Rebounding further off its multi-year lows, Lululemon stock spiked as much as +14% in Friday’s trading session after delivering stronger-than-expected Q3 results yesterday evening and providing favorable guidance.

Stock splits may boost accessibility and sentiment, but they don’t change valuation or fundamentals. This piece explains why splits are cosmetic and emphasizes focusing on earnings, sales growth, and fundamentals as buy signals.

In this week’s video, we review the latest charts and data to help answer the question: Is the door open to double-digit gains in 2026?

Silver’s strong rally has sparked interest in KSLV, a new ETF aiming to pair silver exposure with option income. By combining futures and active option writing, KSLV targets high monthly income while seeking to outperform raw silver returns.

September’s import drop likely reflects payback after tariff front-running and slowing economic activity, not a lasting tariff effect, as adjusted data show imports broadly tracking trend once inventory buildup and income sensitivity are considered.

In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the recent developments in the financial markets as of December 12, 2025, highlighting a significant sell-off in stock indices amid growing skepticism about AI's potential.

In this video lesson, I review the overall market, data that I am seeing that indicates this could be a short-term fakeout-breakout, and the reasons why I remain cautiously bullish throughout 2026.

Gold closed the week above $4,300, silver surged past $60, and mining stocks are now confirming the bull market. Meanwhile, Bitcoin continues to lag as real money takes center stage. Peter breaks down:

This week’s market wrap covers the Fed’s latest rate cut and stealth QE, sharp moves in gold and silver, and an in-depth interview with WPIC’s Edward Sterck on platinum and palladium outlooks, EV impact, and future PGM demand.

Commodity desks at Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup, and Bernstein all see lithium demand poised to surge after the electric vehicle boom-and-bust cycle.

Stock fell heavily. Gold and silver rallied sharply in the morning, and then gave it back in the afternoon.

This stock is just confounding. It plunged yesterday based on company announcements related to self-driving AI. Then it ostensibly mega-rallied today for the same reason.

India has experienced an unusual surge in gold and silver imports this year, as they are traditionally known as a price-sensitive buyer, yet have seen elevated levels of purchasing even as the prices were at or near all-time highs.

Gold is consolidating high again, prolonging its remarkable monster bull. Since rocketing into extreme overboughtness in mid-October, gold has largely been drifting sideways on balance.

Investors shift from high-growth tech to cyclicals, industrials, and smaller-cap stocks.

The old macro was structurally in favor of those who sold, bought, traded and owned claims on… paper. The new macro is in favor of those who own real things, unleveraged by debt.

The oil markets had a negative day today.

The S&P 500 dropped 100 points today while the advance-decline line sat at 50-50. That combination should not be possible.

Today saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finish lower for both the day and week, with the latter dropping 398 points for the session, as investors rotated out of Big Tech. 

The lay of the land for the indices is solid. The rally has broadened significantly as evidenced by leadership in the S&P 400 mid caps and Russell 2000 small caps.