Gold Futures Rally Amid Fiscal Concerns and Safe-Haven Demand Gold futures are trading 1.9% higher so far in 2025, with prices reaching a four-week high on Thursday. This surge comes despite typically adverse conditions, including a stronger U.S. dollar and rising Treasury yields, as investors seek refuge from growing fiscal...
The Santa Claus Rally, known for the S&P 500 (SPX) tendency to rise during the final five trading days of a year and the first two of the new year, failed to materialize this time, with the index dropping 0.53%. In contrast, the first-five-days indicator offered a more positive outlook,...
Beware When Market Timers Stay Bullish After a Sharp Downturn Recent shifts in market sentiment underscore a critical lesson for investors: sustained bullishness after a market downturn can be a red flag. In early December, stock-market timers exhibited extraordinary optimism, with the Hulbert Stock Newsletter Sentiment Index (HSNSI) reaching a...
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook issued a stark warning on Monday about risks in the financial market, delivering one of the most candid assessments from a central bank official in recent years. Cook stated that “valuations are elevated in a number of asset classes, including equity and corporate debt markets,...
Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist? Try This Market Investing Test Investing like Warren Buffett doesn’t have to be overly complex. His tried-and-true approach is simple: buy shares of well-run, undervalued companies and hold them for decades. However, there’s a less-discussed element to his success: his optimistic outlook. Buffett’s...
The S&P 500 experienced a historically poor market close to 2024, according to Bespoke Investment Group, ending an otherwise strong year on a downbeat note. U.S. stocks stumbled into 2025, with the S&P 500 SPX -0.22% slipping 0.2% during Thursday’s opening trading session of the new year. This followed a...
