The stock market continued its October rebound with a decisive move higher this week.

The NBA is embroiled in a huge gambling scandal. It’s not at all surprising. What’s actually surprising is that anyone got caught.

Since the start of the year, PLTR stock has gained over 144%, obliterating the competition. It’s also fared reasonably well amid recent market jitters.

AWS has helped transform Amazon into an economic and technology giant. It also provides a strong foundation for rapid AI growth.

Technical analysis of gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

Risk assets rallied today when the inflation data this morning was seen as benign.

Gold miners’ stocks were just slammed sharply lower as high-flying gold started wobbling. Gold stocks’ great leverage to gold is a double-edged sword, amplifying rallies and selloffs alike.

Key support is seen at 0.7873 and yearly trough at 0.7829.

Someone is buying back-month volatility very quietly in the backdrop. They're not buying short-term protection that everyone would notice. They're positioning 84 days out where most traders won't detect it.

Abercrombie & Fitch is a global specialty retailer offering casual apparel and accessories under the Abercrombie, Hollister, and Gilly Hicks brands.

The rally pushed AMD’s market capitalization to $400 billion for the first time, marking another milestone in the company’s remarkable 2025 performance.

The major European stock markets had a mixed day today.

Stocks stuck the landing today, finishing strong into the weekend. The Dow closed above 47,000 for the first time ever this afternoon, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq scored record closes of their own.

The annual dividend is currently $1.56 per share, translating to a yield of 11.5%. However, Ellington Financial has a volatile dividend history, with cuts and subsequent increases.

The Federal Reserve is expected to respond with another 25bp interest rate cut on Wednesday, and could also bring QT to a conclusion.

Unless the world is ending (with stocks taking an epic crash), gold will be going much higher in a new macro very unlike the one that ended in 2022.

While Target struggles with declining sales, layoffs and a weakened brand strategy, Walmart entrenches its retail dominance.

This report is very late. But it’s accurate to the normal extent of BLS accuracy (which isn’t saying much) because the data was already collected before the government shutdown began.

Today’s reaction is more about stock traders using today’s good news on inflation as an excuse to continue the rally that was already in place than about the ratification of future rate cuts.

Q3 earnings are still looking very healthy now that 30% of the S&P 500 index has reported results.