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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed up +0.03%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.58%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +0.34%.  March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26) rose +0.02%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH26) rose +0.29%. The broader market recovered from early losses on Friday and turned higher after…

The Q4 earnings reporting cycle ramps up this week, with more than 300 companies on deck to report results, including four of the ‘Magnificent 7’ members and 102 S&P 500 members. We have Microsoft MSFT, Meta Platforms META, and Tesla TSLA reporting results the same day after the market’s close on Wednesday, January 28th, and…

Cotton futures were steady to 7 points lower in the front months on Friday, as March was 85 points lower this week. Crude oil futures were up $1.95 per barrel at $61.31. The US dollar index was down $0.871 to $97.305.  USDA Export Sales data showed 412,457 RB of cotton sold in the week ending…

The dollar index (DXY00) on Friday tumbled to a 3.5-month low and finished down by -0.82%.  Friday’s yen strength undercut the dollar after the yen whipsawed from a 1-week low up to a 4-week high on speculation that the Japanese government was intervening in the forex market to support the yen.  Also, Friday’s stronger-than-expected economic…

As calls grow to modernize America’s aging retirement system, Franklin Templeton is positioning blockchain as the key to the next evolution of asset management infrastructure. In a recent survey of 52 leading retirement industry entities, the global investment firm found near-universal agreement that modernization is urgent. This discovery underscores structural inefficiencies across the US retirement…

The investment landscape of 2025 will be remembered for its historic divide, where the widespread boom in artificial intelligence (AI) created a tale of two worlds in the stock market. On one side, the Magnificent 7 and specialized players like Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) drove massive gains for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) like the State Street Technology…

The wheat complex is in rally mode across the three exchanges on Friday, led by the winter wheats. Chicago SRW futures are 11 to 13 cents in the green at midday. KC HRW futures are up 13 to 14 cents. MPLS spring wheat is fractionally to a penny higher so far. Freezing temps and very…

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in CleanSpark Inc (Symbol: CLSK), where a total volume of 112,559 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 11.3 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying…

Key Points XRP’s market cap would need to grow to $17.3 trillion to turn $10,000 into $1 million. The most straightforward path for this to happen is for XRP to follow in Bitcoin’s footsteps. The odds of XRP being a millionaire maker appear to be low, but it could still be a winner for investors….

In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares International Treasury Bond ETF (Symbol: IGOV) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $42.06, changing hands as high as $42.14 per share. iShares International Treasury Bond shares are currently trading up about 0.6% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of IGOV…