It’s no secret that stock markets are cyclical, swinging from bullish to bearish and back again as investor sentiment oscillates between greed and fear .

This happens at a micro level intraday, and at the macro level overtime scales of years ,or even decades .

What isn’t always appreciated is that markets are also prone to fashions. And…[Read more]

We are two weeks into January and this 2026, though to be honest so much has happened in that time it feels as though a lot more time has elapsed.

However it really only has been a fortnight.

That’s enough time for some trends to develop and perhaps provide pointers about what is to come in the balance of 2026.

The scatter chart below plots…[Read more]

Silver is up again overnight trading above $90.00 per troy ounce. The metal has gained almost +40.0% in a month.

One of the most straightforward ways to play Silver as a UK retail trader is Fresnillo FRES LN, one of the worlds largest silver miners, with extensive operations in Mexico.

Fresnillo have rallied by just over +34.0% in the last…[Read more]

Freeport Mcmoran are up again today though they haven’t printed above the 10 year high posted on Friday at $58.63 nevertheless they have registered a +32.0% gain since I first mentioned them here in early December.

I have added a chart that tracks the percentage change in the share from then, to today, below.

I recently highlighted the upside potential of Albemarle ALB US the worlds largest lithium refiner
see https://invesdaq.com/members/fatdaz/activity/390/.

Albemarle are called up +4.67% in the pre market today and have traded at $168.83 $10.00 above the level they were when I mentioned them a week a go. As you can see that move takes the stock…[Read more]

Nuclear stocks are to the fore in the US pre market as Meta Platforms META signs deals with OKLO OKLO and Vistra Energy VST the stocks are either side of +18.0% higher and the news has boosted other names among nuclear energy and uranium stocks.

URA US the GX Uranium ETF is up by +5.5% pre market

Stifel Canada wrote on Uranium stocks…[Read more]

Copper is in the headlines once again this morning JP Morgan writes on copper miners maintaining overweight recommendations on several stocks saying:

“JPM Commodities Research forecasts the global copper market to be in deficit from 2026 onwards ( link ) and our analysis indicates that demand destruction & substitution to alternative…[Read more]

Q4 2025 earnings season is fast approaching , in the US JP Morgan JPM US the world’s biggest bank, will unofficially kick off the process before the market open on January 13th.

Wall Street expects S&P 500 earnings to grow by an impressive +15.0% this year and though the Q4 25 reports aren’t directly part of that equation, the numbers and…[Read more]

We recently looked at the where Lloyds Banking shares would be in 5 years time https://invesdaq.com/forums/topic/what-will-lloyds-share-price-be-in-5-years/

I was/ am bearish based on macro factors, the UK economy and the bank’s almost exclusive domestic revenue exposure .

However, Barclays take a different view it seems (as you can see…[Read more]

A contrarian indicator in the S&P500 (?) at the same time that CNN’s Greed and Fear indicator goes to neutral ………..