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Car Market Update: Full Speed Ahead In The Run Up To 2024

Car Market Update: Full Speed Ahead In The Run Up To 2024

The auto sector maintained momentum throughout 2023, which pushes sales an expected 8% higher. We think that order books and underlying demand will still bring positive developments next year, too. There are signs of a slowdown in electrification but intensified competition and lower relative prices will push the trend forward, with China in the lead.Global car […]
Gold Stocks: The Time Is Now

Gold Stocks: The Time Is Now

Image Source: Pexels The time is at hand for gold stocks to prove a phase change similar to 2001-2003Huey lugs his cart of rocks out of a mountainside shaftIn 2000 a great stock bubble rolled over, the US dollar was soon to roll over into a bear market, commodities remained in a bear market for another […]
Is Apple’s Magic Fading?

Is Apple’s Magic Fading?

Image Source: Unsplash This week, Tracey is going solo to talk about Apple. As many long-time listeners of the podcast know, Tracey is not an Apple investor. Nor does she use its products. That’s right. She does not own an iPhone and never has.But after Apple reported the fourth straight quarterly sales decline, the first time […]
Former ECB President Mario Draghi Discusses The Death Of The Eurozone

Former ECB President Mario Draghi Discusses The Death Of The Eurozone

Draghi Says Euro-Zone Recession Almost Sure to Happen Bloomberg reports Draghi Says Euro-Zone Recession Almost Sure to Happen The euro zone is nearly certain to experience a recession by the end of 2023, former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said, according to the Financial Times. Speaking on Wednesday to a conference in Brussels organized by […]
ETFs To Ride On S&P 500’s Longest Winning Streak Since 2021

ETFs To Ride On S&P 500’s Longest Winning Streak Since 2021

Image Source: Pixabay After entering correction territory in the last week of October, the S&P 500 Index staged a solid comeback in the first week of November. Notably, the benchmark rallied for eight consecutive days, the longest winning streak since 2021. The rally came on the back of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s “slightly dovish” stance […]
How High Rates Will Impact Your Wealth

How High Rates Will Impact Your Wealth

Image Source: Pexels As inflation and interest rates remain high, consumers and businesses are being more conservative with how they spend. The reason? More cash flow is paying for higher expenses.How is the global economy going to digest the current level of interest rates?Peter Boockvar, Chief Investment Officer of Bleakley Financial Group & Editor of The […]
For Sale Inventory On The Rise

For Sale Inventory On The Rise

Image Source: Pexels The four Ds drive real estate listings: death, divorce, default, and discretionary. The first three tend to trigger regardless of market conditions. ‘Discretionary’ and default listings tend to rise with interest rates– both are escalating now. Ted Oakley discusses real estate with property market expert Ivy Zelman.  Here is a direct video link. For […]
WeWork Shares Have Plunged 99% But Founder Adam Neumann Remains A Billionaire

WeWork Shares Have Plunged 99% But Founder Adam Neumann Remains A Billionaire

Even though WeWork (WE) has filed for bankruptcy, founder Adam Neumann remains a billionaire.  In what has been one of the biggest valuation collapses in history, WeWork has seen the lower rung of its current capital structure all but wiped out, falling from a peak valuation that was near $50 billion. And while shareholders have been […]
Measuring Fixed Income Opportunities In Asia With Indices

Measuring Fixed Income Opportunities In Asia With Indices

How are indices helping investors track the continued development of Asian Bond markets? S&P DJI’s Randolf Tantzscher and SSGA’s Kheng Siang Ng discuss how indexing is helping market participants track the evolving fixed income opportunity set across currencies in Asia.Video Length: 00:08:38More By This Author:Material Change In A Material World Tracking The Evolving Yield Landscape […]
The Near-Term Profits And The Key Long-Term Factor

The Near-Term Profits And The Key Long-Term Factor

Miners’ rally failed, gold’s upward momentum is broken, and the USDX appears to have bottomed. Very interesting times ahead!Let’s start today’s discussion with GDXJ’s short-term charts, as that’s where we see the most interesting action. While the recent rally might have seemed like a big deal, in reality…Junior mining stocks simply verified their breakdown below the rising, […]