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Equities are up nicely again in the pre-market to start the week after posting small losses last week. Two weeks ago, we stated, "It...

Stocks closed down slightly last week, but are up nice in the pre-market to start this week. There definitely are some opportunities...

Stocks rebounded nicely last week, although it is still unlikely that we have seen the final lows. The rally was likely due to...

With the Federal Reserve launching QE-Infinity, an old group of individuals have resurfaced that we haven't heard from in some time-- the...

Equity futures witnessed another limit-down in last night's trading session. But this morning, the Federal Reserve committed to...

It is truly incredible how fast markets, and life itself, can change. Not even a month ago, equities were at all-time highs, and things...

This headline may seem crazy since bonds are the only asset that have gone up recently. Stocks, gold, silver, oil, bitcoin, and the...

The circuit-breakers were activated in futures markets as equity futures opened with a limit down. Panic and hysteria is in the air. ...

In just one week, stocks erased all of their gains since October. Although the severity of the selloff was a bit worse than anticipated,...

Upon sharing the Mercator Letter recently with friends and family, some responded by saying, "I have no clue what you're talking about,...

Equities are down significantly across the board this Monday morning. This is something we warned about in previous weeks. Last week's...

U.S. markets are closed on Monday, February 17 in observation of President's Day. Markets overseas are up so far on Monday, in spite of...

After a very nice, warm, and much-needed vacation, we are back to analyzing global financial markets. It hasn't been that long since our...

Both the Dow and the S&P 500 closed down for the month of January, but the Nasdaq closed up. In terms of seasonality, January has served...

Stocks continue their pull back from all-time highs. It looks like a short-term peak was achieved, which sets up a decline that should...

The last week of January is upon us, and it sure has been quite the start to the new decade in terms of world events. In the past two...

Equities closed out at or very near to all-time highs again on Friday, as we begin the shortened trading week thanks to the MLK holiday....

Equity futures are up slightly to start this new week. Stocks appear slightly overbought in the short-term, and are showing some signs...