Finance
With the S&P 500 at 7,483 and gold topping $4,187 an ounce, Chicago-area investors who stayed the course are sitting on their best mid-year position in years.
4 July 2026, 6:34 AM
Finance
A broad equity rally sent the S&P 500 above 7,400 and the Dow past 52,900, but the session's real story was gold's 4 percent surge and a sharp drop in crude that signals something more complicated beneath the surface.
4 July 2026, 6:34 AM
Finance
While Wall Street celebrates a broad Fourth of July rally, one Chicago-based commodity fund manager is collecting on a years-long bet that most retail investors ignored.
4 July 2026, 6:34 AM
Finance
Regional banks, fintech startups and mortgage lenders in the Chicago metro are navigating a punishing combination of margin pressure, credit concerns and a flight to hard assets that is reshaping local balance sheets.
4 July 2026, 6:33 AM
Finance
Equities surged across the board on Friday, but it was gold's 4.1% single-session spike to $4,187 an ounce that told the deeper story about where investors' nerves actually sit.
4 July 2026, 6:33 AM
Finance
A holiday-shortened session delivered broad equity gains on July 4, yet the forces dragging on Chicago's financial sector, from tightening credit to battered commercial real estate, are not going away.
4 July 2026, 6:33 AM
Finance
Currency moves are quietly rewriting commodity prices, and the gap between a surging gold market and a faltering crude benchmark tells the real story of where traders think the dollar is heading.
4 July 2026, 6:33 AM
Finance
With the S&P 500 at 7,483 and gold topping $4,187 an ounce, the holiday market session is sending signals that Chicago business owners and 401(k) holders cannot afford to ignore.
4 July 2026, 6:33 AM
Finance
A powerful equity rally collides with a sharp oil drop and soaring safe-haven demand, leaving Chicago investors to read contradictory signals on Independence Day.
4 July 2026, 6:33 AM
Finance
Stocks surged and gold hit $4,187 an ounce on Independence Day, but the broader picture for Chicago households trying to save, borrow and invest in 2026 is considerably more complicated.
4 July 2026, 6:33 AM
Finance
A broad equity surge on Independence Day can't paper over the mortgage stress, savings erosion and cost-of-living headwinds that Chicago households are navigating in mid-2026.
4 July 2026, 6:33 AM
Finance
A broad holiday-week advance in equities, a 4% jump in gold and a sharp drop in crude oil are sending conflicting signals that matter directly to Chicago-area 401(k) holders and savers.
4 July 2026, 6:33 AM