Stock market bulls wrestled back control last week after a brief respite, putting the S & P 500 back on the cusp of another record high. The index has now advanced for eight straight weeks since its Iran wartime bottom on March 30, its longest winning streak since late 2023, when it strung together nine…
The Club’s top 10 things to watch Friday, May 22 — Today’s newsletter was written by Jeff Marks, the Club’s director of portfolio analysis. 1. Stocks are poised to extend yesterday’s gains. Oil is slightly higher on Iran war peace deal uncertainty, but bond yields are not following the similar patten and are lower. Stocks…
ZHENGZHOU, CHINA – MAY 16: China Southern Airlines aircraft are seen parked at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport on May 16, 2026, in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s biggest airline stocks have suffered more than others since the war in Iran began, as a combination of factors…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, May 21 1. Stock futures are lower this morning. Why? Look no further than oil prices and Treasury yields. Both are higher after a reprieve yesterday. U.S. benchmark WTI crude is back above $100 a barrel. The 10-year yield is around 4.6%. Oil is back in control. Real…
Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk Manuel Orbegozo | Chip Somodevilla | Reuters When SpaceX finally debuts on the Nasdaq, under the ticker symbol SPCX, it will almost certainly set a record for the largest offering ever. By a long shot. Elon Musk’s reusable rocket maker filed its long-awaited IPO…
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 29, 2026. Li Rui | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images A majority of Federal Reserve officials at their most recent meeting anticipated that interest rate increases would be necessary if the Iran war continued to aggravate…
OpenAI is preparing to confidentially file a draft of its IPO prospectus as soon as Friday, as the company gears up for what could be one of the largest public markets debuts in history, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday. The artificial intelligence company, which is valued at more than $850 billion by private investors, is working…
An employee smiles while looking at her mobile phone in front of a digital board showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul, South Korea, on April 21, 2026. Chris Jung | Nurphoto | Getty Images North Asian markets are outperforming those in the south of the continent,…
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a state banquet for President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images SpaceX, which is getting set to publicly disclose its IPO prospectus, has picked Goldman Sachs to…
Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as an electronic screen (top) shows South Korea’s benchmark stock index (KOSPI) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on March 13, 2026. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea’s stock market volatility surged to near record highs on Monday after foreign…
