Inflation slowed down in March but underlying inflationary pressures are still alive. The BoJ’s pause at its next week’s meeting is widely expected but markets will pay more attention to the BoJ’s quarterly outlook report.

In this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day's trading in various SPDR-ETF markets for the trading day that ended, Thursday, April 18.

More young people are going into the construction trades. That’s good news for the economy and for many of the people donning a hard hat and tool belt. But the industry contains risks that everyone in it must understand to live comfortably.

The second wave correction is likely to go down to test the 0.356 level before rising again in the third wave. Therefore, the overall picture is a short-term pullback to continue rising. Wait for the correction to complete to rejoin the trend.

Our top-ranked Dividend Aristocrats today is industrial manufacturing giant MMM, which has a 5.4% dividend yield, and attractive total return potential. The firm sells more than 60,000 products in more than 200 countries.

Dream Finders Homes, The Gap, and Sterling Infrastructure are examples of stocks that investors may want to get their hands on following a market correction.

With the electorate exceeding 969 million people, including 18 million first-time voters, this election is not just a domestic event but a globally significant phenomenon.

Oil prices have surged early morning Friday with unconfirmed reports of explosions in the Middle East. Meanwhile, cocoa prices hit new record highs after robust grinding data.

It’s late, but market action compels me to do a post. Thanks to what is apparently a massive attack from Israel against Iraq and Syria, the S&P 500 futures are collapsing.

In this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day's trading in the gold and other relevant metal markets.

The short-term Elliott Wave view in EURUSD suggests that the cycle from 12.28.2023 high is in progress as a zigzag Elliott Wave structure. Down from 12.28.2023 high, wave A ended at 1.0694, and the rally in wave B ended at 1.098.

WH Group Ltd is a holding company and the world’s largest vertically integrated producer of pork and related packaged meat products. Over the past year, WH Group’s share price rose about 21% from $11.46 to $13.88 as of Thursday’s market close.

Gold price surges to nearly $2,410 per troy ounce during the Asian session on Friday.

Western Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $85.00 on Friday. The black gold gained traction on the day amid the escalating tension between Israel and Iran.

Decades of negative interest rate policy in Japan have ended. That could mean the end of the $20 trillion “yen carry trade,” once one of the most popular trades on foreign exchange markets, and a chain reaction in the global economy.

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

The Aussie Dollar is on the defensive against the US Dollar, as Friday’s Asian session commences. On Thursday, the antipodean clocked losses of 0.21% against its counterpart, driven by Fed officials emphasizing they’re in no rush to ease policy.

In this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Thursday, April 18.

Total money-market fund assets plunged by $112BN in the last week as Tax-Day demands took the total assets below $6 Trillion for the first time since January (to $5.97 Trillion).

Russell 2000 index did record a loss, and volume was confirmed as distribution, but I would be a little more optimistic going forward; albeit, a test of the 200-day MA remains favored.