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Metals Report For Thursday, November 2

Metals Report For Thursday, November 2

Image Source: PixabayIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day’s trading in the gold and other relevant metal markets.Video Length: 00:10:42More By This Author:Financial Markets Report For Wednesday, November 1Metals Report For Wednesday, November 1SPDR ETF Report For Tuesday, October 31
EUR/USD Holds Above 1.0600 Ahead Of The US NFP Data

EUR/USD Holds Above 1.0600 Ahead Of The US NFP Data

Image Source: Pixabay EUR/USD holds ground around 1.0620 on the weaker USD.  Markets anticipate that the Federal Reserve (Fed) is already done with the hiking cycle. France, Italy, and Spain’s Manufacturing PMIs plummeting and Germany already indicating a severe recession. Investors will focus on the Eurozone Unemployment rate and US Nonfarm Payrolls.  The EUR/USD pair rally stalled after […]
Markets Up Big Again; Apple Beats Modestly

Markets Up Big Again; Apple Beats Modestly

Image Source: PixabayMarkets rallied for a second straight day, bringing weekly totals up anywhere from +3.2% on the blue-chip Dow to +4.7% on the tech-heavy Nasdaq. Just as it looked like the final trading months of 2023 were going to be more of the same tepid activity, we blast off +564 points on the Dow. It […]
Markets On Fire With Extreme Moves

Markets On Fire With Extreme Moves

Image source: PixabayMarkets exploded to the upside off the FED comments but traders are questioning the validity of the move. Are we headed higher or is this the quintessential rip your face off rally? Don will explore quantitatively how markets have exploded higher and what products you need to pay attention to for the rally to […]
Macro: Challenger Job Cuts — Improvement Throughout The Year

Macro: Challenger Job Cuts — Improvement Throughout The Year

We had a bad 1st quarter relative to historic averages for job cuts. But the situation has gotten better throughout the year. In the 3rd quarter of 2023 less people are losing their job relative to the average 3rd quarter going back to 1989.More By This Author:Macro: Oct S&P Final And ISM PMIMacro: GDPNow — […]
“Weak Sisters Flushed” Stock Market

“Weak Sisters Flushed” Stock Market

Slowly but surely we are getting all of the weak sisters flushed out of undervalued great companies – while they chase into overpriced momentum vehicles that are set up for a fall.Despite the garden variety headline correction of 10% in the S&P 500, under the surface weak hands are getting flushed out of some of […]
Watch The Markets, Not The Fed

Watch The Markets, Not The Fed

Image Source: Pexels Investors often focus on the Fed’s actions. The markets, however, have much stronger and unequivocal messages about equity trends and the business cycle.Video Length: 00:10:51More By This Author:The Business Cycle And The Financial Markets This Business Cycle May Very Well Surprise You The Fed Does Not Matter
Stocks Mount Third Rally Of 4% Or More Over 4 Days Since Mid July

Stocks Mount Third Rally Of 4% Or More Over 4 Days Since Mid July

Today demonstrates why I was in no rush to give a view on the market. I feared we might see something like this, and I didn’t feel like getting myself stressed out about it. But I will point out that since the drawdown started in July, we have now seen three rallies of greater than […]
Apple Should Be Viewed As A Consumer Staples Company

Apple Should Be Viewed As A Consumer Staples Company

Image Source: Unsplash Gene Munster, Deepwater Asset Management, joins ‘Fast Money’ to talk about Apple’s Q4 earnings.Video Length: 00:04:13More By This Author:DoorDash Earnings Show The Consumer Is Still Spending On Discretionary Items Treasury To Borrow $776 Billion In The Fourth Quarter American Airlines Posts Third-Quarter Loss And Trims 2023 Profit Forecast
3 High Yield Stocks For Long-Term Income

3 High Yield Stocks For Long-Term Income

Image Source: Unsplash Market volatility in 2023 has made some equities overvalued and other undervalued. Investors have fled some sectors and industries because their results are sensitive to inflation and rapidly rising interest rates. They also fear a recession. However, despite predictions to the contrary, a recession has yet to occur.As a result, some equities are […]