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MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING MARCH 2, 2026
February 27, 2026
REVIEW A 6–3 Supreme Court majority on Friday, February 20, struck down President Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs in a monumental vindication of the Constitution’s separation of powers. You might call it the real tariff Liberation Day … but his rant in response to his tariff defeat at the Court was...
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February 20, 2026
By MMA Analyst Pouyan Zolfagharnia REVIEW “President Trump’s global tariffs are illegal, the Supreme Court ruled Friday, in a stinging repudiation of a signature White House initiative.
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING FEBRUARY 16, 2025
February 13, 2026
Market Holiday Notice: U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday, February 16. Regular trading resumes Tuesday, February 17. Wyatt Fellows is the editor of the MMA MonthlyCycles Grain Report, which will be issued the week of February 23 and covers the Corn, Wheat, and Soybean markets. He is...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING FEBRUARY 9, 2025
February 6, 2026
REVIEW By Pouyan Zolfagharnia is the editor of the MMA Cycles Plus monthly report, which covers Gold, Silver, NASDAQ, and Crude Oil. Each week, this column is authored by an MMA analyst on a rotating basis, offering readers a range of perspectives within MMA’s market-timing framework.
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING FEBRUARY 2, 2025
January 30, 2026
REVIEW By Ray Merriman Stocks fell, silver and gold plunged, and the dollar strengthened after investors finally learned President Trump’s pick to run the Federal Reserve: former Fed governor-turned-critic Kevin Warsh. Some market participants see Warsh as a relatively safe option, given his Fed experience and his track record as...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 26, 2025
January 23, 2026
REVIEW by Gianni Di Poce President Donald Trump’s push for mineral rights in Greenland may be the latest play in long-standing U.S. efforts to block China from accessing rare earths on the world’s largest island. … Trump has disclosed few details about the Greenland framework deal that he announced...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 19, 2025
January 16, 2026
REVIEW A bubble occurs when asset prices divorce from fundamental value and emotion drives price (meaning the asset ceases to be an asset). Bursting a bubble locks in a wealth transfer from bubble buyers to bubble sellers. Bubbles generate a positive wealth effect for the bubble sellers, incentivizing them to...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 12, 2025
January 9, 2026
NOTE: This week’s free weekly column was written by MMA Analyst Pouyan Zolfagharnia. REVIEW Growing economic optimism, along with a more cautious view of the artificial intelligence build-out, is prompting a major “rotation trade” on Wall Street, with investors selling technology stocks and buying up the shares of most...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 5, 2025
January 2, 2026
REVIEW: The festive mood that powered the crypto market in early 2025 gave way to a hangover. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, finished the year below $88,000 after retreating more than 30% from early October, when it peaked at above $126,000. Since then, digital assets have lost more than $1 trillion...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 22, 2025
December 19, 2025
NOTE: This week’s free weekly column is authored by MMA Analyst Pouyan Zolfagharnia, editor of the MMA Cycles Plus monthly report. Pouyan covers Gold, Silver, NASDAQ, and Crude Oil. The November edition of MMA Cycles Plus will be released on Monday. PLEASE NOTE: There will be no weekly or daily...
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