Marketmail® Archive
12-30-25: Knocking on the Door of S&P 7000
by Ivan Martchev December 30, 2025 As I am writing this on Sunday, the S&P 500 Index closed last week at 6929.94, just 70-points (1%) away from 7,000. Whether or not we [...]
12-30-25: U.S. GDP is Now Flirting With 5% Growth Rates in 2026
by Gary Alexander December 30, 2025 Last week’s revision in GDP statistics revealed a surprisingly robust 4.3% annualized growth rate in the third-quarter, following +3.8% in the second quarter, averaging 4% growth [...]
12-30-25: A Year-End Look Under the Market’s AI Hood
by Bryan Perry December 30, 2025 As 2025 comes to a close, all the major indexes are at, or near, all-time highs. Even the Russell 2000 enjoyed a big catch-up move when [...]
12-30-25: What Could Go Wrong in 2026?
by Louis Navellier December 30, 2025 Despite my overall optimism for the future, I constantly get questions about what “could” go wrong. The primary disruptions to this economic prosperity will be external [...]
12-23-25: Seeing Beyond Our Stubborn Biases
by Jason Bodner December 23, 2025 It’s human to jump to premature conclusions. If I say the word “camel,” you probably picture a far-off desert in the Middle East, maybe in Saudi [...]
12-23-25: There is Still Time to Get to S&P 7,000 in 2025
by Ivan Martchev December 23, 2025 While last week was marginally up (+0.1%) for the S&P 500, we had four-down days in a row, ending Thursday, after the S&P 500 declined 180-points [...]
12-23-25: My Top 10 Books from 2025 (Part 2: Conclusion)
by Gary Alexander December 25, 2025 Christmas morning races toward us on Thursday morning. Last week, I ran down the first six of my 10-recommended new books (published in 2025). In this [...]
12-23-25: Gold Has More Room to Rise in 2026
by Bryan Perry December 23, 2025 After a historic 2025, in which gold has risen approximately 60% as of last Friday ($4,387-per-ounce), its best year since 1979, several major financial institutions have [...]
12-23-25: “Bad” Economic News Is Often Seen as Good Market News
by Louis Navellier December 23, 2025 The usual cycle of government statistics is slowly returning to their normal release dates. Last Tuesday, the Labor Department claimed that 105,000-payroll jobs disappeared in October, [...]
12-16-25: Growth is More Likely After Seeming Disasters
by Jason Bodner December 16, 2025 In nature, growth accelerates not when all conditions are perfect, but when energy reallocates to where it is most productive. For instance, after a forest fire, [...]
12-16-25: Venezuela (or Japan) Could Fuel a Year-End Move
by Ivan Martchev December 16, 2025 Last Thursday, we saw a new all-time high, but only on a closing basis, and then Friday delivered a large down day, with the S&P 500 [...]
12-16-25: My Top 10 List of Best Books in 2025 (Part 1)
by Gary Alexander December 16, 2025 This year marks the 8th edition of my year-end column of “10 best books,” which began as a Christmas list of books for my college-age grandchildren [...]