Sunday Setup (December 21) Historic $7.1T Triple Witching Day

Last week’s market and economic data key points: NFP jobs grew 64k in November after 105k loss in October U.S. unemployment rose to 4.6%, highest since 2021 U.S. inflation dropped to 2.7% in November S&P 500 hovered near record as wall St. eyes year‑end rally Stocks volatile on triple‑witching Friday U.S. stocks climb to cap […]

Sunday Setup (December 14) Fed Hawks & Doves Diverge After December Cut

Last week’s market and economic data key points: U.S. job openings rise modestly in October U.S. trade deficit lowest since 2020 U.S. initial claims rise the most since 2020 Fed cuts rates for the third time this year Wall St slided on AI bubble and inflation fears U.S. economy poised to grow faster in 2026 […]

Sunday Setup (December 07) Stocks Edge Higher on Fed Rate Cut Hopes

Last week’s market and economic data key points: Fed cut odds near 90% for December 10 U.S. Consumer Sentiment improves in early December U.S. PCE climbed in September, in line with expectations Wall street closed with slight gains, Fed cut bets intact Carvana, CRH, Comfort systems to join S&P 500 Ulta beauty soared after raising […]

Sunday Setup (November 23) Nvidia Earnings Strong, AI Bubble Worries Stay

Last week’s market and economic data key points: U.S. economy added 119K jobs, surprising after weakness talk Lilly became the first drugmaker in the trillion-dollar club U.S. weighs allowing Nvidia to sell H200 chips to China Nvidia beat earnings, revenue surged 62% Alphabet rose due to Gemini 3 and data centre investment plans Oil fell […]

Sunday Setup (November 16) Shutdown Ended, Labor Market Fears Intensify

Last week’s market and economic data key points: Fed officials signaled hawkish shift, December rate cut odds fade U.S. government sold $694B in treasuries, debt reached $38.2T Europe may cut 2026 growth forecasts amid trade damages BLS to release delayed September jobs report Nov. 20 Eli Lilly surged 11% on major U.S. government pricing agreement […]

Sunday Setup (November 09) Nasdaq Retrace 3% Despite Strong Q3 Earnings

Last week’s market and economic data key points: ADP report: private jobs added 42K, beating expectations Challenger reports 153,000 job cuts, the highest since 2003 U.S. consumer sentiment plunged to 50.3, near a record low Nasdaq hit by sentiment shift in AI rally Stocks close lower for the week on valuation & shutdown concerns S&P […]

Sunday Setup (October 26) Wall Street Delivers Early Wins, Eyes Tech Giants

Last week’s market and economic data key points: U.S. CPI inflation rose slightly, below expectations U.S. stocks posted record closing highs Intel jumped after beating Q3 profit estimates GM surged 19.3% on strong Q3 earnings IBM up 9.3% after earnings beat and guidance raise The Canadian dollar weakened toward 6-month lows Gold poised to break […]

Sunday Setup (October 19) Historic Gold Rally: Prices Shatter Records

Last week’s market and economic data key points: BlackRock AUM Hit $13.5 Trillion Micron jumped 11.4% on bullish AI chip outlook American Express rose 9.6% on premium card growth AMD climbed 8.5% on major GPU deal with OpenAI  Broadcom surged 7.7% on multi-billion-dollar OpenAI deal Wall street edged higher after trump’s China comments Gold ended […]

Sunday Setup (October 12) Markets Plunge as Trump Escalates Trade Fight

Last week’s market and economic data key points: U.S. consumer sentiment holds steady in October Wall Street sells off as Trump escalates China tariffs Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Chinese goods starting Nov. 1 S&P 500 earnings expected to rise nearly 9% in Q3 AMD surged over 30% on the OpenAI chip-supply deal Pepsico jumped […]

Sunday Setup (October 05) Market Hit Record Highs Despite Government Shutdown

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Last week’s market and economic data key points: Government shutdown delayed key U.S. labor data release U.S. Senate to vote on competing plans to end shutdown PMI data added to signs of sluggish labor market Fed officials showed split views on the interest rate path Dow and S&P 500 notched record closing highs Pfizer surged […]