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Why Are Stocks Up If The Economy Is Slowing Down?
Image Source: Unsplash The stock market is not the economy. It’s always looking 6-12 months out, trying to predict what is going to happen next. Meaning, the markets predictions could be right at times, but it can also get things wrong.Nick Colas, the Co-Founder of DataTrek Research joins Eric Chemi to explain how the markets are […]
Gold Is Hitting All Time Highs In Foreign Currencies
Image Source: Pixabay While the price of gold still sits below the $2,000 per ounce level in the US (although it’s about $20 closer to that level following this morning’s rally after the CPI was released), gold has been setting new all-time highs in many of the major foreign currencies.The foreign gold pricing is indicative of […]
Dow Set To Turn In 4th Consecutive Win
Stocks are looking to extend yesterday’s strong rally, with more upbeat inflation data fueling investors’ optimism. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is up more than 150 points this afternoon, and looking to extend its daily winning streak to four. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also modestly higher, while the Cboe Volatility […]
Three Stocks Poised To Benefit From Inflation Cooling
Image courtesy of 123rf.com The macro landscape has made a positive shift. The freshly released consumer price index (CPI) remained unchanged in October at a 3.2% annual inflation rate. More importantly, core CPI, excluding volatile food and energy costs, beat the 4.1% forecast at 4%. Every month, core CPI also beat the 0.3% forecast at a 0.2% […]
GDP And Interest Rate Forecasts And Recession From The SPF
The Q4 Survey of Professional Forecasters was released Monday. Accelerated growth is forecast, no yield curve dis-inversion, and triggering of the Sahm rule.First, GDP:Figure 1: GDP as reported (bold black), GDPNow of 11/8 (blue square), NY Fed nowcast as of 11/10 (green inverted triangle), St. Louis Fed news nowcast (brown triangle), WSJ survey mean (bold dark red), SPF […]
Dividend Kings In Focus: United Bankshares
Image Source: Pixabay United Bankshares (UBSI) recently increased its dividend for the 50th consecutive year, joining the list of Dividend Kings.This article will discuss the company’s business overview, growth prospects, competitive advantages, and expected returns. Business Overview United Bankshares was formed in 1982 and since that time, has acquired more than 30 separate banking institutions. This […]
Small Business Sales Get Slammed
The release of small business sentiment from the NFIB showed optimism fell by less than expected, coming in at 90.7. That compares to 90.8 in September and leaves the index in the middle of the past several months’ range. Although that is not at a new low, current levels are near the low end of the […]
Microsoft Just Announced An AI Chip That Could Go Up Against Nvidia
Image Source: Pixabay Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq: MSFT) just announced an AI chip that will likely compete with the highly in-demand Nvidia GPUs. Its shares are slightly in the green at writing. Microsoft also unveiled a new CPU today The tech behemoth unveiled the said artificial intelligence accelerator it’s calling the “Maia 100” today at its Ignite conference in Seattle. How […]
Here Is What Wall Street Experts Are Saying About Walmart Ahead Of Earnings
Image Source: Mike Mozart, FlickrWalmart (WMT) is scheduled to report results of its third quarter before the market open on Thursday, November 16, with a conference call scheduled for 8:00 am EDT. What to watch for: GUIDANCE: In August, Walmart forecast Q3 adjusted earnings per share of $1.45-$1.50 on revenue up 3% and operating income up 1%. Analysts currently […]
Softs Report – Wednesday, Nov. 15
COTTON General Comments: Cotton closed higher yesterday on buying related to market-positive CPI data released by the US government and the sharp move lower in the US Dollar. The weekly export sales report was strong and helped support prices. The monthly USDA reports were mostly ignored as market factors. USDA increased yields and production to […]
