If you judged this year solely by headlines, you’d think markets spent most of it on the verge of disaster—or stuck in an AI-driven bubble waiting to burst. And yet,…

U.S. stocks are entering September on a strong note, supported by cooling inflation, resilient earnings, and growing expectations of Fed rate cuts. At the same time, narrow market leadership, lingering…

On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government entered a shutdown after Congress failed to pass a new funding bill. The fallout is immediate: nearly a million federal workers furloughed, critical…