Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,195.50 per troy ounce on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, up 0.1% from Monday’s closing price. Gold rose slightly in early trading to $4,206.40 as of 6:43 a.m. ET.
Gold prices opened lower than yesterday,
Swing trading is a method of capturing price movements over a period of several days to several weeks. When buying stocks, you look at the charts, confirm your conditions, and place your order with enthusiasm. However, the truly difficult part comes after you have bought.
Once you have bought, there is basically nothing to do.
In the previous article, I introduced the fact that the factors driving US interest rate increases differ by maturity.
Specifically, the 2-year yield is driven by rate hike expectations.
The 30-year yield is rising primarily due to the term premium (supply and demand, etc.).
Since the 10-year yield is sandwiched between the 2-year and 30-year yields,
The most anticipated Social Security announcement of the year is just one day away. Tomorrow, Oct. 14, at 08:30 a.m. ET, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will publish the September inflation report, providing the final data point needed to determine Social Security’s 2027 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
Social Security’s COLA is essentially a near-annual raise passed on to beneficiaries to offset the effects of inflation (rising prices).
The S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.06%) has been indomitably bullish for four years. Nothing has successfully slowed down this bull market: tariffs, a war, or even an interest rate hike. And yet, below the surface, warning signs are sounding from every corner.
Earlier this month,
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One of the biggest questions facing the stock market right now is: Can the bull market continue? The S&P 500 index of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in America has been a great investment in recent years. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO -0.06%) has delivered annualized returns of about 15% for the past 16 years.
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Emerging-market stocks are having a rough week. The benchmark emerging-market equity index fell for a second straight day, dragged lower by a fresh selloff in AI-linked technology shares.
The damage is not spread evenly. It is clustered in the markets that host the world’s biggest chipmakers,
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Rising rates are grinding through bond portfolios, but one corner of the Treasury market resets its coupon every single week. Whether that mechanism actually beats owning plain T-bills depends on a timing question most investors never think to ask.
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