paid variable quarterly dividends since August 1989. It reduced dividends in 2008-09 but has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.46 for December this year, making a forward-looking annual dividend of $1.84 into the new year.
The debt securities category will always be the first choice for risk-averse investors because this class of instruments provides a regular income at low levels of risk.
Historical evidence and recent studies show that tariffs are taxes that raise prices and reduce available quantities of goods and services for US businesses and consumers, resulting in lower income, reduced employment, and lower economic output.
The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits for the first time totaled 232,000 in the week ended Oct. 18, according to the Labor Department website.
This week looks to be pivotal for financial markets, with recent concerns over the potential end to the AI trade, meaning that we are expecting major volatility in the lead-up and response to tomorrow's Nvidia earnings
WTI crude oil prices fell to $59.4 per barrel on Tuesday, extending the previous session’s decline as oversupply concerns outweighed expectations of potential sanctions against Russian oil.
Gilt yields jumped after reports that the UK government was scrapping plans to raise income tax, casting fresh doubt over how a £30bn gap will be plugged.
Every three months, we take a snapshot of the expectations for future earnings in the S&P 500 at approximately the midpoint of the current quarter, shortly after most U.S. firms have announced their previous quarter's earnings.
Bitcoin continued its sharp decline toward $91,900 as extreme fear, ETF outflows, and a bearish technical setup point to further losses toward $88,750.
The yen is being held back by escalating tensions between China and Japan, as well as soft data and speculative flows testing the intervention threshold.
The Australian Dollar (AUD) recovers its intraday losses but remains in the negative territory against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday after registering losses in the previous session.
The EUR/USD pair trades calmly near 1.1600 during the late Asian trading session on Tuesday, following the corrective move from an over two-week high of 1.1656.
The Japanese Yen stages an intraday recovery from the lowest level since early February, touched against its American counterpart during the Asian session on Tuesday, though it lacks follow-through buying or bullish conviction.
Favorable reaction to endorsements by governments and world financial leaders might have run its course. Sharply higher prices and expectations for further increases were likely overdone.
China’s ascent is slowing as debt, demographics, and crisis reshape its trajectory—mirroring America’s decline and intensifying the struggle for global power in a shifting multipolar world.
In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the recent downturn in the stock market and significant declines in metal prices, including gold, silver, copper, and platinum, while noting the stability of foreign currencies and a slight rise in the dollar.
Nasdaq 100 sits at a decisive inflection point as Elliott Wave counts strain, negative gamma pressures build, and volatility rises. With tight liquidity and Nvidia earnings ahead, the index could break sharply depending on this week’s catalysts.
With the federal government having finally ended its shutdown last week, this week we can get back to the business of examining economic reports. Chief of these is expected to be the U.S. Employment Report due Thursday morning.
Year-end volume patterns may shape a bullish 2026 for SPX, while gold miners enter a powerful multi-year cycle with GDX likely consolidating between key resistance and support.
In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the recent downturn in financial markets, highlighting a significant correction in gold and silver, while foreign currencies remain stable.
Given the small end-of-day surge, it wouldn’t be surprising if we gap lower tomorrow, undercut the 6,640 low, and continue to see pressure throughout the day—potentially even testing 6,600 or moving below it.
