Yesterday, the BLS released a little-read jobs report that shows reported jobs in 2023 may be wildly overstated. In turn, that means GDP is likely overstated as well.

In the wake of these reports and the minimal damage to the overall market today after Meta’s faceplant, the bulls are likely feeling pretty good about things.

Intelligent Bio Solutions is a medical technology company developing and commercializing innovative, intelligent, rapid, noninvasive testing solutions.

Bonds, banks, and builders are working together right now, after a fashion, and if we play it correctly, there’s more upside in it for us.

The major European stock markets had a mixed day today.

Google stock is up close to 15% following its Q1 earnings report.

​​​​​​​Cocoa futures prices have rallied sharply over the past year. And the rally has really heated up over the past 3 months.

Stocks finished deep in the red today but as a small consolation prize, up off their session lows.

MSFT just reported better-than-expected revenues in Q3 of $61.86 billion (estimate $60.87 billion).

ADP provides a good combination of dividend growth and decent yield. Both payout and cash payout ratios are under control.

AMC Entertainment’s share price has collapsed hard this year.

A discussion on whether or not a recession will strike in 2024.

The 24Q1 Y/Y blended earnings growth estimate is -12.0%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for the index is -2.1%.

With the market now expecting less than 2 rate cuts this year -- perhaps none at all until next year according to Bank of America -- what does that mean for the economy?

Wall Street sees Q1 EPS 14c, revenue $12.78B.

Bullish sentiment has declined 17.9 percentage points since just four weeks ago when it hit 50%. That is the largest drop since December 2021 for any given four-week span.

Microsoft and Alphabet to report Q1 2024 earnings, focusing on AI investments. Stocks down amid broader market decline.

Soybeans and the products closed mixed yesterday with some selling from Brazil noted on the early rally attempt. Reports of great export demand in Brazil provide some support.

In the case of META, investors focused on two key negatives: lower second-quarter revenue guidance, and continued willingness to spend on areas like mixed reality and artificial intelligence.

Robust gold buying has driven the gold price premium for gold traded on the Shanghai Gold Exchange to extremely high levels.