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5 Best-Performing Technology ETFs Of 2023
Image Source: Pixabay Technology has turned out to be the most profitable sector in 2023, driven by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, easing inflation, a surge in “Magnificent Seven” stocks and a crypto rally. Additionally, bets that the Fed’s aggressive interest rate hiking campaign might be nearing an end powered the rally in the sector in […]
A Glimpse Of The Future For Gold/Silver Miners
Image Source: Unsplash One of the (many) disappointing things about the gold/silver miners has been their failure to respond when precious metals have gone up. Gold, though not exactly on fire for most of 2023, did touch a new all-time high in early December. But (as far as I know) not a single gold/silver miner was […]
Softs Report – Thursday, Dec.. 14
COTTON General Comments: Cotton closed a little higher yesterday in consolidation trading. Traders were waiting for the export sales report that comes out this morning. The domestic estimates showed a decrease in production and a smaller decrease in demand for ending stocks of 4.10 million bales. World data showed a slight increase in ending stocks […]
Fed Holds Policy Rate At 22-Year High – That’s The Good News
Image source: Wikipedia As expected, the US Fed did not hike yesterday and held its policy rate at a 22-year high while signaling rate cuts to start in 2024. Asset markets are jubilant across the board.Relief rallies are typical at the end of central bank hiking cycles. Optimism makes sense for government bonds, which become more […]
Most Active Equity Options For Midday – Thursday, Dec. 14
Top Tickers: TSLA, AAPL, NVDA, AMD, SOFI, BAC, INTC, AMZN, MSFT, F, C, GOOGL, PLTR, RIVN, META, CHPT, BABA, PYPL, CVNA, MARA. Data Courtesy Of Trade Alert More By This Author:Most Active Equity Options For Midday – Tuesday, Dec. 12 Most Active Equity Options For Midday – Monday, Dec. 11 Most Active Equity Options For Midday – […]
Lagarde Pushes Back On Aggressive Rate Cut Expectations
Today’s meeting marks the end of the current rate hike cycle but also shows that there’s still a long way to go before the ECB starts cutting rates. Image Source: Pixabay Today’s decisions The European Central Bank has kept policy rates unchanged but slightly changed its communication. The policy statement signals that the end of rate hikes […]
AUD/USD Climbs Into A Four-Month High, Bulls Aim For 0.6800
Image Source: Unsplash The AUD/USD tapped a four-month high of 0.6728 in early Thursday trading, with the Aussie (AUD) extending a Fed-fueled risk rally after Australian labor figures beat the street, and the US Dollar (USD) tumbles across the broader FX market.The US Federal Reserve (Fed) pivoted on its monetary policy outlook on Wednesday, tabling interest rate cut […]
Buffett Just Loaded Up On Shares Of Occidental Petroleum: Should You Too?
Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE: OXY) is up 4.0% today following news that Warren Buffett increased his stake further in the oil producer this week. Buffett now has a 27% stake in Occidental Petroleum The legendary investor bought more than 10 million shares of the Houston-headquartered firm for $588 million across multiple transactions […]
Don’t Mind That Man Behind The Curtain Dovish Fed? The Corn & Ethanol Report
We kicked off the day with Export Sales, Export Prices MoM & YoY, Import Prices MoM & YoY, Retail Sales MoM & YoY, Initial Jobless Claims, Retail sales Ex Autos MoM, Continuing Jobless Claims, and Jobless Claims Ex Gas/Autos MoM at 7:30 A.M., Business Inventories MoM and Retail Inventories Ex Autos MoM at 9:00 A.M., EIA Natural […]
Dow Extends Rally As Treasury Yields Tank
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is charging full speed ahead, up 78 points this afternoon after yesterday closing at record highs, on the heels of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) is higher as well, while the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) is flat, following better-than-expected retail sales data, which pointed to strong consumer […]
