The bulls have been running for 3 years now.

It’s the chipmaker’s biggest deal ever, and it sends a clear message: Nvidia wants to control not just how AI models get trained, but how they actually get used by customers and companies.

The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex-dividend during the next month.

The EU launched pilot measures to standardize plastics recycling rules, support the struggling recycling sector, boost circular materials, and prepare for a wider Circular Economy Act targeted for 2026.

Toyota plans to sell U.S.-built Camry, Highlander, and Tundra models in Japan from 2026, aiming to ease U.S.–Japan trade tensions amid Trump-era tariff pressure, though analysts expect limited demand due to vehicle size and left-hand drive barriers.

In this week's podcast, I provide (with apologies) the delayed Precious Metals update. The metals have been very dynamic, with gold, silver, and platinum rallying strongly over the last week or so.

Spot VIX looks calm, but forward volatility tells another story. A steep VIX term structure and extreme skew show institutions aggressively hedging, signaling elevated risk and potential volatility spikes into year-end and early 2026.

Markets are stirring as CDNX pushes back toward the top of its October range, setting up a possible reversal, while precious metals stocks grind higher—SLV leads the advance and GLD breaks out to fresh all-time highs.

Since the turn of the century, central banks have been steadily increasing their gold reserves, a trend that has sharply accelerated in the last few years.

The two things that typically feature in an empire’s last chapters are excess spending...and unnecessary war. Both are self-inflicted wounds that fester…and eventually kill the host.

The economy of the future will be run by systems that anticipate demand before it arrives and move resources before humans even notice the need.

The SEC indicated almost all asset managers, following DFA's lead will be able to offer both ETFs as mutual fund share classes.

Despite the big upside surprise (4.3% vs. 3.3% Bloomberg consensus), GDP is still not back to the 2023-24 trend.

It was a big year for data storage and memory stocks.

Tesla’s profit shift toward energy and its long-term autonomy and AI ambitions provide one path for value, while Rivian’s near-term setup hinges on converting resistance into support.

In 2025, NFT market sales drop 63%, shifting focus from speculation to real-world use and utility like ticketing and collectibles.

The Strategy stock price continued its freefall this month and is now hovering at its lowest level since September last year.

2025 has been amazing for precious metals, but it’s time for a break.

The tech heavy Nasdaq 100, which has been the lead sled dog for this latest phase of the tech bubble, is failing to make a new high, in a sharp divergence from the SP 500. 

Ethereum’s price has struggled to break above the $3,000 level over the past week, weighed down by continued outflows from spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds.