Doom index flashes red

Stocks are living their best life while the dollar is having its worst year since 1973

One observer thinks the US central bank may be done and this could have significant consequences

Picking through a murky market outlook for the rest of 2025

Only a downside surprise on jobs may move the Fed to lower rates, much to Trump’s disappointment

“A latter-day Rip Van Winkle… napping since the start of the year, might think not much had changed” over the past six months in financial markets, says Randall Forsyth in Barron’s. The S&P 500 index

Issue of the week: are markets too complacent? ...