For the Week: The S&P500 slipped 0.4% (up 10.6% y-t-d), and the Dow declined 0.5% (up 11.8%). The Utilities added 0.4% (up 4.7%). The Banks fell [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Rise on Optimism Over Economy: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Heads for Third Weekly Gain on Inflation Concerns [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Mixed After Jobs Data; Oil Declines: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Near Four-Month High as Fed Signals Taper Talk [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Drop on Inflation Concern: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Global Markets – Crypto crash deepens, stocks slip [Reuters] [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Rise as Dollar Retreats: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Dollar slumps to multi-month lows as expectations of flat rates cement [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Drop With Europe; Gold Climbs: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Hits Three-Month High as Speculators Increase [...]

[Reuters] Job fears, price spikes mean heartburn for Biden White House as economy revs up [Dow Jones] Central Banks Jump Into Climate-Change Policy [...]

[Reuters] Massive replenishment begins to ease U.S. fuel shortages [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Biden Aides See Political, Not Economic, Peril in Inflation Data [...]

A big week on the inflation front. April CPI was reported up 0.8% versus estimates of 0.2%. And while the 4.2% y-o-y increase was partly a function [...]

Rising Tension Despite a strong annualized Q1 GDP of 6.4%, expectations for an even stronger Q2 number, and an economic recovery that is widely [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Gain as Inflation Fears Ebb: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Gold rises as dollar retreats after Fed downplays inflation fears [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Gain After Jobless Claims, PPI: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Europe flattened by snowballing global correction [...]