Do the Right Thing This week, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva observed a critical change in the global fiscal tide. [...]

[AP] Solar storm hits Earth, producing colorful light shows across Northern Hemisphere [Reuters] Musk’s Starlink satellites disrupted by major solar [...]

A week after Chair Powell encouraged the markets to keep running, run they did. The KBW Bank Index jumped 2.7% this week, the DJIA 2.2%, the S&P400 Midcaps [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rally Pushes On With Fed Speakers in Focus: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold at more than two-week high on US rate-cut bets [...]

Here’s our weekly report on the price moves of precious metals for May 8. As of this recording, here is where precious metals stand: Gold is currently [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks, Bonds Slip as Traders Seek Fresh Impetus: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Ticks Higher as Traders Digest Mixed US Inventory [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stock Rally Hits Wall After Earnings Disappoint: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Dollar gains ground; subdued yen prompts Japan warning [...]

Can This Be Called Another Powell Pivot? Chinese Selling Of U.S. Treasuries To Buy Gold Cannot Be Ignored FED “Slows” Tightening Instead of Cutting [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain on Bank Earnings, Rate Cut Optimism: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Bond Rally Faces Supply Test as US Refunding Kicks Off [...]

Mental illness is real, and it’s an unmitigated horror. Those who suffer from it and those who love and/or care for them can attest to the over-the-top level [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rally as Confidence in Fed Wagers Grows: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Wipes Out Friday’s Gain as Market Focus Returns to Yield [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yellen Counsels Caution on Currency Intervention After Yen Surge [Bloomberg] Souring Profit Outlooks Threaten S&P 500’s 20% Rally [...]

Stagflationary Winds Last week, HAI noted this author’s suspicion that inflation will not be the dominant driver of Fed policy. Instead, signs of a weakening [...]

[AP] Egypt media cite progress in truce talks as Israel downplays chances of end to war with Hamas [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bond Market Parties On as Jobs Data Revive [...]

The Japanese yen (dollar/yen) traded Monday to 160.17, the first time above 160 since April 1990. The yen rallied to 154.54 after purported intervention. The [...]