When the Numbers Don’t Add Up This week’s investing puzzle just got more complicated, and it’s not just inflation, jobs, or rates. It’s whether the data we’re using to make decisions is even reliable in the first place. That’s right. U.S. economic data, long considered the gold standard, is now under...
Over the past 2 years Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been hammered as investors headed toward the exits. Major brokers were in flux in 2022 when Binance refused to buy out Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange. Some experts warned that Bitcoin could fall as low as $9,000. Simply put, the Bitcoin...
Strong Earnings Are No Longer Enough The investment community just watched one of the market’s most compelling narratives hit a significant speed bump. Nvidia, the undisputed kingmaker of the artificial intelligence boom, delivered an earnings report that was, by all accounts, extraordinarily good.  Yet, the market’s reaction was anything but celebratory,...
In the latest financial quarter, Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR) has surpassed Wall Street forecasts, marking a significant achievement for the multinational fast-food holding company. Fueled by an unexpected surge in Tim Hortons' sales, Restaurant Brands reported earnings and revenue that not only exceeded analysts' anticipations but also highlighted...
Bitcoin has been surging lately. The cryptocurrency has rallied nearly 70% from $26,000 in October to recent highs of $44,000. The popular cryptocurrency still has a way to go to get back to its historic price level of nearly $69,000, set in November 2021.  It appears that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies...
Big Pharma companies have built empires out of human pain without managing to come close to addressing the number one cause of disability in the world: Depression, a disease that costs the economy a trillion dollars in lost production every year.  But while Big Pharma is turning over billions in...
Throughout the entire month of September, Bitcoin had been traveling in a lazy sideways channel, bouncing between a floor of 25150 and a high of 28000. Throughout September, the 200 Simple Moving Average(SMA, shown in red below) held up as a strong level if resistance, keeping Bitcoin from rallying. Then...
Bullish and Bloated? Why Stocks Are Flying and What Might Bring Them Back Down It’s official — the S&P 500 and Dow have wiped out their 2025 losses in dramatic fashion. Just a few weeks ago, markets were bogged down by trade tensions and bearish expectations. Today? They're buoyed by...
Welcome to this week's edition of The Market Pulse, where we look into the most pressing trends and pivotal moments right now in the markets. This week, we're poised on the edge of a potential major shift in the market dynamics. With economic data taking center stage, the spotlight...
With global demand rising for Lithium, Chile is positioning itself as the dominant market leader in the mining and distribution of the critical component for the EV battery movement. The government of Chile announced in April that it planned to nationalize its lithium industry, following a move made previously in...