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The terms “bull market” and “bear market” are used to describe how stock markets are doing. A bull market is favorable and ...

Grain markets were higher on Wednesday with gains led by soybeans and wheat. Garrett Toay with AgTraderTalk attributes the rally mostly to corrective buying after the selloff to end 2025 and with a $1 ...

When things seem too good to be true on Wall Street is precisely when investors should be concerned.

Javier Estrada’s latest research, “Expected Stock Returns in Bullish Times,” shines a spotlight on the mathematical drivers of stock returns—and why today’s market exuberance should be met with ...

Determining what the S&P 500 will do in 2026 is almost impossible and depends on the fate of the U.S. economy, government policy, earnings growth and other trends. Years of soaring inflation, ...

The S&P 500 ended 2025 at 6,845.5 points. Analysts at Bank of America expect the benchmark index to hit 7,100 by year-end 2026, suggesting a roughly 3.72% gain from now. Meanwhile, analysts at ...

Prediction markets function like stock markets for questions, where prices reflect the crowd’s odds on real-world events. Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi enable users to trade on crypto, politics ...

Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says many farmers believe that corn and soybean yields need to be cut but he will ...