Trading Places This week in 1983, the hit film Trading Places was released in theaters. Forty years later, financial markets may be preparing for [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Crypto Markets Slump as SEC Regulatory Crackdown Spooks Investors [Yahoo/Bloomberg] New York and East Coast Get Reprieve From Smoke [...]

Not surprisingly, considering the March banking crisis, Non-Financial Debt (NFD) growth was tepid for the second straight quarter. At a 3.50% rate, [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Tesla Climbs on GM Pact; US Stocks Drift: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steady This Week as Demand Concern Counters Saudi [...]

This week we review the price movements of gold, silver, platinum, stocks, and dollar. Are we back to the usual summer seasonal trading activity? The [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Waver in Cautious Trading as Tech Falters: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds Everywhere Are Suffering as Rate-Hike Fears [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Waver With S&P 500 on Edge of Milestone: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Turkish lira drops 7%, signalling move towards free [...]

Looming Recession Does Not Support Current Market Chances of June Rate Hike Drop From 70% To 30% The Two P’s Of Investing: Preserve First, [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Apple Declines, Oil Retreat Drags Stocks Lower: Markets Wrap [Reuters] World stocks tread water as traders eye Fed pause prospects [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Climbs on Saudi Cut While US Stocks Fluctuate: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil rises on Saudi plan to deepen output cuts from July [...]

Complexity is fascinating to study and mesmerizing to watch. Whether it’s a sidewinder moving across the sand, a strand of DNA, the movement of the [...]

“May you live in interesting times” is said to be an ancient Chinese curse. HAI doesn’t know about Chinese curses, but is certain that these [...]

[Reuters] Biden signs debt limit bill, avoiding U.S. default [Reuters] OPEC+ holds ‘difficult’ talks on cuts and quotas [Reuters] China [...]

[Reuters] OPEC+ begins meetings which may lead to further output cuts [Reuters] Analysis: Risk of US downgrade still on the cards despite debt deal [...]

It’s not a close call. If the Fed “Skips” policy tightening at the June 14th FOMC meeting, it will be yet another big policy mistake. The long [...]