If you’ve been around markets long enough, you start to notice something important. Price doesn’t just tell you what to buy. It also tells you what to avoid. We’re fortunate to have the deepest, most transparent capital markets in the…
We don’t get sustainable bull markets in America without financials. Go back and study every major advance. When banks, brokers, and asset managers are participating, the market structure is healthy. When they’re not, problems tend to follow. That’s why what…
When it comes to markets, everything is relative. In 2025, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 12%. The S&P 500 was up 17%. The Nasdaq 100 finished higher by roughly 20%. On the surface, those sound like solid years. And…
In a meeting last week, I got a question I don’t hear often. “What would actually make the U.S. Dollar go up?” It’s a good question. Most people spend their time explaining why the dollar is weak. Few stop to…
Energy stocks are off to a monster start in 2026. While the S&P 500 is flat and the Nasdaq 100 is in the red, energy is up 23% year to date. That’s not “quiet” outperformance. That’s leadership. And it isn’t…
Technology stocks collapsing and technology stocks consolidating are two very different environments. Right now, the market is reminding us of that distinction. Yes, the S&P 500 Large-Cap Technology Index is down about 2% this year and roughly 7% since late…
With the U.S. market feeling more split than it has in a while, this is not the time for hot takes. It’s the time for evidence. Some groups are grinding to new highs. Others are stalling out. The headlines want…
Coming into 2026, I had no idea what the market was going to do. Neither did you. Neither did anyone. That’s the point. But we did not enter this year blind. We entered it with context. Technology was the best…
There are winners in this market. And there are losers. There always are. Bull markets don’t mean everything goes up together. They mean capital rotates. Money flows. Leadership changes. And if you’re on the wrong side of that rotation, it…
We spend a lot of time weighing the evidence here at TrendLabs. That’s the job. Not all data points are created equal. Some carry serious weight. Others are just noise dressed up as headlines. Over the past few years, plenty…
There’s a lot to like about this bull market. Breadth has improved. Emerging markets are breaking out. Small-caps are rotating higher. New 52-week highs on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are expanding. That’s not what major tops are made…
The last shoe just dropped. The S&P SmallCap 600 is now making new all-time highs. Up until now, it had been the only major U.S. equity benchmark sitting out the party. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, S&P MidCap…
