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Jim Rogers Warning: Every Stock Market at All-Time Highs Is a Time to Worry
Why synchronized all-time market highs, record US debt, and AI mania signal caution, and why owning gold and silver still protects wealth.
Thursday's Economic Data: Weak Home Sales, Steady Jobless Claims
A weak drop in pending home sales and falling jobless claims point to a resilient but cautious economy that lets the Fed hold rates.
How Options Trading Shapes Nasdaq Swings and the Risk in Leveraged ETFs
Options pricing keeps single-stock volatility high while index moves stay calm, and leveraged ETFs quietly amplify daily swings.
Gold's Price Power Shifts East While Paper Markets Lose Trust
Why gold's real price setting is moving from Western paper markets to Asian physical delivery, and how premium collapses eviscerate dealers.
GE Aerospace Before Earnings: Engine Dominance, Huge Backlog, and Two Ways to Trade It
GE Aerospace heads into earnings with dominant engine sales and services growth, and two option trades built around the 370 strike.
The Big 3 Trades: Bearish Lowe's, Bullish Costco, Bearish Strategy
Three defined-risk options trades on Lowe's, Costco, and Strategy, built around sector rotation and technical chart levels.
United Airlines Before Q2 Earnings: The Chart, The Levels, and a Bullish Options Trade
A technical read on United Airlines ahead of Q2 results, with key price levels, moving averages, and a bullish 128-day call vertical trade.
Stablecoins Push Toward $3 Trillion as Regulation Clears the Way
Stablecoin adoption keeps rising through a crypto bear market, with the market cap set to grow 10x to $3 trillion by 2030 as new rules clear.
TSMC Posts Record June Revenue as AI Demand Drives 68% Jump Ahead of Earnings
TSMC reported record June revenue up 68% year-over-year on AI demand, with earnings due Thursday and a tight options trade setup around key support.
Monday Movers: Storage Stocks, AmEx Upgrade, and a Diller Bid for MGM
Citi lifts Seagate and Western Digital targets on AI storage demand, JPMorgan upgrades AmEx, and Barry Diller pursues a $12.4B MGM takeover.
Three Mega Trends and the Companies Best Placed to Ride Them
A macro framework tied to three long-run trends, and why SpaceX, Apple, and Eli Lilly stand out as best-positioned plays.
Why Gold's "Falling Price" Is a Buying Signal, Not a Warning
A conservative case for gold and precious metals built on downside protection, dollar debasement, mean reversion, and mining production economics.
The Clarity Act and the Crypto Mega Trends Set to Explode
How the pending Clarity Act could unlock institutional crypto money, and the tokenization and decentralized-AI trends already growing before it passes.
Why Gold and Silver Fall First and Win Later in the Coming Reset
A market analyst explains why precious metals drop during a forced-selling panic before capital preservation drives them higher in a reset bigger than 2008.
Rick Rule: Fear-Priced Gold Miners, the ETF Run Risk, and a Soft Second Half
Why fear has mispriced gold miners, how junk-bond ETFs could trigger a run without an FDIC backstop, and where value sits in a soft 2026.
Why Gold's 25% Crash Is a Buying Opportunity, Not the End of the Bull Market
A commodities analyst argues gold's 25% drop from $5,355 was forced dollar-selling for oil, not failed fundamentals, and reaffirms a $10,000 target.
The Big Three: Mastercard, Valero, and Bullish Under the Tape
A fundamental and technical read on Mastercard, Valero, and Bullish, framed by a semiconductor-led first half and a healthy rotation.
Levi's at a Four-Year High: Chart Levels and an Options Play Into Earnings
A technical read on Levi Strauss at four-year highs, plus a covered options structure to gain long exposure at reduced cost into earnings.
Why Gold's Real Monetary Life May Be Just Beginning
An argument that gold is underpriced as money, that tokenization could remonetize it, and that leveraged Bitcoin treasury firms face a death spiral.
What the Big Bank Earnings Will Really Turn On, and a Neutral Citigroup Options Play
A read on the coming bank earnings season, Citigroup's strengths and weak spots, the rate backdrop, and a neutral options trade on the stock.