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Discover ways to identify, analyze, and act on U.S. investment opportunities with our timely insights and comprehensive educational resources.
Understanding the U.S. market
Learn how to find favorable trends in the U.S. market along with strategies for capitalizing on them.
US
Panic Is Not a Strategy
Panic is never a good investment strategy—nor is greed. Here's how disciplined investing helps navigate through volatile environments.
International
Rising Rates & Global Equities
Rising rates can affect global equities. Learn why the pace of yield increases, earnings strength, and diversification matter.
Company Earnings
Q3 2026 Bank Earnings Ahead
Amid potentially slowing IPO demand and the Fed's first interest rate hike in three years, the outlook for this quarter's bank earnings enters a more challenging phase.
Markets and Economy
Breadth, Bulls, and AI Shifts
Stocks eye record highs as breadth improves, clients diversify exposure, AI reshapes a few industries, and earnings season kicks off with tech leading the pack.
Investing & trading
Whether new to U.S. markets or experienced, find ways to take your investing and trading knowledge to the next level.
Trading
What Is After-Hours Trading?
What is after-hours trading? How does it work? Learn about the rules, risks, and benefits of extended-hours trading.
Market Volatility
MOVE Index Explained
The MOVE Index, a.k.a. the "VIX of bonds," helps investors track volatility across U.S. Treasuries. Sometimes, it can signal future action in equities.
Investments
What's an ADR?
Some of the largest tech stocks aren't traded on the S&P 500, though they trade on U.S. markets and affect Wall Street sentiment. ADRs are familiar stocks with unfamiliar pedigrees.
Options
Understanding Dividend Risk
When holding a short call option on a dividend-paying stock, traders should understand how dividend risk can affect options pricing, early assignment, and strategy outcomes.
Portfolio management
Learn about the various roles U.S. securities can play in your portfolio.
Stocks
Understanding Analyst Ratings
Research analysts assign buy, sell, hold, and other ratings to stocks in their research reports. Here's what these stock ratings mean, and how investors can use them.
Markets and Economy
Reminiscences of a Strategist
It's been 40 years since I began my career on Wall Street and the lessons I learned along the way from some all-time investment greats always hold true.
Markets and Economy
Soft Data Hits Hard
'Soft' reports like sentiment and confidence don't reflect 'hard' data like GDP or CPI. Still, they can affect markets and come with various strengths and weaknesses to consider.
Markets and Economy
Geopolitical Uncertainty
Geopolitical developments at home and abroad could have longer-lasting impacts on the markets. Here, three experts discuss what it all means for investors.
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