A set of robust US jobs numbers yesterday prompted a hawkish Fed repricing, but failed to give a significant boost to the dollar.

The EURUSD price is attempting to break the current resistance zone at 1.1950 to gain traction and test the recent peak.

Total earnings for the 335 S&P 500 members that have reported Q4 results are up +12.9% from the same period last year on +8.9% higher revenues, with 76.4% beating EPS estimates and 71.9% beating revenue estimates.

In this video, I break down the charts of all three major ETFs and explain what this choppy price action really means and whether we should expect a breakout to the upside going forward.

The current market environment is characterized by a "bullish bias" on the hourly charts, with institutional focus shifting to bear traps and range rotations for the Thursday session.

The January 2026 jobs report is under fire as "nonsense" following a 1-million-job downward revision for 2025. Critics argue that the reported +130k gain is a mirage, masking a late-2025 loss of 45,000 jobs.

In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the financial markets' response to a surprising jobs report, which showed 130,000 new jobs compared to the expected 50,000 to 70,000...

For all of 2025, less than 200,000 jobs were added. Even with this month’s good report, the 12 month increase was only 359,000 jobs, or an average of 30,000 per month.

​​​​​​​Silver attracts some sellers during the Asian session on Thursday and reverses a major part of the previous day's gains to the $86.30 area, or the weekly high.

Traders are gaining on bearish bets as a tech sell-off hits Wall Street. Following cautious Q1 2026 guidance, UBER is down 12% this month, making its June puts a top performer with 70% profit.

Gold price trades in positive territory near $5,060 during the early Asian session on Thursday. The precious metal edges higher despite stronger-than-expected US employment data.

The S&P 500 rallied to start the day, rising about 50 to 60 basis points at its intraday high, but those gains faded as the implied volatility crush largely ran its course.

What is really fueling inflation?

On 30 January, Monolithic Power Systems increased its dividend by 28.21%, from $1.56 to $2.00 per share.

The current level of deficits, and those projected for the next decade, are higher than any years except for the spikes during the Great Recession of 2007-09 and the Covid recession.

Manufacturing employment has not rebounded, and the drop accelerated post-“Liberation Day”.

The S&P 500 traded 1.3 million contracts today and went nowhere. That volume on a flat day should concern you.

If stocks fall in a liquidation panic, then most likely everything will get sold for a time. If it is a currency panic, then some assets might do exceptionally well.

The 12% yield is attractive, but by no means can it be considered safe.

Silver has delivered both excitement and anxiety— surging higher in a volatile run and then stunning traders with a dramatic one-day selloff.