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Markets Remain Volatile and Gloomy, But Not Panicked

A Hope-Based Stock Market Rally Takes Hold

War... And Peace? Markets Respond to Headline News That the Conflict Is About to End.

Aluminum Prices Join Oil on an Upward Trajectory as War Enters Fifth Week

Nasdaq and Russell 2000 Enter Correction Territory; S&P 500 Breaks Down to Six-Month Lows

Global Markets Undergo a Reality Check

Markets Buy into Trump's 15-Point Plan -- Iran Does Not

What Happens After the Five Days Are Up?

There Is No Investment Playbook for This War

Markets Squeezed by Energy Prices and Hawkish Central Banks

War Enters a New and More Dangerous Phase

A Capped DXY and Slippage in WTI Help Global Equities to a Three-Day Stretch of Gains

Monday’s Market Bounce Likely Little More Than a Calendar Quirk

China’s Push Into Renewable Energy Has Helped Insulate Its Economy From the Iran War - And the Macro Data Is Turning Bullish

The Winds of War Continue to Impair the Risk-on Trade and Force Bond Yields and the Dollar Higher

IEA Blockbuster Oil Release Announcement Fails to Resonate as Oil Prices Bounce Again

Markets Being Driven by Sentiment, Volatility, and Tweets Are Tricky to Navigate

A Very Welcome Relief Rally, but Its Durability Is Not Certain

Long-Feared Oil Shock Comes to Fruition — Roiling Markets and the Global Economy

Trump Hints at a Cease-Fire "call" but Iran Denies It

All the Bad News Is Not Deterring the “Buy the Dip” Retail Equity Investor

Through All the Turmoil, the Tel Aviv 125 Index Has Extended Its Gains (Now What May That Be Signaling?)

War-Induced Oil Shock Roils Global Stock and Bond Markets

Ding Dong, the Wicked Warlock is Dead (But at the Expense of Risk-on Assets)

Mortgage Rates Break Below 6% — Let’s See How the Fence-Sitters in the Housing Market Respond

Home Improvement Companies Cry in Their Beer

Asian Tech Leads Global Equities Higher Ahead of Nvidia’s Earnings

AI Scare Spreads as Staples and Semiconductors Spike

Equity Market Investors May Want to Go Back to the Drawing Board

Through All the Market Gyrations, the Asset Manager Stocks Have Headed into an Official Correction

War Concerns Trigger Up-Moves in Oil and Gold; U.S. Equity Market Volatility Remains Intact

The AI Scare Trade Cools Down... For Now

Fade the Front Page News

All Eyes on the CPI Data But Keep in Mind That Real Estate Inflation Is Falling Fast

Calling Bull on an Allegedly Bullish Payroll Report

Nice Rallies in Asian/EM Equities, Global Bonds, and Both the Yen and Aussie Dollar

Nikkei and Yen Extend Their Impressive Post-Election Gains

Takaichi Rolls the Dice, Wins Big, and the Nikkei, JGBs, and the Yen Respond in Kind

A Lesson in Market Gravity

Big Problems Emerge in the Market for Silver and Software

Clouds Swirl Over the AI Trade; WMT Joins the $1 Trillion Club; Gold Stages a Big Revival

Tech Stocks (Especially Chips) Regain Momentum and Precious Metals Post Big Rebound

Warsh Appointment Kyboshes the "Debasement" Trade

Gold and Silver Slump as Fed Chair Bets Unwind the Debasement Trade

Gold Rally Continues as a Government Shutdown Looms

The Dollar’s Slump Raises the Stakes Ahead of the Fed Meeting

Tech-Led Equity Rally Rolls On as the Yen Tests Key Resistance

Gold and Silver Rip Higher as Takaichi Trade Unwinds, the TACO Playbook Fades

Europe Has More Leverage Than Commonly Portrayed

The TACO Trade Stages a Revival With a "Framework of a Future Deal"

Investor Jitters Ease After Yesterday’s Market Debacle

The “Fire Sale” of Risk-On Assets Continues Unabated on Escalating US-Europe Trade Tensions

Tariff War Over Greenland Triggers a Renewed Risk-off Trade

Cheap Credit and Tech Enthusiasm Power the Rotation Trade

Trump’s Dovish Turn on Iran Rhetoric Sends Oil Sharply Lower

U.S. Futures Falter and Precious Metals Soar Further on Rising Geopolitical Tensions

The Takaichi Trade Is Back on the Radar Screen - The Nikkei Surges and JGB Yields Pop

The DOJ (Very Likely with a White House Nod) Ups the Ante on the Fed File and U.S. Markets Respond Negatively

Geopolitics and Commodities Briefly Take a Back Seat as Payrolls Loom

Geopolitical Whiplash from Caracas to Tokyo

Asia's Impressive Winning Streak Comes to an End

The Big Rally Was More About Delayed Santa Than Venezuela

President Trump Revives the Monroe Doctrine

Some Big Surprises Emerged in 2025