Real estate thought it was going to breeze through the pandemic while it watched travel, retail and service industries plunge into COVID uncertainty, and while the industry isn’t crumbling, a visible slowdown will have to prompt change.
The Spring 2020 real estate shopping season was pretty much a wash. Newly...
The Return of the Commodities Supercycle
Welcome to the second full week of 2026, and if you thought the markets were going to ease into the new year with a gentle stretch and a yawn, you were sorely mistaken. We are seeing a mix of old-school geopolitical tension and new-age...
September is here, and with it, investors’ concerns about whether the Federal Reserve has been slow to react to shifting economic conditions. The stock market stumbled this week, adding to a sense of uncertainty as the Fed prepares for its long-anticipated interest rate cut. But has the central bank...
In a surprise move that shocked global markets, Chile, which has about 40% of the world’s known lithium reserves, announced it was proposing a plan to nationaliize production of the rare earth metal - a key component in EV battery production.
Almost immediately, lithium mining stocks nose-dived. Albemarle Corp (ABM)...
The Rally Everyone Loves Until It Blinks
Just when you thought the markets couldn't climb any higher, they do. Major US indexes are printing fresh records, economic data is looking tame enough to keep the Fed at bay, and investors are basking in the glow of what feels like a...
This week’s The Market Pulse dives right into a brewing market storm. Remember those rosy "soft landing" scenarios? Citigroup just threw a bucket of cold water on that optimism, predicting a hard economic landing instead. They even foresee a dramatic Fed reversal with multiple rate cuts this year –...
Markets Brace for Trump 2.0: Policy Moves and Uncertainty Ahead
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Market Pulse, with Donald Trump officially stepping into his second term as President of the United States, the global markets are watching closely. From proposed tariffs on Mexico and China to deregulation plans...
When Containment Breaks
Markets don’t just react to headlines anymore. They calculate probabilities. But every now and then, something happens that breaks the model. This weekend, President Trump confirmed U.S. involvement in strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, shifting the equation from “maybe” to a real-time recalibration of risk. Crude oil...
Market optimism vs. hidden risks—get the full story.
Markets started the week on a positive note, but don’t get too comfortable—big questions remain. Investors have been closely watching economic signals, and JPMorgan warns that tariff uncertainty and economic turbulence may not have peaked yet. With Friday’s jobs data looming, traders...
When Good News Turns Sour
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Market Pulse, where we untangle intriguing trends in the markets now. What happens when positive economic surprises trigger market turbulence instead of optimism? This week, the spotlight is on the paradoxical market reaction to stronger-than-expected US jobs data....


























