Roaring 2020s

MARKET CALL: Up, Up & Away

May 3, 2026 5 min read

The stock market balloon is climbing higher, and the burners are firing. It isn't all hot air that is lifting stock prices. It's also earnings revisions, which are increasing for 2026 and 2027. Growth stocks and the Magnificent-7 have reasserted leadership over the past month. Small caps and the Russell 2000 are at fresh record highs too. Investor sentiment remains surprisingly lackluster, leaving plenty of upside

Ed Yardeni
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MARKET CALL: Seeing Reindeer & Solid S&P 500 Earnings

Dec 21, 2025 3 min read paid

We believe the S&P 500 has been in a Santa Claus rally since it bottomed on November 20 at 6538 (chart). It is up 4.5% since then through Friday's close. Over the past 10 years, the average increase in the S&P 500 from the start of November through the end of the year has added 4.5 percentage points to its return. The

Ed Yardeni

DEEP DIVE: 2026 Is Coming!

Nov 25, 2025 8 min read

This is an excerpt of the November 24, 2025 Yardeni Research Morning Briefing. Roaring ’20s I: Just Another Year of the Roaring 2020s. We are getting into the warm-and-fuzzy spirit of the holidays. Thanksgiving is on Thursday. Hanukkah begins the evening of December 14 and lasts through the evening of December 22. Christmas Eve is on December 24. Kwanzaa is from December 6 through January 1. The season ends with

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MARKET CALL: Will Trump 2.0 Be Volatile?

Dec 8, 2024 3 min read paid

In recent conversations with our accounts, many of them said that the financial markets may be more volatile under Trump 2.0 over the next six months than they were over the past 12-18 months. In Thursday's QT, we observed that contrarian indicators are showing that there are too many bulls, which is bearish. A couple of prominent and vocal permabears recently conceded that the bulls have been

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To Infinity & Beyond: Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors & Nvidia

Nov 20, 2024 3 min read paid

In recent decades, the Digital Revolution has eclipsed the Industrial Revolution. Today, AI is a technology that has evolved from this relatively new revolution. AI simply represents another leap forward in data processing. During the 1950s through the 1970s, IBM mainframe computers processed data. The baton was passed to minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment in the 1970s. During the 1990s, desktop PCs manufactured by Compaq and Dell proliferated. Amazon Web

Ed Yardeni

Nvidia For Fun & Profit

Feb 21, 2024 2 min read paid

As a result of the AI gold rush, billions of dollars are being spent on Nvidia’s GPUs. They seem to be the only game in town. Huge investments in AI-related hardware and software are likely, eventually, to boost productivity significantly. That’s great for our Roaring 2020s scenario. We simply don’t know at this time how long “eventually” will turn out to be. The lack of numerous suppliers

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