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The relative economic freedom of our economy allows entrepreneurs to efficiently organize industry and innovate – despite any headwinds from bad government policy.
Current credit grades are to an extent already “priced in” to gold as valued by dollar debasement, which broadly values the yellow metal at 3887, some +21% above the present 3205 level.
YUM! Brands is one of the world’s largest fast-food companies, operating over 57,000 restaurants in 155+ countries under three globally recognized brands: Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut.
The lack of new 52 week highs is a cause for concern with the major indices approaching their all time highs. This has been a rally with very narrow leadership.
Vietnam led Southeast Asia’s auto sales growth in Q1 2025, with a 24% year-on-year surge, outpacing larger markets thanks to strong economic momentum and rising public investment.
The Canadian dollar continued its recent back-and-forth movement against the US dollar on Friday. The loonie pared away the previous day’s gains and kept the USD/CAD currency pair pinned near the 1.4000 handle.
This headline sensitive phase has been about combining macroeconomic and fundamental reading of the situation, with the China phase one deal news cementing breakout above 200-day moving average.
Uncertainty got the upper hand this week. President Trump removed one certainty from the outlook — the U.S. economy would be wrecked by his de facto embargo of China — but we now are uncertain as to how bad a 30% Chinese tariff will be.
Bitcoin had a stellar 2024, and experts had predicted that the cryptocurrency could cross $140,000 once global tensions ease. Given this, it may be ideal to invest in crypto-focused stocks. Here is a quick look at 3 such stocks to keep an eye on.
The AUD/USD currency pair cautiously traded near the 0.6400 area on Friday, ahead of the RBA's rate decision next week. US consumer sentiment weakened, while inflation expectations climbed, which only added to the market's uncertainty.
Tencent recently announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2025. Tencent’s gaming business generated revenue of CNY 59.5 billion in Q1, with international market revenue increasing by 23% year-on-year to CNY 16.6 billion.
Companies can demonstrate a shareholder-friendly nature through share repurchase programs, also commonly known as stock buybacks. Several companies recently unveiled fresh buybacks. Here is a closer look at how this may benefit investors.
Here is a short look at the 7 largest companies by market capitalization as of Saturday, May 17, 2025. Additionally, I have included the percentages of their gains on a year-to-date basis. Let's dive into the numbers.
Speculators are chasing share price movements. Investors are buying a business because they see long-term value. Meanwhile, dividend investors want to collect a solid payout that will rise for many years to come. J.M. Smucker may be one such name.
Say you see a company that’s seemingly trading at a discount, either compared with its own past valuation, its peers, or the larger market. Your next step shouldn’t be to buy; it should be to evaluate. After all, it could be a value trap.
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 May 12-16, 2025.
Deere & Co. reported robust second-quarter fiscal 2025 results, beating earnings and revenue estimates. This put ETFs with the largest allocation to this farm equipment giant in focus. Here is a brief look at some such funds to consider.
According to data from the Economic Policy Institute, workers at the tenth percentile of the wage distribution saw a 15.3 percent increase in their real wage from 2019 to 2024.
The markets are reaching decently overbought levels after being extremely oversold. This suggests that at least for now, the “easy money” has been made.
While manufacturing jobs have been dropping as a share of total employment since the 1970s, it was only in the decade of the 00s, when the trade deficit exploded, that we actually lost large numbers of manufacturing jobs.
If we want to experience the full upside of AI, then we also need to invest in human capital just as aggressively as we’re investing in model training.
Markets are not rational. They never were. They never will be. If you’ve walked into this essay expecting a list of hot stocks for 2025 wrapped in tidy explanations and comfortable predictions, you’ve already missed the point.
April retail sales suggests pre-emptive buying to get ahead of tariff-related price hikes faded quickly after a March spending surge. Meanwhile, subdued PPI indicates that, for now, companies are choosing to absorb higher costs in profit margins.
In this article, I use the Profits Identity Framework to derive a general estimate for the impact that Trump’s tariffs will have on aggregate after-tax corporate profits in the United States.
Today’s market feels eerily calm—indexes near highs, spreads tight, VIX subdued. But this quiet isn’t strength or momentum; it’s a mirage, not a rally.
There were a number of tech stocks that stood out in this week’s earnings lineup and are worth keeping an eye on as the broader market continues to rebound.
The market wasn’t particularly excited about Walmart’s results last Thursday, but we think the retail leader did an excellent job in an otherwise challenging operating environment.
In this video, we shall be discussing major weekly moves in gold and silver, market trends, and geopolitical impacts on precious metals. Gain valuable investment insights now!
In this video, we review the last two quarter performances of the Quarterly Portfolio heading into the reconstitution this weekend, and show nearly 50 leading stocks setting up in beautiful cup patterns.
Traders went into last weekend’s U.S.–China trade negotiations with rock-bottom expectations. No one was pricing in breakthroughs—just a hope for minimal damage.
In this video, I analyze the factors contributing to UNH’s current situation and provide a technical breakdown of the stock’s chart to assess what investors can expect moving forward and whether now is the right time to be buying UNH stock.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) stepped into fresh weekly highs on Friday after investors shrugged off the second-worst print from the University of Michigan’s (UoM) Consumer Sentiment Index on record.
We discuss how recent trade developments could impact recession risks and review credit data from China and the latest employment figures from the United States.
ONEOK has transformed itself from a natural gas transporter into a diversified midstream leader—touching nearly every aspect of U.S. energy infrastructure.
The Congressional Budget Office’s baseline figures told us the feds will collect $67 trillion in revenue over the next ten years and spend $89 trillion. That would give us a debt of $58 trillion.
Among the researchers who study international trade, a major shift has been a focus on relatively small firms that are directly involved in international trade.
