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Markets are mixed in early trading, with stocks and crude oil alternating between gains and losses. The same goes for gold and silver. Treasuries are mostly flat, while the dollar is a bit higher.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 1.3% and the actively trad

A $700,000 JEPQ position clears a $75,000 retirement budget today, but inflation-adjusted withdrawals over a decade expose a flaw baked into the fund's design that monthly distributions alone cannot fix.

August prints on Retail Sales and Imports were higher than expected this morning. All eyes are on today's interest rate decision from the Fed.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4%, and the actively tra

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Wednesday ahead of a likely Fed rate hike and Warsh's comments. Intel and SK Hynix jump.

Over the past few weeks, the market has been extremely choppy, frustrating, and has lacked liquidity. The good news is that Wednesday's FOMC meeting should bring volatility back in a big way and finally give the market some direction.

Traders expect a 92% chance the Fed will hike interest rates on Wednesday.

Bitcoin just posted behavior that gold bugs have claimed for years was impossible, and the bond market may be the reason why. Whether that makes BTC a true safe-haven asset or simply a temporary traveling companion for gold depends on what the Fed does next.

The 2-year bond yield, at +4.65%, is still 90 bps above the current high end of interest rates.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.2%, and the actively t

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index drops Tuesday as the 10-year Treasury yield reaches its highest level since 2007. Nvidia stock rises.

Retail sentiment on SPY and QQQ remained ‘extremely bearish’ ahead of the Fed’s rate decision this week.

U.S. stock futures are trending lower early Tuesday as Wall Street digests rising energy costs, refinery outages, and the start of a critical Federal Reserve policy meeting. The Polymarket (CRYPTO: POL) crowd is leaning heavily bearish for the Sept. 15...

Our top chart expert highlights the Nasdaq-100 levels for traders to keep on the radar.

The consumer price index rose 0.4% in August, month over month and 3.4% year over year.

We're now looking at a 200 bps margin on PPI-CPI headlines, 240 bps on core.

September Federal Reserve rate-hike odds surged to around 80% Friday after core inflation came in hotter than expected, leaving Chair Kevin Warsh with less room to wait even as the economy absorbs an oil-driven supply shock. Polymarket traders now put...

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.8% and the actively trad

Retail sentiment on Stocktwits turned bearish on SPY and QQQ ahead of August CPI.

Damodaran found that the S&P 500 moved about 0.5% when the 10-year yield changed by more than three basis points.

But futures were mixed, with S&P 500 futures marginally up, while Dow and Nasdaq futures slightly eased.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.6%, and the actively t

Nonfarm payrolls grew by 162,000 in August, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index falls Friday ahead of the August jobs report. Lululemon stock plunges 21% on earnings.

Retail sentiment on Stocktwits remained ‘bearish’ on SPY and flipped to ‘bullish’ on QQQ.

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller advocated leaving rates unchanged, provided inflation showed signs of cooling off.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.49% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.76%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.54%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.50%, and September E-mini...

The AI boom could complicate the Fed's next move

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.17% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down by -0.18%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.10%, and September E-mini...