e revisits the history—and present risk—of hyperinflation.

The rebellion in Iran is firmly within its second week as it continues to unfold. The Venezuelan leadership crisis remains unclear. And the price of WTI Crude Oil is above 58.000 USD rather comfortably.

Traditionally, precious metals and equities moved in opposite directions, providing a natural hedge for portfolios. However, the market dynamics of 2024 and 2025 completely rewrote the rulebook.

Everybody in the world is watching the precious metals markets at the moment, and gold, of course, continues to attract a lot of interest.

NYSE rules limit tickers to three letters, while Nasdaq allows up to five, yet not all companies make imaginative use of the space.

Analysis of federal debt held by the public shows Trump’s first and second terms added substantially more debt than the Biden years through 2025, with recent quarters seeing significant increases relative to GDP.

Silver has been doing fantastically well. Here are some very long-term ratio charts to suggest how that trend should continue for quite some time.

After nearly three decades of working together, Amazon is ending its delivery relationship with the United States Postal Service, a move that significantly alters how packages are moved across the country, according to MSN.

On this week's podcast, I provide the Elliott Wave Weekly Update for the Nasdaq 100, analyzing the market's progression through various waves and discussing Fibonacci levels and potential resistance points.

We break down the explosive start to 2026 for precious metals after a historic 2025.

Six trading days into 2026 find Gold having already netted a year-to-date gain of +4.3% and Silver +12.4%.

Market action remains choppy as liquidity stays tight and volatility sinks to multi-year lows. Tech leaders are stalled, correlations are extremely low, and earnings season plus rate pressures could spark sudden volatility.

On Friday Meta announced big deals with 3 nuclear energy providers. One is private, one I shorted into strength, and the third I had a very silly reason for not taking a position.

Here's what I'm anticipating from upcoming data releases.

Equity bulls are doing their utmost to nullify the potentially bearish candles of November and December.

The massive success of Amazon has created a paradigm shift in value investing.

One way to mitigate sequence of return risk is to set aside cash but another one is to figure out how to get by without pulling from an account if your retirement date turns out to be unlucky timing.

On credit card and food price gouging, Trump is carrying out Elizabeth Warren and AOC policy mandates.

Stocks are not all moving in sync, and instead, there is a considerable amount of rotation from one sector to another. So, by necessity, I am de-emphasizing the short-term trend in my trading.

The markets are approaching a historic "Make-or-Break" moment.