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Senior Loan Officer Survey Shows Modest Improvement Even As Credit Remains Tight, Demand Weak
In our preview of the week’s key updates, we said that while today’s Senior Loan Officer Survey (or SLOOS) was likely the otherwise quite’s week’s main event, even if it was unlikely to be a market mover as it would – in a quarter where the 10Y yield briefly topped 5% – signal more of the […]
Elon Musk Launches XAI’s Grok
Elon Musk has introduced Grok, an AI chatbot developed by his new company xAI, poised to challenge existing AI services. Named after an alien word from Robert A. Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land,” Grok is designed to respond with wit to queries that might stump other bots. Musk’s demonstration on X showcased this feature with […]
AI For Performance Marketers
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Using readily available generative AI tools, our prompt crafting (aka prompt engineering) workshops can help any team increase their productivity by 5%-25% in about 45 minutes. Now that Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, Adobe, and other major software vendors have begun to incorporate generative AI into their products, good prompt crafting skills will become […]
Bank Caution To Tighten The Squeeze On The U.S. Economy
The Federal Reserve’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey shows banks have tightened lending standards further while households and businesses remain wary of taking on additional borrowing. Given how important credit flow is to the US economy it makes it all the more likely that the economy will continue to slow, helping to bring inflation back […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Relative Fearlessness
Stocks managed to maintain their relative fearlessness and resisted the impulse to retreat from their recent gains.VIX fell back again.The Dollar rose slightly.Gold and silver were both under pressure. Have a pleasant evening. More By This Author:Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Into The Storm Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – The Hour For Reform Stocks […]
Sellers Come In After Last Week’s Gains
No surprise to see sellers come in after last week’s solid gains. The good news is that selling volume was well down on last week’s buying, and price action was relatively stable in the Nasdaq and S&P.The Russell 2000 (IWM) was rebuffed by its 50-day MA, but it’s going to take a few days of […]
Is NVDA Key To Next Leg Of Market Rally?
Image source: Pixabay Today looked like a typical rotation to defensive sectors like Staples, Healthcare, and Utilities. However, are these the drivers for the current market rally? Looking beneath the surface shows NVDA at the center of the next move in the market. (IYR, ARKK, SOXL, LEN, PYPL, XLE).Video Length: 00:22:24More By This Author:Can The Fed-Induced […]
It Is Fantasy Time In The Land Of The Stock Market
Sweet fantasy world illustration. Generative AI Stocks finished the day flatish, no surprise, given the rally last week and the trends we have seen over the last 18 months. As of today, the S&P 500 call wall is still at 4,400, and that means this index will remain capped until such time the call wall […]
Nasdaq Bags Longest Win Streak Since January
Stocks extended their win streaks with muted gains on Monday. The Dow and S&P 500 settled slightly above breakeven to close a sixth straight day in the black and notch their best win streaks since July and June, respectively. The Nasdaq pared its heartier gains as rising Treasury yields capped price action, though it still […]
China Continues Silver Consumption Amidst Economic Slowdown
Image Source: Pixabay The latest economic data continues to show slowing conditions in the US economy, with Friday’s labor report (that included significant downward revisions of previous months) being the latest reflection of that.Although so far that has not stopped the silver consumption in China. Where Vince Lanci reports that their silver demand has remained strong, […]
