Markets took another tumble today out of the gate. The major indices fought back and closed near session highs, but still well-off breakeven.

In this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day's trading in various SPDR-ETF markets for the trading day that ended, Thursday, April 25.

After blowout earnings from Google and excellent earnings from Microsoft Thursday afternoon, the market is going to gap up at Friday’s open. The question is: What happens after that?

BoJ policy decision today. Singapore releases industrial production data. US core PCE inflation tonight.

GDP numbers came as a surprise on a lot of different metrics. The annualized rate of change on the quarter-over-quarter basis came in much lower than expected.

Earnings are out, and markets are ripping higher! Anytime I see a big short squeeze like this, there are (2) “squeeze” trades I look for tomorrow… the 2nd one is my favorite!

I want to start with a quote from Bernard Baroo, one of the most famous investors of all time and he said that he made a fortune by selling too soon. So I'm going to apply this to the metals market right now.

XP Inc. is a Cayman Island-based technology-driven financial services platform. It provides low-fee financial products and services in Brazil. Over the past year, XP’s share price rose about 49.7% from $13.73 to $20.55 as of Thursday’s market close.

In this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Thursday, April 25.

Over the past year, Patria’s share price fell about 9% from $15.36 to $13.95 as of Wednesday’s market close.

The USD/CAD pair extends its downside near 1.3655 on Friday during the early Asian session. The decline of the US Dollar (USD) to the two-week lows around the mid-105.00s exerts some selling pressure on the pair.

EUR/USD whipsawed somewhat on Thursday, and the pair is heading into Friday's early session near 1.0730 after a back-and-forth session and complicated US data that vexed rate cut hopes.

Last night I was feeling very left behind since the QQQs were plunging, and I was sitting around with IWM puts. I’m pleased to be “left out” tonight because tech stocks are going insane.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that seasonally adjusted U.S. real GDP grew at a 1.6% annual rate in the first quarter.

On April 1st, the state instituted a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, the highest in the US. With California’s absurdly high cost of living, the policy appeared to make life more manageable for low-income residents.

Global equities had a strong start to the year as economic resilience and diminishing recession fears boosted risky assets overall.

Microsoft (MSFT) & Alphabet (GOOGL) produced solid earnings reports sending both stocks higher after the close which in turn pushed the NQ and ES higher.

Etsy is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2024 results on May 1.

Gold and silver held a little bounce higher. The Dollar dropped.

Unless the BoJ throws caution to the wind and yanks a rate hike rabbit out of the hat tomorrow or pulls the trigger on intervention, this could be a painfully expensive experience for reversion traders