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Tracking Thematics: How Indexing Megatrends Works
Image Source: Pixabay What’s driving interest in thematics and how can indices help investors target world-shaping structural trends? Join S&P DJI’s Jason Ye for a closer look at how innovative benchmarks, including the S&P Kensho New Economy Indices, are tracking long-term, market-altering themes by design.Video Length: 00:09:17More By This Author:Happy Days For How Long? Who’s Naughty […]
Turn Tax Selling Stocks Into Tax Selling Bounce Stocks
Image Source: Unsplash A tax tax is a stock that is currently selling for a low price but was trading at much higher levels earlier in the year. What is Tax Harvesting? As the year-end approaches, many investors use the strategy called tax harvesting, which is selling stocks the have tanked to offset any gains that may have been established […]
Nasdaq Jumps Triple Digits Amid Tech, AI Buzz
Stocks bounced back with wins across the board today. The tech-heavy Nasdaq stole the show, scoring its first triple-digit pop since Nov. 20, amid artificial intelligence (AI) tailwinds, with Alphabet (GOOGL) launching its Gemini AI model and C3.ai’s (AI) earnings report. Elsewhere, the Dow and S&P 500 both snapped their three-day losing streaks as Wall Street looks ahead […]
3 High Yield REITs To Buy
Image Source: Unsplash Income investors looking for high-yield stocks with safe dividends should take a closer look at Real Estate Investment Trusts, or “REITs”.The appeal of REITs is that they provide investors with the opportunity to profit from real estate, without the need to own property.REITs are required to distribute the vast majority of their taxable […]
December’s ECB Cheat Sheet: A Reality Check For Ultra-Dovish Expectations
The ECB will almost surely keep rates on hold at the December meeting. The question is to what extent it will align with the market’s aggressive pricing for rate cuts in 2024. We suspect it will fall short of endorsing ultra-dovish expectations. There is some upside room for EUR rates and the battered euro. Heading into the […]
Have Stock Traders Front-Run Santa Claus?
Yesterday we highlighted just how rapidly the market has adjusted its expectations for rate cuts. We pointed out that in the aftermath of the last FOMC meeting, Fed Funds futures were pricing in a high likelihood for a 25-basis point cut by June and three 25bp cuts by December, but we are now pricing in a […]
Is It Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas?
Image Source: Pexels In this episode, we 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 market […]
A Rising Stock Market Does Not Drive Economic Growth
Image Source: Unsplash Many people believe that a general increase in stock prices is an important factor in economic growth. However, this is a questionable observation.The view that the stock market drives economic growth originates from the observation that changes in stock prices precede changes in economic data. We suggest that various economic indicators are heavily […]
USD/JPY Drops On Its Worst Day In Over A Year, Breaches 142.00
Image Source: Unsplash The USD/JPY is on pace to see it’s single worst trading day since November of 2022 after plunging over four percent on Thursday with a broad-market rally for the Japanese Yen (JPY). The USD/JPY tipped into its lowest bids in since August below 142.00 after the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda […]
Shortages WASDE & Global Food Fight. The Corn & Ethanol Report
Challenger Job Cuts at 6:30 A.M., Export Sales, Initial Jobless Claims, Continuing Jobless Claims, and Jobless Claims 4-Week Average at 7:30 A.M., Wholesale Inventories 9:00 A.M., EIA Natural Gas Storage at 9:30 A.M., 4-Week & 8-Week Bill Auction at 10:30 A.M., 15-Year & 30-Year Mortgage rate at 11:00 A.M., Us Consumer Credit Change and Used […]
