Money, Wealth & Power—A Daily Look at the Financial World
After years of sticker shock, the new car market finally stopped sprinting ahead in 2024. Prices barely moved compared with the pandemic spike, even as dealers dangled more discounts and used vehicles quietly got cheaper. Now President Donald Trump is racing to claim that plateau as proof his policies are working. The reality is more…
Investors hunting for upside surprises this earnings season are zeroing in on a small group of high‑beta names where expectations still look beatable. Bloom Energy and Lumentum sit at the center of that conversation, with a mix of improving fundamentals, skeptical sentiment, and technical momentum that often precedes outperformance. I see a similar setup in…
Apple’s stumble out of the gate in 2026 has not shaken Wall Street’s most vocal bulls. Instead, Goldman Sachs is leaning in, arguing that the recent weakness in the stock is a chance to build positions rather than bail out. I see that call resting on a mix of surprisingly strong recent earnings, a packed…
Europe’s aluminum sector is buckling under the weight of high energy prices, shrinking smelting capacity, and rising geopolitical risk, and the shock is rippling through carmakers, construction groups, packaging giants, and clean‑tech manufacturers. What began as a power‑price squeeze has become a structural threat to industrial autonomy, just as demand for lightweight metals accelerates with…
Donald Trump returned to the White House promising to “end inflation” on Day 1 of his second presidency, casting himself as the candidate who would make groceries, gas and rent feel affordable again. A year later, the headline numbers show price growth has cooled sharply from the pandemic peak, but the cost of living has…
The global economic system that took shape after World War II is being rapidly rewritten as President Donald Trump leans into an aggressive America First agenda. Longstanding assumptions about open markets, shared security and predictable U.S. leadership are giving way to a more transactional order in which tariffs, threats and sudden policy shifts are tools…
The investor who famously anticipated the 2008 financial crisis is warning that the United States is drifting into a far more dangerous phase, driven by a new mix of debt, politics and speculative excess. His concern is not just another recession, but what he describes as a breakdown in the way the country’s money and…
Silver’s surge to unprecedented levels has collided with a fierce political argument over the strength of the U.S. dollar. As the metal smashes through historic price barriers and gold races toward its own milestone, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is pointing a finger squarely at what he calls a destabilized currency regime in Washington. In his…
The phrase “Sell America” has become a lightning rod for anxious savers, and the reaction is showing up in bullion dealers’ order books. As stocks churn and political rhetoric heats up, everyday investors are racing into gold and silver, turning a long-running metals rally into a full‑blown fear‑of‑missing‑out stampede. I see a classic late‑cycle pattern…
Global markets lurched lower after President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on eight European nations in a dispute tied to Greenland, wiping out risk appetite in a matter of hours. Equities from New York to Frankfurt sold off, safe-haven trades roared back to life and currency markets swung as investors tried to price the prospect…