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Anyone who’s been watching stocks for the past few days knows that it’s starting to look scary out there. In my review at the beginning of the week, I said we could be in for a rough ride if the S&P 500 breaks below a key support level at 4200, and guess what? It did. […]

This one chart pattern contains the potential for steady, consistent gains.

Markets have been all over the place this week, especially yesterday, as the S&P 500 broke below the critical support level of 4200 and has continued to drift lower. But looking at individual stocks paints a much more complicated picture, with some sectors staying the course, others taking a serious hit, and others coming out […]

A new Bitcoin ETF is around the corner… and the price of Bitcoin has spiked. Is it too late to buy?

The Leading Economic Index gives us some insight into where the economy is headed. And things don’t look good.

Folks would rather be told what to do than think for themselves and make the right decisions. But that’s the only way to build wealth.

I’ve been talking for a while now about how the bond market influences the stock market, and we’re likely going to get an object lesson in that this week. With Treasury yields having climbed north of 5% before settling back down just under that today, we’re seeing some serious pain for bonds, given that those […]

This backdoor AI play is in the heart of Silicon Valley… and it’s perfectly positioned to benefit from the boom in AI.

No one’s saying that rising rates will lead to a “Lehman Moment” the way falling home prices sunk subprime bets, obliterated Lehman Brothers, and days later, imploded global banks and economies. But I’m not no one. The argument against rapidly rising rates today being anything like the needle that pierced the subprime bubble has it […]

A Defense Intelligence Agency veteran warns Joel that things are going off the rails… and describes how to prepare.