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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...

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

The big mover this morning is Crude Oil, which is down big-time and trading around $11.50 as of this writing. The collapse in this...

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...

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. ...

There is seemingly an endless amount of financial literature available for those looking to become involved in markets. But there are...

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...

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....

2019 was a record year for equities, as they finished at or very near to all-time highs, in addition to appreciating almost 30% in 2019...