Hardika Singh
Economic Strategist, Market Intelligence
Hardika writes original economics and markets analysis for the daily note First to Market, weekly note Your Week Ahead, and bi-weekly note Signal From Noise. She specializes in translating complex topics into digestible insights for vertical videos on LinkedIn and TikTok, media appearances, and opinion articles in publications. She learned how to do that well when she analyzed and reported on financial markets for the Wall Street Journal. There, she was also in charge of writing the newspaper’s daily Central Banking Pro newsletter and frequently appeared on CBS News to help investors understand the latest market moves. In her current role, she appears on NYSE TV and is quoted in the New York Times, Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC, Barron's, Axios, MarketWatch, The Street, Business Insider, and more.
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First to Market
Long-Term Yields Come Down Briefly, but at What Cost
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday tamped down the longer-end of the yield curve, going against the strategy of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh.
First to Market
Dissecting the Latest Surge in Global Bond Yields
The 30-year Treasury yield rose as much as 5.337% Tuesday, the highest intraday level in about two decades. In Japan, the 10-year Treasury yield was...
Weekend Alpha
Bets on Rate Hikes Recede, Boosting Stocks
The S&P 500 finished the week up 0.36% to 7,785.76 points, off 0.2% from the fresh record of 7,798.99 hit on Thursday—putting the index on...
First to Market
A $13 Burrito Just Doesn’t Hit The Same Anymore
Shares of sit-down restaurants are outperforming those of fast casual, a sign that younger consumers are increasingly strapped for cash and cutting back.
First to Market
Does This Weak Jobs Report Matter?
The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a big miss considering the expectations were for an 83,000 increase. The hiring strength of previous months...
Signal from Noise
The Bull Case For Buying Companies With Moonshot Ambitions
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas A. Edison...
First to Market
Alphabet Tops Apple’s Market Value in Validation of AI Trade Revival
Google-parent Alphabet has passed Apple as the second most valuable company in the world, a confirmation signal that the nascent rebound in tech stocks is...
First to Market
SpaceX Is Battling Gravity – and Gravity Might Just Be Winning
SpaceX’s flop performance after its IPO has not been much of a surprise. To me, it always seemed a bit like that viral ramen place...
First to Market
The Case For The Federal Reserve To Hold Steady
America’s monthly net interest costs have risen above $100 billion for the first time ever. To me, the silver lining is that this makes it...
First to Market
Who are Big Tech Companies Without Their Fortress-Like Balance Sheets?
Earnings from Alphabet-parent Google last week showed that overall revenue beat, as did sales in its cloud-computing unit, but an increase in the capex range...
