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The SPDR Retail ETF XRT is down 3.8% year-to-date, and consumer discretionary as a whole has been the worst-performing of the major S&P sectors. But most of the data still points to a healthy US economy. Given this, Carnival Corp. may look appealing.
As part of an ongoing series, we will take a closer look at one of the stocks from our stock screeners, and dissect why it might be a deeply undervalued gem. The stock this week is Westlake Chemical Partners LP.
Cannabis is among the fastest-growing industries globally. This industry is expected to surpass the $200 billion mark by 2032. Given this expected growth, here is a brief look at stocks in the space that may benefit as they target weight loss.
Apple isn't going to build your iPhone in the United States. Not now, not ever. It's not because they hate America. It's because doing so would be financially and operationally unstable.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury note has a problem. It’s bearing the weight of fiscal expansion, costly tax incentive plans, geopolitical divergence, and foreign repositioning. And gold is reading the signals clearly.
Gold and silver miners were seemingly the only stocks that worked on Wednesday. Both of the shiny metals looked fantastic, and silver was recently seen breaking out. EPU’s exposure to precious metals is precisely why it was able to stick the landing.
Here is a short look at the 7 largest companies by market capitalization as of Saturday, May 24, 2025. Additionally, I have included the percentages of their gains on a year-to-date basis. Let's dive into the numbers.
A handful of stocks benefited massively during the pandemic. It was an interesting time to be an investor, and those who targeted the stay-at-home stocks were rewarded handsomely with considerable gains. How are those stocks doing now?
Some observers have noted the recovery in equity prices post-“Liberation Day”. This is an accurate characterization for SP500 (and DJ30), but not for indices pertaining to smaller firms, like the Russell 2000.
What has Wall Street been buzzing about this week? Here is a short 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 19-23, 2025.
Technically, the stock is in a strong uptrend. Both daily and weekly charts show bullish signals, with minor pullbacks that may offer buying opportunities.
For now, this seems to be an “unstoppable” bull market, and investor spirits have become substantially more bullish. However, all rallies eventually end.
The “vigilantes” have gained focus, along with expanding power. While on the subject of crises of confidence, the dollar index dropped 2% this week, the largest weekly decline since the tumultuous week ended April 11th.
Most people think of monetary collapse as something distant or impossible. But in truth, the U.S. has been through multiple monetary resets—each triggered by crisis, driven by debt, and anchored, time and again, to gold.
Substantially lower crude oil prices, the main component of retail gasoline prices, have kept retail gasoline prices lower than usual going into spring.
Amid rising geopolitical tensions, shifting energy policies, and ongoing economic uncertainty, silver remains a vital yet often underappreciated metal.
In this week's video, in the context of rising interest rates, we'll review the latest charts and data to help us answer the question: a normal pullback in stocks, or are we headed for much lower lows?
If you’re trading your retirement portfolio, let me give it to you straight: the biggest threat isn’t missing out on a hot stock—it’s taking on more risk than you realize.
The share of people becoming undocumented immigrants in the United States, not by illegally crossing a border, but by overstaying their visas, was almost 40 percent of estimated new undocumented immigrants in the fiscal year 2023.
With Q1 results from Nvidia less than a week away, the chip giant’s stock has rebounded over +20% this month. The rebound has outperformed the broader indexes.
I saw an interesting tweet by Joe Weisenthal, discussing the question of what determines interstate migration. I view this question as an example of the fallacy of composition...
Just when we thought it was all quiet on the tariff front and we'd all started worrying again about the US deficit, boom! Trump threatens the EU with bucketloads more. Brace yourself! Here's what's to come next week…
If you want to survive in this market, you better understand two words: hedging and preparation. Two market truisms spring to mind: Market sell-offs aren’t always straight lines down, and position now for the rebound.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) saw stiff losses during the Friday market session The major equity index declined 780 points top-to-bottom and tapped 41,200 before a slow crawl back to the 41,750 region.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the value of the US Dollar (USD) against a basket of six major currencies, slumps sharply on Friday, down over 1.8% for the week after posting a modest gain on Thursday
Gold's price uptrend resumed on Friday, with the yellow metal rising close to 2% daily and 5% in the week, as the US Dollar (USD) weakened further after US President Donald Trump escalated the ‘trade war’ with the European Union (EU).
An in-depth look at this week’s Treasury markets and what rising yields really mean, managing your emotions in times of fear, and when is it really time to cash out your investments.
Britain's main stock indexes initially climbed on Friday, driven by gains in metal mining stocks, as positive economic data and declining bond yields boosted investor confidence.
After a historic comeback in U.S. stocks over the past month, Wall Street is again caught in volatile trading triggered by worries about a ballooning U.S. deficit.
