The S&P 500 index has been experiencing a lot of volatility since Wednesday-Thursday. Investors are waiting for key quarterly earnings releases from big techs this week, and the Fed release on Wednesday, among others.

McDonald’s reported earnings early Monday morning and the results suggest the economy is rolling over into recession.

The past week’s US market reactions saw some early week strength on concerns about oversold nature of the corn and soybean markets when the weekly commitment of traders’ report was released over the weekend.

It’s a bigger earnings week and already the estimates for Q2 earnings growth have slipped from 10.1% to 8% after about 35% (175) of the S&P 500 has reported (and most of the big ones) so far.

Due to waning housing affordability, a growing number of Americans continue to live with their parents into adulthood.

Cryptocurrency is in an upbeat mood as Bitcoin trades higher on the day. BTC is hovering near the $70,000 mark as the community digests former US President Donald Trump’s speech at Bitcoin 2024.

In the first five months of the year, copper prices rose by 38% as inflation stagnated, worrying the Fed that it could start a new upward trend.

The Nasdaq 100 is down three weeks in a row, even as the Russell 2000 is up three weeks in a row. Amidst this, the ratio between the two is approaching a crucial retest.