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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to announce three new iPhones today at its annual September product launch. There are limited expectations on many upgrades for the new phones and none will have the key 5G technology that many users are anxiously waiting on. Apple stock matters for the...

Stocks are extending their gains this morning after China's Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that the leaders of the U.S. and Chinese trade talks held a phone call in the morning and agreed to meet in early October for another round of negotiations. Bonds are falling with the inverse rates...

A new set of tariffs and the market gives back last week’s advance. Some of the Chinese goods subject to fresh 15% U.S. tariffs that took effect over the weekend include apparel, footwear, consumer electronics and toys. China slapped some tariffs of its own on American goods and also filed a...

There’s going to be some attention this morning directed towards the U.S. Dollar with the new high for the year to start the week. The futures (/DX) and the index ($DXY) are now above 99 – levels we haven’t seen since the spring of 2017 – and the move up is in-line with the...

In the last trading session before a U.S.-holiday weekend, investors appear to be optimistic a day after some of the trade tensions between China and the United States seemed to thaw a little. With the trade war between the world’s two largest economies arguably the single biggest thing on...

The “three horsemen of risk”—bonds, volatility, and gold—all galloped late last week as investors ran for perceived safety. With a new week underway, the question is whether that so-called “flight to safety” will continue. To monitor how cautious people feel,...

As we head into the last week of August, many traders are sitting around wondering what happened to the dog days of summer. Last week, the S&P 500 closed lower for the fourth week in a row after posting new all-time highs in July. This summer, we’ve seen volatility hold elevated levels as...

U.S. equities have rebounded as investors seek clarity from Jay Powell’s Speech at Jackson Hole this morning. The narrative this week has focused on whether or not the Fed is willing to “prop up” the economy in the event of a downturn, along with pressure from Donald Trump calling...

Did we mention how the consumer is king? It’s worth beating that drum again after more evidence rolled in Wednesday from Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) and Lowe’s Corporation, Inc. (NYSE: LOW). Both big-box stores surpassed the Street’s estimates, reinforcing how resilient the U.S...

While you can expect trading algorithms to give their usual lightning-fast take of today's Fed minutes in the immediate moment of the document's release, the rest of us may be better off glancing at the SparkNotes version. Which should read something like this: "guys, give us a minute...

In the quest for a “home run” investing or trading strategy, there sometimes can be value in playing “small ball.” That’s one early-innings takeaway from CME Group’s (CME) new Micro E-mini equity index futures, which have posted robust trading volume since the...

U.S. Treasury yields rose sharply on Monday after a difficult week for stocks and bonds, which on Wednesday sent what many see as a recession signal when the spread between the 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields inverted. The Yield Curve has steepened over the last two sessions and stocks have...

With just two weeks left in the month of August, the markets remain volatile relative to what you’d expect to see this time of year. With everything from U.S./China trade talks ongoing, central banks cutting rates, and the yield curve inverting, we still have yet to get the lull in the action...

Cool mountain breezes blow later this week as central bank officials from around the world gather for their annual symposium in the Tetons. That—along with more retail earnings and more interest rate jitters—is likely to dominate financial news after two wild weeks on Wall Street....

Yesterday, an actor friend of mine brought up the impending recession (his words), and loosely related it to “something to do with bonds”. I find it funny what financial news makes it outside of the usual bubble. It’s a good indication that someone has hit the panic button. The...