The Fed, The Data, and The Friday Shake-up
Welcome to the middle of December. Usually, this is the time when trading desks grow quiet, volumes thin out, and everyone mentally checks out for the holidays. However, 2025 has decided to keep us on our toes until the very last second....
Data Blackout: When the Fed Loses Its Compass
When the world’s most influential central bank is flying blind, investors start reaching for their own maps. With the U.S. government shutdown halting critical releases from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and CPI reports, the Federal Reserve is left making policy decisions...
Inflation vs. Tariffs: Who’s Really Moving the Market?
Markets are entering the new week facing a familiar double-whammy: inflation numbers on one side and political unpredictability on the other. While Wall Street has long been glued to CPI prints and Fed policy cues, this time, trade deals and tariff tweaks...
When the Market Hopes, and the Fed Holds Back
Investors love a good narrative, and this week’s features Jerome Powell as the reluctant protagonist in a drama driven by market optimism and presidential pressure. With the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 6–7, many are hoping for fireworks, but...
Gold had fallen out of favor for many investors since war broke out in Ukraine.
Spot prices for gold ran as high as $2,066 in March 2022 before plummeting over 20% down to $1,630 in October of the same year.
Many investors switched to other assets like cryptocurrencies in search of...
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...
Markets Cool as Rates Rise and Powell Speaks
After the post-election rally set U.S. stocks soaring, the market hit a speed bump last week. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reminded investors on Thursday that rate cuts aren’t a given, injecting caution into a market that had been buoyant since Donald...
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)...
