IBKR’s Hottest Shorts as of 04/10/2025
IBKR's hottest shorts as of April 10, 2025: Largest Short Values, Most Requested Stocks and ETFs, Highest Borrows Fees.
View ArticleTomorrow is Forecast Contract Wednesday: April 15, 2025
Tomorrow will be eventful from a ForecastTrader Contract and economic calendar perspective – we have retail sales and industrial production due from the states as well as an interest rate decision from...
View ArticleHow Trust in Financial Advisors Affects Investment Choices
This article explores how much trust investors place in their financial advisors and how it influences their willingness to take risks.
View ArticleHas the Storm Passed, or Is This the Eye?
It’s becoming clear that we’ve weathered a major market storm. The key question is whether the danger has passed, or if this is instead a temporary lull. Bear in mind that market prognostication is...
View ArticleBig Bank Earnings Strengthen Investor Sentiment: April 15, 2025
Markets are cautiously advancing as well-received earnings from some big banks offset worries related to global trade. Today’s escalation featured Beijing pausing delivers from US plane manufacturer...
View ArticleA Dull Market Day with Big Implications
When you go from big, impulsive moves to these sideways, blah periods of time, it is a warning message to me that we are just consolidating sideways here, that this is not the start of some big...
View ArticleThree Themes Driving America’s Manufacturing Revival
A convergence of economic and geopolitical forces is driving a reversal—manufacturing is coming back home.
View ArticleMarch Retail Sales Post Highest Surge In Over Two Years As US Consumers...
U.S. retail sales jumped 1.4% in March, the fastest pace in over two years.
View ArticleAI Daily: Apple to analyze user info to bolster AI feature
AMD planning to produce its CPU chip at TSMC plant in Arizona.
View ArticleTreasuries, sentiment, and earnings: What investors need to watch
The greatest US vulnerability in the midst of the tariff war is likely its relatively high level of debt and foreign ownership of it.
View ArticleA Connection Between Yields and the Euro?
U.S. 10-year yields jumped to 4.45% last week, weakening the USD and boosting the euro by nearly 5%.
View ArticleTrump’s China Playbook: Amb. Terry Branstad on How the President Thinks
As the global community watches for signs of de-escalation, Branstad joins KraneShares for a timely conversation on what might come next — and what lessons from the past could guide a more constructive...
View ArticleToxic waste, not just oil
Data, as well all know, matter. They have no value unless secured, stored and analysed. This was the contention of our first ever theme piece.
View ArticleFundamental Analysis: Finding the Real Value
Fundamental analysis is a common phrase in conversations about a company’s value, health, and liquidity. What makes up this analysis style and how do you go about assembling it? Reda Farran, Global...
View ArticlePower of Monte Carlo Simulations in Finance
Originating from physics and mathematics, Monte Carlo simulations have become essential in finance, especially for risk assessment and option pricing.
View ArticleWhen Trade Wars Hit the Farm… Who Gets Plowed Under?
Tariffs may be aimed at foreign powers, but the fallout hits America’s fields first. Dan Basse of AgResource joins to unpack how trade tensions are reshaping the future of U.S. farming — from rising...
View ArticleUS Shoppers Hit the Dealerships in Force Last Month: April 16, 2025
Stocks are getting slammed today on heighted trade tensions between Washington and Beijing.
View ArticleForecast Contract Opinion: Triple Range Bound: April 16, 2025
Tomorrow is another busy day from a forecast contract and economic calendar perspective.
View ArticleChart Advisor: The Other Kind of Volatility
By Gordon Scott, CMT 1/ Candle Sizes (Not Option Prices) 2/ Bad News Just Beginning? 3/ Trouble with the Curve Investopedia is partnering with CMT Association on this newsletter. The contents of this...
View ArticleMixed start expected amid UNH, trade, and economic news
The stock market had a tough outing Wednesday, as NVIDIA (NVDA) and the semiconductor stocks fell sharply on demand concerns triggered by NVIDIA's large accounting charge related to export restrictions...
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