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US Market Commentary

3 Smart Skills for Informed Trading

Trading involves multiple skills, and traders can potentially improve their trading acumen—and potentially their results—by following these tips that may be associated with more balanced returns.
June 3, 2025

Chuck Schwab on Life & Golf

The founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation discusses his passion for golf and how it parallels life lessons.
June 3, 2025

Little Bits of Happiness: With Guests Sally Millington & Ellen Evers

Learn how the way we separate life's highs and lows can influence our happiness.
June 2, 2025

Why Does Sentiment Not Match Hard Data?

Liz Ann Sonders and Kathy Jones analyze the divergence between hard economic data and consumer sentiment in the markets.
May 30, 2025

Credit Spreads: Under the Radar, but Influential

Corporate credit spreads, whether investment grade or high yield, can often hint at hiccups in the stock market and the economy. But they tend to keep a low profile.
May 29, 2025

No Hard Feelings: Soft vs. Hard Divide Persists

There is still a wide divergence between hard and soft data, and a recovery in the latter is likely to be weak absent a meaningful reduction in policy uncertainty.
May 27, 2025

Understanding Share Classes

A look at the differences between stock share classes—and why they matter.
May 27, 2025

What Should Your Advisor Know About You?

How much should you share with your financial advisor? Learn why trust, open communication, and the right information matter when working with professional help.
May 26, 2025

Navigating the 'Funky' Market Environment (With Helene Meisler)

Longtime market technician Helene Meisler joins Liz Ann Sonders to explore market trends, sentiment, and volatility, offering insights on the evolving investing landscape.
May 23, 2025

Data Decoder: Deciphering Messages in Key Reports

A host of data influences the market, including jobs and GDP. Learn how savvy investors decipher their meaning and what they watch for beneath the surface.
May 22, 2025

Dottie Pepper: LPGA Legend & CBS Announcer

Lead walking reporter for CBS Golf and former pro Dottie Pepper discusses her path to the LPGA and beyond.
May 20, 2025

Using Chart Divergences to Make Trading Decisions

When technical indicators and price changes that normally correlate instead move apart, known as chart divergences, it can be a signal to potentially adjust a trading strategy.
May 20, 2025

Why International and Why Now

The shifting change in market leadership to international outperformance may call for a portfolio review to assess overexposure risks.
May 19, 2025

Why Are Munis Attractive Right Now?

Tariffs change directions again, and Cooper Howard discusses the appeal of municipal bonds.
May 16, 2025

Does Your Inner Scorekeeper Skew Your Judgement?

How do mental scorecards shape your financial decisions? Professor Daniel Stone joins to unpack how reference points can shape risk, reward, and regret.
May 12, 2025

Hate It or Love It: Sentiment's Message

The April plunge in stocks ushered in a huge washout in investor sentiment, but more so on the attitudinal side as opposed to the behavioral side.
May 12, 2025

Should the Fed Focus on Inflation or Unemployment?

Kathy Jones and Collin Martin break down the Fed's current predicament and what the future might hold for interest rates.
May 9, 2025

Three Things to Know About the Wheel Strategy

The options wheel strategy involves selling cash-secured puts, and if they're assigned, writing covered calls on the stock, which might be repeatable. Here are three things to know.
May 6, 2025

Andy Johnson: Founder, Fried Egg Golf

Andy Johnson, founder of Fried Egg Golf, explains what drew him to the game and how he turned his passion into a career.
May 6, 2025

(Bonus) Did May Day Reshape Investing?

Mark Riepe explores the history of how investing has become more accessible, from key milestones like May Day to the various factors that have shaped who could participate through the last century.
May 5, 2025

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