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Economics and Market Research

Beware the Ides of March! Today is the day that Roman senators, led by Brutus and Cassius, assassinated Julius Caesar, which sparked the...

The past couple weeks has seen a new influx of retail traders into the stock market, largely stemming from the Gamestop and AMC manias. I...

Stocks were modestly higher to start the week, although they already gave back most of their gains since the opening bell. Last week was...

Equities are up nicely after forming what may have been an important pre-election bottom last week. We are still looking for...

Equities continue to consolidate near their highs, which is bullish. The divergence between the major indices remains a concern in the...

The big-mover on Monday was Silver, which is now close to exceeding its 2016 high. This is one of the biggest breakouts on the cusp of...

In good old patriotic fashion, equities are up very nicely to start the week after the Independence Day holiday. The Nasdaq is trading...

Equities are set to gap up following the Memorial Day holiday and shortened trading week. The Nasdaq is just over 200 points away from...

Stocks are coming off another week of gains, but are down early this morning in pre-market trading. The previous week made it seem like...

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...

Obviously, this sounds crazy at face value, but Quantitative Easing for bonds was deemed crazy when it first began. But now, QE is...

It just doesn't exist. It never has, it never will. Does that mean markets are rigged? Perhaps, but not necessarily. The better answer...

Futures are basically flat from Sunday's overnight session, as we come off the previous shortened trading week due to Easter. The most...

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...

We are not even three months into the new decade, and the existing economic order that has been in place since 1971 is on the verge of...

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