On Tuesday, August 19, the Nasdaq Composite, the U.S. stock market's main technology index, had its biggest loss in weeks.

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While the numbers are encouraging, investors are primarily focused on forward-looking guidance from company leadership to measure their ability to navigate the next few months.

The Japan deal came on the heels of two other deals with Indonesia and the Philippines. The Indonesia deal alone increases the Indonesia tariff payments from last year's $1 billion to just over $7 billion.

The strength of the market proves yet again that the fundamentals of the U.S. economy and corporate America can withstand a lot.

There has been no shortage of market challenges in the first half of this year.

In February 2022, just a few days after telling the U.S. government that it would stop sharing sensitive technology with its Chinese partners linked to the Chinese military...

Despite May's reputation for negative performance, the past May saw U.S. stocks experience strong gains.

Investors and retailers worldwide received some encouraging news following the recent meeting between the U.S. and China.

The industry's “Big 4” S&P 500 Homebuilding Index (D.R. Horton, Lennar Corp, PulteGroup Inc., and NVR Inc.) has seen its stocks drop 34% from its October 2024 peak...

That wasn’t a normal April market. Historically, April is one of the top three performing months on the calendar, but this month’s returns ran into a wall of tariff concerns.

There seems to be a lot of investor nervousness. Though I have only received one call from my own clients, I have received numerous calls from nervous investors who invest elsewhere.

Though U.S. stock markets entered the year with near all-time highs, they suffered losses in the first quarter ending March 31st.

The event that has put international bonds back into focus is Germany’s recent decision to change its government's economic policy...

Wall Street’s fear gauge, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), an options-based indicator, suddenly spiked to 24, up from this year's low of 14

U.S. stocks are big and have a great track record, but they are expensive when you compare the S&P 500 valuations...

The latest inflation numbers showed inflation went up 3% in January from December. Egg prices increased over 15% from December to January..

The 119th Congress is only a month in, but there has been more activity in that month than usually happens in a year. They have several...

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Earnings season is underway, and we are learning how corporations performed last quarter. During this earning season...