News and Analysis

Last week, high spirits made it back to Wall Street. Options trading boomed, led by call trading. Market breadth widened out, disproving a bearish theory that the rally lacked...

If you want a read on just how strong consumer spending is, look no further than the Eras tour. Taylor Swift is selling out football stadiums, maxing out hotel capacities, and...

Through smart planning and research from eToro, the ‘Bride Squad’ can pull off an unforgettable (and cost effective) trip Expenses associated with bachelorette trips like...

Wall Street has finally put a label on this eight-month-old stock rally: a bull market. It’s true. The S&P 500 has risen 20% from its October trough, which fits the classic...

Pass the stock market a mint, because it has some bad breadth. Hygiene jokes aside, fewer stocks are pushing prices higher these days, even though the market itself seems to be...

A lot has been said about AI’s potential over the past several months. According to some headlines I’ve seen, ChatGPT could write our emails, manage our money, read our minds,...

What you invest in these days may not just depend on your opinion of the economy, the Fed, or the debt ceiling. Instead, it may be all about your timeframe. Often, when I...

The debt ceiling drama is heating up.  We’re now weeks away from the US potentially defaulting on its debt — an unprecedented event that could cause mass unemployment and...

The Consumer Price Index is the most-watched economic report on US inflation. We get updates on it around the middle of every month. On Wednesday, we’ll get April’s report of...

There seems to be one common thread weaving through all the issues the markets care about: debt. The Fed is trying to control the economy with it, politicians are arguing over...