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The U.S. economy remains resilient so far this year, balancing between moderate growth and cooling inflation. While recession fears have faded, high interest rates and renewed geopolitical tensions keep investors’ outlook cautious. The economy continues to expand. The GDP growth rate for Q3 2025 came in at 4.4% compared to 3.8% in Q2. While growth…

The dollar index (DXY00) tumbled to a nearly 4-year low on Tuesday and finished down by -0.86%. The dollar retreated on Tuesday and has continued to be undercut as foreign investors pull capital from the US amid political risks.  The markets remain nervous about Greenland, even though Mr. Trump said last Wednesday that there was…

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26) today is up +0.14 (+0.95%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26) is up +1.10 (+0.27%). Sugar prices are pushing higher today as a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL) to a 20-month high has sparked short covering in sugar futures.  The stronger real discourages exports sales from…

Corn futures closed the Tuesday session with contracts down 1 to 2 cents in the front months. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down a 1 ½ cents at $3.90 3/4.  USDA reported a private export sale of 110,000 MT of corn to unknown destinations this morning. Another sale of 306,000 MT of sorghum…

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in UnitedHealth Group Inc (Symbol: UNH), where a total volume of 824,945 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 82.5 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100…

(RTTNews) – Wix.com Ltd. (WIX), a technology company, on Wednesday announced that its board has approved a two-year share repurchase program for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, authorizing the company to buyback up to $2 billion of its securities. The company said that the repurchases may begin following the conclusion of a 30-day period during…

The SPDR S&P Transportation ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 229,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 29,000. Shares of XTN were trading flat on the day. Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Tuesday were American Airlines Group, trading down about 3.5% with…

The following companies are expected to report earnings prior to market open on 01/28/2026. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases. ASML Holding N.V. (ASML)is reporting for the quarter ending December 31, 2025. The capital goods company’s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 4 analysts that follow the stock…

(RTTNews) – Rebounding from yesterday’s decline, crude oil soared on Tuesday as U.S. naval forces have started building up near Iran while, Lebanese and Yemeni militias have pledged support to Iran, leading to the heightening of tensions. WTI Crude Oil for March delivery was last seen trading up by $1.61 (or 2.66%) at $62.24 per…

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Apple Inc (Symbol: AAPL), where a total of 664,097 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 66.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 150.3% of AAPL’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 44.2 million…