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Market Talk – Friday, Oct. 27

Market Talk – Friday, Oct. 27

ASIA:Japan is expected to slip from the third to the fourth position in the world in terms of nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in US dollars, with Germany surpassing it this year, according to projections by the International Monetary Fund. This change is primarily attributed to the depreciation of the yen, which has weakened beyond […]
Roku Gears Up To Report Q3 Earnings: What’s In The Cards?

Roku Gears Up To Report Q3 Earnings: What’s In The Cards?

Image Source: Pexels Roku (ROKU – Free Report) is set to report third-quarter 2023 results on Nov 1.For third-quarter 2023, Roku expects total net revenues of $815 million, total gross profit of $355 million, and adjusted EBITDA of negative $50 million.The consensus mark for revenues is pegged at $855.35 million, indicating 12.34% growth from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure.For […]
Dow Turns In Worst Week Since Mid-August

Dow Turns In Worst Week Since Mid-August

Stocks limped into the weekend once again, with steep five-day losses across all three major indexes. The Dow turned in its worst weekly performance since March 10, and is now trading at its lowest level since Aug. 18. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also closed the week lower, with the latter still firmly in correction territory despite […]
GDP In Q3: Relative To Nowcasts, And Alternative Estimates

GDP In Q3: Relative To Nowcasts, And Alternative Estimates

GDP surges, at 4.9%, compared to 4.3% Bloomberg consensus, and 5.4% from the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow (It’s about a point less than the seemingly over-optimistic GDPNow of two month’s ago (8/24)). Jim’s post yesterday discusses the implications for recession calls, as well as for the macrostabilization (inflation reduction to target). Here’s a picture of where the advance estimate […]
How Soon Could The U.S. Dollar Lose Its Reserve Status?

How Soon Could The U.S. Dollar Lose Its Reserve Status?

Image Source: Pixabay History Says American Dollar’s Days Are Numbered There’s a lot of noise about how the U.S. dollar won’t survive long. Let’s examine how soon the dollar could lose its value and status as a global reserve currency.Looking from a historical perspective, since the emergence of fiat currency, no major currency has been able […]
U.S. GDP Growth Accelerates In Sign Of Economic Resilience

U.S. GDP Growth Accelerates In Sign Of Economic Resilience

Video Length: 00:03:18On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Chief Investment Strategist for North America, Paul Eitelman, and Sophie Antal-Gilbert, Head of AIS Portfolio & Business Consulting, discussed the third-quarter GDP (gross domestic product) reading in the U.S. They also reviewed the latest decisions on interest rates from the European Central Bank and […]
Does The Vanguard Value ETF VTV Practice Value Investing?

Does The Vanguard Value ETF VTV Practice Value Investing?

Image Source: Pixabay In this video, Chuck Carnevale, Co-Founder of FAST Graphs, a.k.a. Mr. Valuation will discuss the concept of value investing and its importance in the world of investing. He will do a deep dive into the Vanguard Value ETF VTV and analyze its performance and holdings. He will highlight the discrepancy between his definition of […]
Gold Tops $2000 Amid Global Conflict, Govt Chaos

Gold Tops $2000 Amid Global Conflict, Govt Chaos

Image Source: Pixabay This week, gold and silver went their separate ways, with gold rising and silver falling, with today’s Gaza headlines pushing gold notably higher… With spot gold topping $2,000 for the first time since May… And,as Bloomberg’s Nour Al Ali points out, this recent acceleration could propel the precious metal to a fresh record high.Gold […]
Softs Report – Friday, October 27

Softs Report – Friday, October 27

Photo by Tina Guina on UnsplashCottonGeneral Comments: Cotton closed higher yesterday on stronger than expected weekly export sales. Sales for the current crop ear were about 185,000 bales and were much improved over the last few weeks. Macro economic data for the US was very strong as well. Ideas are that the US could be […]
Technology Stocks Testing Highely Influential Dual Support

Technology Stocks Testing Highely Influential Dual Support

Image Source: Unsplash Today’s technology stocks make the world run. The tech sector and select large-cap stocks have led the broader bull market for nearly 14 years.So when they are weak, investors should take note!Today’s chart takes a “weekly” view of the S&P Technology Sector ETF (XLK).As you can see, price hit resistance at last year’s highs, […]