Chevron stands out as the clear winner among US oil majors, given its unique positioning already in Venezuela.

In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the recent market activities and anticipates further developments in the financial markets.

USD/CAD continues its winning streak for the fifth consecutive day, trading around 1.3860 during the Asian hours on Thursday.

A brief post highlights a Vistra (VST) reversal on the charts—suggesting a technical turnaround for the energy/utility stock after recent moves.

West Texas Intermediate, the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $56.30 during the Asian trading hours on Thursday. The WTI price recovers some lost ground as the crude oil inventories report shows a sharper decline than anticipated.

In 2025, Safety Net was once again an excellent resource for evaluating the safety of a company’s dividend. During the year, 10 stocks were rated “A” for dividend safety. None of them cut their dividends.

CAT’s current action suggests stability and leadership, supporting the idea that the $SPX is not topping but instead forming a durable base for a higher long-term move.

Oil prices came under pressure yesterday after President Trump claimed Venezuela is set to sell large volumes of sanctioned crude to the US

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The gold and silver prices sold off on Wednesday after two days of significant rallying to start the week. Of course, if you’re long gold and silver, you like to see the prices go up.

The S&P 500 finished the day lower by about 34 basis points. The index now appears to be forming a potential reversal 2b top after attempting to break out to a new high.

With strong supply, rate markets are likely to remain volatile for a while.

What can we expect in 2026? Above all, developments that do not correspond to the current consensus.

AI spending is having a meaningful impact on the economy.

Stocks rallied up to new highs, and then fell, badly.

Sector after sector is making two and three standard deviation moves with zero explanation. The S&P looks calm. It's not.

Professional and Business Services jobs are down five months and seven of last eight.

The Dow and S&P 500 touched record highs today before slipping into red territory, with the former closing down 466 points for its worst single-day percentage loss since Nov. 18.

EUR/USD extends losses as ISM Services PMI and improving U.S. hiring reinforce Dollar demand.

The oil markets had a mixed day today.