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Bonds And Oil Signal Economic Threat

Bonds And Oil Signal Economic Threat

Image Source: Pexels In today’s video, we look at bonds rally indicating a flight to safety and oil prices falling as a sign of destruction of demand. Additionally, we received a warning from Walmart (WMT) indicating the holiday retail season would likely miss analysts expectations. This is extra concerning as the final quarter of the year […]
Diversifying Your Portfolio With Plant-Based Options

Diversifying Your Portfolio With Plant-Based Options

Image Source: Unsplash Being plant-based is no longer only a lifestyle choice. Instead, investors are catching up to this trend, looking to diversify their portfolios with consumer and biotech companies that manufacture and distribute vegan or plant-based products on the back of surging consumer demand. The world’s largest consumer products conglomerate, studies claimed that nearly one person […]
Has The Profit Cycle Bottomed?

Has The Profit Cycle Bottomed?

Image Source: Unsplash The Q3 earnings reports continue to be better than expected even as we see the final phase of the reporting cycle through quarterly results from the likes of Walmart (WMT – Free Report), Target (TGT – Free Report), and other conventional retailers.Overall earnings growth is on track to be positive for Q3, the first year-over-year earnings growth […]
Oil The New Gold – Buy When There’s Blood In The Street

Oil The New Gold – Buy When There’s Blood In The Street

Weaker labor market, manufacturing production slowing, new home prices falling and crude oil inventories rising more than expected are all to blame for the big drop in oil prices.US also eased sanctions on Venezuelan oil.That’s the nature of commodities.Fresh news can supersede older headlines and force the weaker longs out of their positions as we […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Raising A Light In The Darkness

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Raising A Light In The Darkness

The markets drifted around today, looking for another impulse from some direction to continue higher or to give back some of the enthusiasm for a pause and reversal in Federal Reserve interest rate policy.Gold and silver moved higher, but backed off from their daily high.Both are poised for breakouts.VIX drifted a little higher.Tomorrow is a […]
Stock Market Topping

Stock Market Topping

Image Source: Pexels TradingLounge’s Stock Market Report S&P 500 – NASDAQ 100 – RUSSELL 2000 – DAX 40 – FTSE 100 – ASX 200. Elliott Wave AnalysisSummary: Stock Indices are completing a corrective Wave iv).  So they are also in their later stages of the trend up, so looking for the top is next. Looking for […]
Money Market Fund Inflows Continue As Fed’s Bank Bailout Fund Hits Another New High

Money Market Fund Inflows Continue As Fed’s Bank Bailout Fund Hits Another New High

Money-market funds saw inflows for the 4th straight week (since the biggest outflow since Lehman), adding $21.9BN to reach a new record high of $5.73TN… Source: BloombergIn a breakdown for the week to Nov. 15, government funds – which invest primarily in securities like Treasury bills, repurchase agreements and agency debt – saw assets rise to $4.68 trillion, an $18.9 […]
Tech Turns Hot, ETFs Touch New 52-Week Highs

Tech Turns Hot, ETFs Touch New 52-Week Highs

Image Source: Pixabay The technology sector is back in the groove and dominating the stock market rally once again since the start of November. The renewed confidence is driven by hopes that the Fed’s aggressive interest rate hiking campaign might be nearing an end. Additionally, hedge funds’ upsurge in big tech investments added to the strength.The […]
Macro: Markets — Banks Exit Overnight Trade And Extend Duration

Macro: Markets — Banks Exit Overnight Trade And Extend Duration

Image Source: Pexels For the first time since March we are seeing a positive correlation between bond yields and reverse sold by the Fed. The change started during the last week of October and has continued throughout November. The correlation in March coincided with bank failures, mainly Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. In between March […]
Buy List Stock For November 2023: Nike

Buy List Stock For November 2023: Nike

Photo by Kevin Mueller on Unsplash  A stock that remains on my buy list for November is Nike (NKE). I consider Nike a core holding because it meets all my investment requirements and it’s a stock that I would hold for a long time while reviewing it quarterly for good measure. Here’s why.Nike is a leader in that […]