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2026-04-20 06:30:00 ET By Mike Larson Think the stock market just went from downright depressed to extremely euphoric? It’s not in your head! The S&P 500 Index ( SPX ) just swung from oversold to overbought in the second-shortest time frame ever .... Rea...

2026-04-20 06:05:00 ET Originally published on April 19, 2026 When the news gets too good in the stock market, it can be as much of a warning sign as an incentive for either equity allocations to float higher in client accounts to take advantage of bullish economic and corporate...

2026-04-18 04:10:00 ET On Wednesday this week, the S&P 500 stock index closed above 7,000 for the first time ever and thus gave traders the thrill of two big things on the same day: a nice round number (oh, how we love crossing the round number thresholds), and a record close to boo...

2026-04-17 22:50:00 ET By Ryan J. Puplava War Fade Fuels Melt-Up The dominant driver of markets this week was not just geopolitics, but the change in trajectory of those headlines. What began as a high-risk escalation between the U.S. and Iran quickly transitioned into a...

2026-04-17 09:00:00 ET By Mike Larson Transcript Mike Larson: Hi there. I'm Mike Larson, Editor-in-Chief with MoneyShow, and I'm coming to you from the MoneyShow Masters Symposium in Hollywood, Florida, where I promise we're going to get some sun soon, so I will still ca...

2026-04-15 20:55:00 ET By Elior Manier After remaining close to unchanged in the beginning of the session, stock markets got off to the burners. With no pity for whoever remained short of the war, bulls are leading an absolute rampage, which has now taken two out of the three ma...

2026-04-15 20:25:00 ET After falling 9.9% from its last all-time high in January to its low eleven trading days ago on March 30th, the S&P 500 closed at a new all-time high today.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: New All-Time Highs; ...

2026-04-14 20:20:00 ET The Iran war resulted in a tough March for US equities. In addition to the S&P 500 falling close to 10% versus its 52-week high, breadth took a measurable hit. As shown below, up until the first week of March, the 10-day advance/decline line, which measures th...

2026-04-14 07:40:00 ET The threat to the S&P 500 is not geopolitical risk, rising rates, or stagflation, but AI. AI is eroding the certainty that justifies today's equity valuation multiples. You cannot price decades of cash flows you can no longer see. ... Read the full a...

2026-04-13 23:15:00 ET ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Rates Spark: Equities Are Back, But Bonds Are Not - Why?