For investors seeking momentum, VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF GDXJ is probably on the radar. The fund just hit a 52-week high and is up about 80% from its 52-week low price of $31.00/share.But are more...
According to a Bank of America Corp. survey, investor risk appetite has reached its highest level in 15 years, with global equities emerging as the most favored asset class, as quoted on Yahoo Finance....
President Trump's tariffs may fan inflationary flames, but a rising U.S. dollar can help mitigate some of the pain as it remains the flight to safety currency.
The dollar index, which measures the U.S. currency against the other world reserve currencies, broke out to the upside after the early November U.S. election. However, it ran out of upside steam at the...
The U.S.-dollar-based exchange-traded fund Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund UUP has lost about 1% so far this year (as of Feb. 4, 2025). Below, we highlight a few reasons that could keep the greenback...
The global stock market is threatened by renewed escalation in trade war. This is especially true as President Donald Trump levied 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China this weekend, citing...
The U.S. dollar suffered significant losses on Tuesday as markets responded to President Donald Trump’s restrained approach to imposing new tariffs. While Trump’s inauguration speech emphasized national...
Small-cap stocks have underperformed the large caps in the past year. SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF SPSM has gained 9.8% in the past year (as of Jan. 6, 2025) versus 25.4% gains in the SPDR S&P...
The U.S. dollar is on track for its best year in almost a decade. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose more than 7% this year, the best run since 2015. The strong trend is expected to continue next year...
Wall Street slumped last week, with the S&P 500 losing 2%, the Dow Jones shedding 2.3%, the Nasdaq losing 1.8% and the Russell 2000 retreating 4.5%. Less dovish Fed cues for 2025 led to this decline in...