Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to our MWM clients and all HAI readers. With holiday festivities fully ramped-up, HAI will just offer prices for this week. [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Fluctuate as Traders Parse Data: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Stocks eye double-digit losses for 2022 as recession looms [...]

For the Week: The S&P500 slipped 0.2% (down 19.3% y-t-d), while the Dow increased 0.9% (down 8.6%). The Utilities rallied 1.5% (down 1.8%). The Banks [...]

This week we review the price movement of gold, the US Dollar Index, Silver, Platinum, and stocks. As investors reach the end of 2022, we explore what could be [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Fall as Micron Outlook Saps Confidence: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Global stock rally fades as recession worries linger [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise, Bonds Calm as Japan Yield Panic Ebbs: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises Again on US Stockpile Decline and Broad Market [...]

The Mythos of Russian Identity Tied to Putin’s Power Did Putin’s Attack Solidify Ukrainian Identity? Will The War In Ukraine Ultimately Dethrone [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ Yield Pivot Rips Across Global Stocks, Bonds: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Surges as Kuroda’s Yield Cap Shock Sparks [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Make Recovery Bid on Peak Inflation Hopes: Market Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese Stocks Slump as Covid Woes Outweigh Policy Push [...]

[Reuters] Streets deserted in China’s cities as new COVID surge looms [CNBC] How Sam Bankman-Fried swindled $8 billion in customer money, according to [...]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead: U.S. bank stocks falter as recession worries take hold [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Charting the Global Economy: Fed, ECB and BOE Slow Rate [...]

Anatomy of a Yard Sale This Friday was a festive one at the McAlvany offices in Durango. A holiday decorating competition inspired impressive efforts along [...]

Interesting week. The FOMC statement and “dot plot” were viewed as somewhat more hawkish than expected. In his press conference, it was a solid “Balanced [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Equity Selloff Deepens as Recession Fears Grow: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Stock, bonds stung by hawkish central banks [Reuters] Oil falls, still [...]

This week we review the price movement of gold and silver, while also viewing the market reaction to the latest hawkish fed talk and action. The dollar has [...]