In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the current state of financial markets as of December 23, 2025, highlighting the "Santa Claus rally" in stocks despite a slight decline in evening trading.

The chart highlights palladium completing a long base and rounding bottom, followed by a sharp upside breakout toward key Fibonacci resistance levels—suggesting a powerful trend reversal and strengthening momentum after years of consolidation.

Silver prolongs its well-established uptrend through the Asian session on Wednesday and continues scaling new record highs for the fourth consecutive day.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that seasonally adjusted US real GDP grew at a 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter. That is somewhat higher than both the historical average growth and the value anticipated by many forecasters.