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The 1970s Are Back: What High Inflation, Labor Strikes, And A Major Hostage Crisis Reveal About Today
Image Source: Pixabay High inflation, labor strikes, a major hostage crisis, and war in the Middle East are just a small handful of the events considered hallmarks of the 1970s period. Amazingly, we see these same events all taking place today, 50 years later.Here are ten of the most striking parallels we recently discussed on our […]
Bitcoin: 52-Week High Two Years After A Record High
Image Source: Pexels Even for a volatile asset class, it has been quite a week for crypto-related assets. With a gain of nearly 8% for the week, Bitcoin rallied to 52-week highs and crossed above 35K, 36K, and 37K in the process. Year to date, the largest cryptocurrency is up over 125%, but looking at the […]
Canopy Growth Q2 Financials Show Improvement
(CNW Group/Canopy Growth Corporation) Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (Nasdaq: CGC) announced its financial results for the second quarter ended September 30th, 2023 yesterday. All financial information below is reported in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated, and compared to the previous quarter. Q2 Financial Highlights Total Revenue: $69.6M Adj. Gross Margin: 33% Canadian: UP 1.0% to $39.0M […]
3 Funds To Boost Your Portfolio On Soaring Semiconductor Sales
Image Source: Pexels The semiconductor market is staging a solid rebound after sales started nosediving in the second half of last year. Higher prices coupled with multiple geopolitical factors hurt sales last year after reaching unprecedented heights during the pandemic.However, higher demand across multiple industries and cooling inflation are once again boosting sales. Given this situation, […]
Is Santa Claus Coming To Town Early?
Image Source: Unsplash Samantha LaDuc and Craig Shapiro discuss the impact of recent macroeconomic events, including the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, on financial markets. They analyze the market’s reaction to Janet Yellen’s announcement on treasury issuance and Jerome Powell’s speech, which they perceive as more hawkish than expected. They also delve into the implications of bond […]
Record Gold Drain From LBMA, Silver Drains Down To Lows
Image Source: Unsplash The national debt just ballooned another $100 billion in 6 days, just like the creation of the world.Arguably, the Federal government’s accomplishment in debt accumulation is even more impressive. With the Treasury announcing $1.6 trillion in new borrowing by March and only $1 trillion left in the reverse repo facility, it looks like […]
Playing Into Putin’s Hands – Again
The Great Game of Geopolitics faces a new challenge. The new hotspot is Israel and the Muslim Middle East. Ukraine is all but over, and the US is likely to abandon her to her fate — like Afghanistan.We shall have to see how both will play out. Meanwhile, energy prices are set to keep inflation […]
Will Yields Drop In 2024?
Image Source: Pixabay Many believe we are currently at the peak of Treasury yields, or close to it. Inflation is slowing down, the tightening of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve is starting to have an impact, and so on.In my view, these expectations significantly underestimate the impact of the refinancing volume of the national debt. […]
Investors Give A Cold Shoulder To Conventional Funds During The Fund-Flows Week
Image Source: Unsplash Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the third week in a row, injecting a net $14.2 billion for the LSEG Lipper fund-flows week ended Wednesday, November 8.Fund investors were net purchasers of fixed income funds (+$7.1 billion), money market funds (+$3.9 billion), equity funds […]
Signs Of An Economic Cooldown? European Retail Sales Dip While U.S. Job Gains Slow
Video Length: 00:05:22 On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Portfolio Manager Olga Bezrokov and ESG and Active Ownership Analyst Elizabeth Jackson discussed the recent cooling in economic data in Europe and the U.S. They also chatted about the market’s surprising reaction to the numbers and provided an update on the probabilities of […]
