A Barron’s article last December encouraged readers to “embrace the bubble” in stocks, and prepare for another banner S&P 500 year in 2025. [...]

The Foothills of Gold’s Eventual Everest The main event in markets this week was news that an obscure Chinese start-up artificial intelligence (AI) [...]

Expectations for a Messy Stretch This week, HAI would like to join millions of others in welcoming Donald J. Trump back to the White House. He will [...]

Good for Gold This was another interesting week in the wild world of Wall Street. The big market-moving news surrounded Wednesday’s release of [...]

A Very Interesting Set-Up This week the S&P 500 closed at its lowest level since November 5th. The slide lower in the S&P has now given back [...]

2025—No Room for Error Since the Fed started its latest rate-cutting cycle in mid-September, the results haven’t exactly fallen in line with the [...]

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas everyone! If you celebrate the 12 days thereof, you might be due for some calling birds today. HAI adds its [...]

Merry Christmas to All! This week was a wild one on Wall Street. The main event was a Wednesday bomb-drop by Jay Powell and the Federal Open Market [...]

Risks and Opportunities The tech giants who’ve made 2024 “magnificent” aren’t letting up as the year winds down. The Nasdaq 100 (the [...]

Great Expectations—and the Thinnest of Thin Ice The raucous party on Wall Street continued to rage this week with another 0.96% S&P 500 gain to [...]

Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day! With Thanksgiving family frivolity in high gear, HAI will be extremely brief this week. Perhaps the ultimate highlight [...]

Just Prices from the NOIC This week HAI is just prices. This author is blessed to be along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River in New Orleans, [...]