Rare Earth Element prices have surged to new highs, driven by tightening global supply and increasing demand from the tech and green energy sectors.

The S&P 500 tests 6,980 on low volume as China injects 3.2T Yuan for a liquidity gap. Focus shifts to the Fed’s "Gradual Print" and Scott Bessent’s warning of a China-driven gold "blowoff".

But while monthly dividend stocks are attractive on the surface, not all can sustain their payouts. Income investors should try to avoid dividend cuts or elimination as much as possible.

U.S. stocks and government bonds are late-cycle, even new market highs could be a trap, sovereign debt is “not safe anymore”.