Despite the dollar’s recent weakness, the structural advantages of deep and liquid US financial markets, its dominant role in trade invoicing and as a monetary anchor, are sustaining its primary reserve currency status.
The key to investing is persistence and patience. Markets follow the cumulative mechanism. Those who stay the course through both thick and thin and stick to the long-term goals will win.
The primary focus this coming week will remain on the bond market, with the Treasury auctions drawing significant attention. These auctions should fare better than last week’s poorly received 20-year auction.
The increasingly confrontational developments related to cross-border commerce have pushed all major equity benchmarks and sectors into the red, as well as the greenback.
With the labor market already in balance, tariff risks greatly diminished amid ongoing negotiations, and the Fed Funds rate still in moderately restrictive territory, we believe that the Fed should calibrate rates lower.
Stocks pushed higher on Monday as investors cheered weekend news that the US and China temporarily agreed to back off steep reciprocal tariffs
In a dominantly consumerist world, it is easy to forget the fragile dependence of human life on nature and its bountiful offerings. At the heart of all food chains lies the basic premise of bio-diversity. That makes biodiversity a necessity, and not a luxury.
We often talk about the future as if it’s something we’re waiting for. But the most astonishing thing about the future is how much of it has already arrived—and how quietly it did so.
Stocks are climbing up again as this morning’s lighter-than-expected CPI print bolsters spirits following yesterday’s optimism sparked by tariff reprieves between Beijing and Washington.
With the recent market volatility, indices have become a central feature of the daily news. But they are not just numbers that go up and down to reflect market movements.
Given the technical and fundamental backdrop, any initial gains could quickly fade, underscoring the importance of caution as markets navigate this significant technical and macroeconomic inflection point.
Interactive Advisors, as the robo-advisory arm of IB, has once again won the coveted Best Investing Platform: Robo-advisor award at the US News Investing Platform awards the past month.