Opinion

I was born in 1979, so any anecdotes about the rise of disco or the fall of Saigon have come, at best, second hand. So too are the stories of inflation on a scale so epic it makes 2022 seem like a consumer paradise. But while things aren't that bad (yet), there is a reason why there...

Stock indexes are coming off their first winning week in over a month even as economic and geopolitical storm clouds remain little changed. While bulls want to believe this is an early sign that stock prices may be close to finding a bottom, others caution that portfolio rebalancing could be having...

AT A GLANCE When equities fall, expected interest rates decline but that hasn’t happened amid persistent inflation For two years gold prices have been moving sideways, but any halt to Fed rate hikes might provide impetus for a renewed rally in the precious metal Two financial trends have...

There is no denying that the brutal and pervasive economic conditions are wreaking havoc on the U.S. small business community. The Consumer Price Index report released on June 10, 2022, shows inflation spiked by 8.6% in May, the largest 12-month increase since December 1981. Rapidly rising costs...

There was good news and bad news from Warner Bros.’ (NASDAQ: WBD) biopic “Elvis” premiere engagement this weekend in U.S. theaters. The good news was the Baz Luhrmann biopic was the top grossing film from the line-up of theatrical releases. The bad news was that the $31 million...

The Sandbox (CRYPTO: SAND) is a metaverse which utilized the SAND cryptocurrency. In 2021 the crypto reached its highest valuation and brought in investments from some incredibly well known celebrities, companies, and investors. During its bull run, The Sandbox - a metaverse in which you...

The 11-member board of directors of the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) will begin a two-day meeting today in Florida. While there has not been a release of the meeting's agenda, here is what Disney observers might expect from this happening. Why Florida?: Considering the company’s...

Few investors are as well known as Jordan Belfort, not only because of the Leonardo DiCaprio film "Wolf of Wall Street" revolving around his early life, but as a popular author, speaker and investor in cryptocurrency and in traditional finance.  We caught up with Belfort...

Summary & Key Takeaways A number of key technical, sentiment and flow based indicators are suggesting we could see a relief in selling pressure over the coming weeks, and perhaps a countertrend rally in risk assets. Reducing market hedges and short positions at current levels looks to be a...

Benzinga’s weekly Stock Wars matches up two leaders in a major industry sector with the goal of determining which company is the better investment. This week, the duel is between two warehouse club giants: BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE: BJ) and Costco Wholesale...

Tuesday night, the U.S. Senate finally cleared a procedural vote to move forward with gun control legislation. The action comes after weeks of negotiations. In order to pass, the deal needed bipartisan support, including 10 republicans. In a rare act of urgency, unity, and action, all parties...

Bear markets are not frequent occurrences, so we get lulled into a 'trance-like' state of trading.  We buy the dips and add to our holdings on the way up.  Wash, rinse and repeat.  In a bull market condition we never have to worry about elevated volatility for very long,...

The age-old network of Bitcoin is arguably the most popular and trusted digital currency ecosystem among major cryptocurrency investors in the market. With a plunge in the market trends in 2022, some communities expect the price to rise by the end of June. But as the recent buzz is up, can BTC...

In Manhattan yesterday (6/16/22), a class-action lawsuit was filed against Tesla Inc (NASADAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, by a man named Keith Johnson.  The accusation is that Musk, Tesla, and SpaceX are operating an illegal racketeering enterprise to inflate the price of Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) confirmed a 16% drop in the price Monday, for a total decline of 67% since November 2021.  In my update yesterday, which you can read here, I mentioned that yesterday's decline has the potential to start the end of this bear market and see the price reverse into...