Apr 24, 2026Central BanksCore ConceptsWhy the Euro Zone Just Slipped Into Contraction (And What It Means for Rates)What Actually Happened The euro zone's private sector shrank in April for the first time since late 2024, and it wasn't close. The Composite PMI dropped to 48.6...Apr 24, 2026
Apr 23, 2026Global MarketsMacro AnalysisWhy China's 25-29 Employment Drop Matters for Global MarketsWhat's Happening China's unemployment rate for 25- to 29-year-olds hit 7.7% in March, up from 7.2% a year ago. That's the highest since the National Bureau of S...Apr 23, 2026
Apr 22, 2026Macro AnalysisFundamental AnalysisWhat March Retail Sales Tell Us About Consumer Spending Right NowUS retail sales jumped 1.7% in March, the biggest monthly increase in a year. Gas station receipts drove the headline number after pump prices spiked during the...Apr 22, 2026
Apr 21, 2026Central BanksCore ConceptsHow Energy Shocks Move Inflation (And What Canada's March CPI Says)The Setup Canada's headline inflation jumped to 2.4% in March, up from 1.8% in February. Gasoline prices spiked 21.2% in a single month, the largest monthly inc...Apr 21, 2026
Apr 20, 2026IndicesMarket StructureWhat Happens When Treasury Bonds Lose Their Safety PremiumThe Setup U.S. Treasury bonds are losing the thing that made them special. For decades, Treasuries commanded what's called a "safety premium"—investors accepted...Apr 20, 2026
Apr 19, 2026IndicesMarket StructureWhat Stagflation Actually Means and Why It's Back on the TableSeven weeks into the Iran conflict and the global economy is dealing with something economists haven't seriously worried about since the 1970s: stagflation. Tha...Apr 19, 2026
Apr 17, 2026Global MarketsCore ConceptsChina's Q1 Growth Beat Forecasts But the Consumer Side Is Still StuckChina's economy grew 5% year-over-year in Q1 2026, which is faster than expected and the strongest pace in three quarters. That sounds good until you look at wh...Apr 17, 2026
Apr 16, 2026Central BanksCore ConceptsWhat Happens When Bank Deposits Start Losing to EquitiesThe Setup India's central bank just held meetings with commercial banks about deposit growth, which is the kind of thing that happens when there's a structural...Apr 16, 2026
Apr 15, 2026Macro AnalysisCore ConceptsWhat Producer Prices Tell Us About Inflation When Energy SpikesUS wholesale prices jumped 0.5% in March, but strip out energy and the number drops to 0.1%. That's the story in a nutshell. Gas prices went up 16% because of t...Apr 15, 2026
Apr 10, 2026Monetary PolicyCore ConceptsWhy Inflation Is About to Spike Again (and What Iran's War Has to Do With It)The Setup The April CPI report is expected to show inflation rising again, driven primarily by energy costs that spiked during the Iran conflict. Business Insid...Apr 10, 2026
Feb 26, 2026Macro AnalysisPolicy BasicsCongress Might Finally Have to Stop Trading StocksTwo announcements from Trump's State of the Union on February 24th are worth watching if you trade equities. One goes after congressional stock trading, and the...Feb 26, 2026
Feb 13, 2026Global MarketsMonetary PolicyJapan's Defense Boom Just Created a Decade Long Trade SetupSanae Takaichi just won a supermajority in Japan's snap election and the market didn't waste any time figuring out what that means. The Nikkei crossed 57,000 fo...Feb 13, 2026
Feb 6, 2026Global MarketsMacro AnalysisWhat Gold's 11% Drop Tells Us About Momentum Trades Breaking DownGold dropped 11% in a single day. Silver fell 31%. Bitcoin's down to levels we haven't seen since April. And South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi had its worst day in...Feb 6, 2026
Jan 22, 2026Monetary PolicyMacro AnalysisWhat Chief Economists Are Worried About Right NowThe World Economic Forum just dropped its latest Chief Economist's Outlook, and Christian Keller from Barclays broke it down on Radio Davos. The tldr is that no...Jan 22, 2026
Jan 13, 2026Global MarketsMacro AnalysisThe Three Orders Reshaping Global Power (And Why Traders Should Care)The world doesn't have one power structure anymore. It has three, and they're pulling in different directions.,For most of modern history, answering "who runs t...Jan 13, 2026
Dec 2, 2025IndicesMarket StructureBuilding a High-Probability ETF Portfolio for TradersIf you're trading individual stocks but haven't explored Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), you're missing a powerful tool for both position trading and portfolio di...Dec 2, 2025
Nov 19, 2025IndicesMarket StructureThe Great Hidden TheftHow the Federal Reserve Made You 30% Poorer While the Asset Owners Got Filthy Rich Back in early 2020, before everything went sideways with COVID, the typical A...Nov 19, 2025
Nov 18, 2025IndicesMarket StructureHow Unelected Power Came to Rule Modern MoneyEvery government insists it serves the people. Every politician promises stability, prosperity, and growth. But behind the speeches and campaign slogans sits an...Nov 18, 2025
Nov 14, 2025IndicesMarket StructureThe Four Architects of the Global Debt TrapEvery country on Earth is in debt. The United States owes about $38 trillion. Japan owes around $9 trillion. Add up governments, companies, and households, and...Nov 14, 2025
