Silver prices suffered the most catastrophic single-day collapse in modern precious metals history on Friday January 30, plummeting approximately 30% to $80.55 per ounce at session lows as investors fled commodities en masse following President Trump’s nomination of inflation hawk Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chairman. The brutal selloff erased roughly $200 billion in market capitalization across […]
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Healthcare stocks crater $400 billion as Trump guts Medicare while S&P 500 earnings beat 82% of estimates despite looming Fed showdown
United Healthcare Group plunged 19%, Humana cratered 20%, and CVS Health collapsed 10% on Tuesday January 27 as the Trump administration proposed nearly flat Medicare Advantage reimbursement rates that obliterated healthcare sector valuations and erased over $400 billion in market capitalization within hours. The brutal selloff demonstrated how single regulatory decisions from hostile administrations can […]
Markets closed New Year’s Day but 2026 setup screams commodity ETFs as China export ban and AI boom create silver squeeze Wall Street never saw coming
Financial markets remained shuttered on New Year’s Day as traders worldwide took the day off to recover from holiday celebrations, but the positioning and momentum built throughout 2025’s final trading sessions create compelling arguments for commodities exposure as 2026 begins. While U.S. equity markets do not operate on January 1 each year and there was no regular […]
Silver shatters records with 169% annual surge while stock markets drift in holiday trading as geopolitical tensions reshape investment landscape
The return of Wall Street from the Christmas holiday on Friday, December 26, 2025, delivered a stark contrast between sleepy equity markets and explosive precious metals action that continued to rewrite record books. While the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite all closed marginally lower in thin holiday trading, commodities markets experienced […]
Why small-cap value stocks offer 50% upside as Russell 2000 trades at steepest discount to large-caps in two decades
The extraordinary valuation disparity between mega-cap technology stocks trading at 35 times earnings and small-cap value companies averaging 12 times earnings has created the widest spread since the dotcom bubble peak, presenting conservative contrarian investors with generational opportunity to accumulate quality businesses at prices not seen since the 2008 financial crisis aftermath. The Russell 2000 […]
Gold’s 5% crash exposes precious metals bubble as digital alternatives and peace dividends destroy safe-haven demand
Gold’s spectacular single-day 5% plunge on October 22, 2025, represented the precious metal’s steepest decline since 2020 and exposed the speculative excess that drove prices to record highs above $4,300 per ounce during the government shutdown crisis. Conservative investors who avoided chasing gold’s parabolic rally have been vindicated as the metal collapsed from peak levels, […]
Markets claw back losses in Friday relief rally as Bitcoin crashes below $87,000, tech stocks remain fragile heading into holiday week
Wall Street staged a modest recovery Friday, November 21, erasing some of the week’s brutal losses as investors bet that Federal Reserve officials might still cut rates in December despite persistent inflation concerns. The S&P 500 rose 0.98% to 6,602.99, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.88% to 22,273.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained […]
Nvidia earnings beat expectations but stock craters 5% as investors dump AI names, S&P 500 extends losing streak to fifth day
Wall Street suffered its fifth consecutive decline Wednesday, November 19, 2025, as Nvidia’s much-anticipated earnings report failed to provide the catalyst bulls hoped would end the technology sector’s brutal selloff. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 1.1% or 498.50 points to finish at 46,091.74 points, while the S&P 500 declined 0.8% or 55.09 points to […]
Tech meltdown extends to fourth straight day as Nvidia plunges 2.8% ahead of earnings, S&P 500 breaches 50-day moving average
Wall Street suffered its fourth consecutive decline Monday, November 17, as investors fled technology stocks ahead of Nvidia’s critical earnings report Wednesday and delayed employment data that could determine whether the Federal Reserve cuts rates in December. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 557.24 points, or 1.18%, to close at 46,590.24, while the S&P 500 […]
Markets dodge worst-case scenario as tech recovers from early plunge, S&P 500 ends Friday nearly flat
Wall Street experienced extreme intraday volatility Friday, November 14, with major indexes plunging more than 1% at the open before recovering most losses by the closing bell as dip-buyers emerged to prevent what could have been the market’s worst week since the April tariff meltdown. After starting Friday with a sharp drop of 1.3%, the […]