Financial Sense

Patience, Liquidity, and the Value of Optionality

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:40:00 -0700

Jul 24, 2026 – We continue to maintain a defensive investment posture, with overall asset allocations below neutral targets and cash reserves above normal levels. This positioning does not reflect a belief that investors should abandon...

This Week's Market Wrap: Earnings, Inflation, and AI-Driven Spending Concerns

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:22:00 -0700

By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT®, CTS™, CES™

Jul 24, 2026 – Strong earnings should have been good news for stocks, but this week the market focused on what companies are spending to generate that growth. Alphabet and Tesla were punished for rising capital expenditures and...

This Week's Market Wrap: AI Shakeup, Earnings, and Renewed Oil Shock

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:48:00 -0700

By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT®, CTS™, CES™

Jul 17, 2026 – AI stocks stumbled despite strong fundamentals, earnings season exposed a widening gap between winners and laggards, and a renewed oil shock threatened to complicate the inflation outlook just as the data appeared to be improving...

SOFTWARE IS AN ILLUSION: The Silent Minerals Driving Modern Life

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:33:00 -0700

By Jim Puplava, CFP®, CTS™, CES™

Jul 14, 2026 – The great illusion of the 21st century is that our world runs on code. In reality, it runs on physical geology—highly refined, deeply excavated chunks of the earth’s crust. While the broader markets obsess over AI and the cloud...

This Week's Market Wrap: Oil Shocks, AI Volatility, and a Resilient Economy

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:22:00 -0700

By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT®, CTS™, CES™

Jul 10, 2026 – Oil surged, semiconductor stocks swung sharply, and economic data once again showed a market being pulled in different directions. This week’s market wrap-up by financial advisor and market technician, Ryan Puplava, looks at...

The Great Monetary Realignment: Gold Migrating from Paper to Physical

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:09:00 -0700

By Jim Puplava, CFP®, CTS™, CES™

Jun 26, 2026 – While predicting the exact bottom of a cyclical correction is difficult, I believe the structural fundamentals of this gold bull market remain largely intact. We are witnessing what may prove to be the largest wealth transfer in modern history...

This Week's Market Wrap: AI Memory Shock, Crude Cracks, and Data Boxes in the Fed

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:13:00 -0700

By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT®, CTS™, CES™

Jun 26, 2026 – Micron’s blowout quarter confirmed powerful demand for memory chips, but rising memory costs also pressured Apple, Microsoft, and other mega-cap tech names. At the same time, falling oil prices helped leadership broaden...

Crowded Trades Are Not Always Bubbles, But Valuation Still Matters

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:39:00 -0700

By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT®, CTS™, CES™

Jun 25, 2026 – Everyone wants to own the AI winners, but what if some of the most crowded trades in the market are no longer the best values? In this month’s Big Picture from Ryan Puplava, he breaks down why semiconductor stocks...

Running on Empty: The Hidden Oil Crisis

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:00:00 -0700

By Jim Puplava, CFP®, CTS™, CES™

Jun 24, 2026 – The oil markets possess an innate, historical tendency to overshoot to structural extremes before undergoing a violent turnaround, both on the upside and the downside. We are currently witnessing this exact psychological phenomenon...

This Week's Market Wrap: Oil Collapse, Fed Reset, and AI's Growing Reach

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:51:00 -0700

By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT®, CTS™, CES™

Jun 18, 2026 – Oil plunged. The Fed turned hawkish. AI stocks refused to slow down. Those three forces drove nearly everything in the market this week, creating major moves in stocks, bonds, and commodities. Ryan Puplava...

This Week's Market Wrap: AI Ups and Downs, Oil Roars Back, and Strong Data

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:31:00 -0700

By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT®, CTS™, CES™

Jun 5, 2026 – The market's biggest story wasn't just AI this week. Oil surged above $96, economic data came in stronger than expected, Treasury yields jumped, and technology stocks finally saw some profit-taking after an extended run...

Oil Markets on the Brink: Why Today’s Calm May Be Hiding a Historic Supply Shock

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:25:00 -0700

By Christopher Puplava, CRPC®

May 28, 2026 – The current price stability in the oil markets has not come from a healthy supply-demand balance. Instead, it has been supported by temporary emergency buffers, including coordinated releases from Strategic...

The New Retirement Reality: The Danger of Becoming Too Conservative

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Thu, 28 May 2026 10:15:00 -0700

By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT®, CTS™, CES™

May 28, 2026 – Many retirees spent the last 40 years investing during one of the greatest bond bull markets in history. Falling inflation and declining interest rates rewarded conservative portfolios for decades. But what if the next 20 years...

This Week's Market Wrap: Nvidia, War Headlines, and FOMC Minutes

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Fri, 22 May 2026 16:04:00 -0700

By Ryan J. Puplava, CMT®, CTS™, CES™

May 22, 2026 – NVIDIA delivered another blowout quarter, but the market’s reaction may have revealed where the next phase of the AI trade is heading. Investors are increasingly searching for the next bottlenecks in AI infrastructure...

From Boom to Backlash: The New War Over America’s Data Centers

fswebmaster@financialsense.com (Financial Sense) — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:40:00 -0700

By Financial Sense

May 20, 2026 – In the first four months of 2026, Americans rejected or restricted more data centers than they did in all of 2025. The numbers tell the story: 49 rejections last year, 79 already this year. Something has snapped. A backlash is building...