The Great Market Disconnect, and the Chart Ma...

Big Banks on pace for a standout year. The money centers with double digit gains, and if the financials sector can stay on focus in 2026. Plus New Year, New interest in AI? What the VC landscape is looking for in the red-hot AI space, and where an early stage investor sees the mo ...  Show more

Is the fever breaking in the AI & metals trade? The chip & tech stocks seeing outsized drops, and how Silver reversed course in a major way after hitting records. Plus the next move for the tech trade after a standout year, and the stocks one top analyst is betting on in 2026, bu ...  Show more

The Dow closed up a marginal 3 points and Jim Cramer is guiding investors through what he calls "The Gauntlet" of earnings season. Then, Centene CEO Michael Neidorff is digging deeper into earnings and what caused the stock to fall today despite seemingly strong headlines. Plus, ...  Show more

Sarah Hansen, Morningstar Inc. markets reporter, discusses why the stock market is up today and what could cause it to fall. Preston Caldwell, senior US economist for Morningstar Research Services, explains why he thinks the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates more than on ...

Troy Gayeski, chief market strategist at FS Investments, says don’t wait until May to flee the stock market rally—get out now. He joined the What Goes Up podcast to explain why he’s expecting the S&P 500 to bottom out at around 3,200, a roughly 22% drop from current levels. “Firs ...  Show more

After last week’s Fed meeting and another rate hike, both stocks and bonds dropped back to June lows. The question is, will this turn to the downside continue to accelerate?

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Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Mike Wi ...