Reports that the US and Russia are working on a peace plan for Ukraine put downward pressure on oil and European gas prices yesterday

It was a volatile trading session today, with the S&P 500 finishing up about 40 basis points. Nvidia id its usual song and dance with the beat-and-raise routine it trots out every quarter.

Gold price (XAU/USD) attracts some buyers to around $4,110 during the early Asian session on Thursday.

​​​​​​​Nvidia just blew out earnings. The stock rallied hard. Were you a bull or a bear? Did you buy calls or puts? From my perspective, your bias doesn’t matter. This isn’t about taking risks…it’s about taking calculated risks.

GBP/USD caught a fresh round of bearish pressure on Wednesday, falling around two-thirds of one percent into the 1.3060 region.

Walmart is scheduled to report results of its third quarter before the market open on Thursday, November 20.

EUR/USD drops as December Fed cut odds fall from 42% to 33% after hawkish FOMC minutes.

As wealth concentrates in the richest 10 percent, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.

A broad sell-off has raised concerns among investors, and analysts see macroeconomic factors as key to what happens next.

We have gone from a 94 percent chance of a cut less than a month ago to 33 percent today.

The Treasury market has chosen to trade quite heavy through the "driving through the fog" period, typically being more responsive to firm data than to weak data.

A large tranche of deep out-of-the-money Alphabet, Inc. call options that expire in over a year and a half highlights the underlying value of Alphabet stock.

Even after Nvidia reported, volatility futures barely budged. The market expected this earnings catalyst to drain the tension. It didn't happen.

The AI chip powerhouse reported $1.30 in adjusted earnings per share (EPS) on $57 billion in revenue, up 63% YoY.

Open interest in BTC futures fell 19% in 12 hours during the selloff.

Nvidia just saved the possibility of a Christmas rally.

Stocks were a scattered bunch for most of the day, but finished strong across the board.

The U.S. solvency crisis has shifted from fringe discussion to mainstream reality, and it is now the defining threat to financial markets.

Standard deviation is an important financial metric that investors should familiarize themselves with, when purchasing individual stocks.

The good news is that the steps needed to solve the affordability crisis do not require more government spending. All that’s needed are cuts.