The Consumer Price Index for December came in hotter than expected but it’s a lot lower than it was a year ago. That means inflation is decreasing, right? Not so fast.

The new retail-focused conversational commerce solution utilizes generative AI to enable retailers to quickly implement virtual agents.

Construction loan funding happens over time, and as projects near completion, banks see construction loan growth.

U.S. recession risks look lower, but still elevated compared to normal.

Gold and silver soared in the morning, and held on to much of their gains, giving up a goodly portion of them during the day.

Extreme call buying is driving order flow.

Delta told investors it was now forecasting between $6 and $7 after once forecasting "more than $7" for its full-year adjusted EPS forecast this year.

The oil markets had a green day today.

The bullish rally in recent weeks took natural gas to important levels.

Just one quarter into fiscal 2024, the federal government has already run a budget deficit of over half a trillion dollars.

The major indexes in the were mixed on Friday, as investors digested a batch of corporate earnings reports and more inflation readings.

A discussion about recent gold price action and market news.

Most analysts project the solid trend to continue in 2024, given the innovation through on-device AI capabilities in PCs. Investors should tap the opportune moment with the technology ETFs.

Foreign nations are dumping US dollars for gold.

It’s too early to declare victory, but raising rates, slowing inflation, and avoiding a spike in unemployment actually shows that rate hikes have been more effective than expected.

The repayment of the Bank Term Funding Program loans could very well be impossible without triggering yet another banking crisis.

Bitcoin has already had a strong run in anticipation of the ETF launch, so it’s not clear how much short-term juice is left (buy the rumor, sell the news).

Record global temperatures are leading to increasingly harmful impacts, a cost-of-living crisis is making everyday life harder, and escalating tensions in the Middle East have the potential to widen into a broader regional conflict.

The 23Q4 Y/Y blended earnings growth estimate is 4.4%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for the index is 7.9%.

Gold’s vexing disconnect from reported inflation took center stage again this week. The latest US inflation read came in hotter than expected, yet gold didn’t surge despite being the classic inflation hedge.