The current setup has some elements that might recall the run-up to the events that precipitated Volmaggedon, but there are crucial differences.

One needs to be concerned if a few players are dominating a market, but not with regard to the European ETF industry.

The ISM services index was a bit stronger than the Bloomberg consensus estimate of 52.1. Notably, 64 percent of respondents report increasing prices, up from 56.7 percent.

The technology sector is back in the groove and dominating the stock market rally once again this year.

​​​​​​​The bears had every opportunity to break the markets over the past few years. But the bears failed. The markets are back at all-time highs.

AI is the buzzword of the time, but it's not quite as buzzy (yet) as Bitcoin was several years ago.

Illinois Tool Works Inc. is a diversified manufacturer that operates a portfolio of 60 business units that serve industrial and consumer markets globally.

Nvidia has cornered the market, but AMD could yet take a chunk of it.

FCOJ closed sharply higher on follow-through buying and no real selling interest.

Recent strong GDP growth, combined with the Atlanta Fed’s current 4.2% RGDP estimate for Q1, suggests that trend growth might be stronger.

Silver investors often wonder why the miners sell their silver to the COMEX rather than going straight to the end user.

South American weather update, shows confidence with respect to Argentine rainfall during Feb 8-10; with central Brazilian forecast trends drier.

CBO projections of debt, normalized by GDP and potential GDP, from before December passage/signing (CBO June 2017) and after (April 2018).

The disconnect between very strong official economic data, such as non-farm payrolls and GDP growth, and third-party private data sources remains very wide.

​​​​​​​After last week's epic central bank/payrolls/QRA/earnings juggernaut, there's not a lot of US data this week, as is usually the case immediately post payrolls.

Although bulls showed some strength in the first half of the previous week, they didn’t manage to hold gained levels, which translated into a pullback and a closure below the lower border of the very short-term consolidation.

TSLA’s stock price has been dropping. And shares could have much farther to fall as the company’s fundamentals deteriorate.

The company faces major headwinds ahead.

The most important thing to understand about this market is how thin participation in the rally is.

It looks like the 2-Year Treasury Note is bottoming and wants to rally to at least 4.5% to 4.6%.