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Best & Worst ETFs Of November
Image Source: PixabayWall Street has witnessed an impressive surge in November. Specifically, the S&P 500 has surged by 8.5% past month, and the Nasdaq Composite Index has seen a substantial rise of nearly 11%. Furthermore, the Dow Jones has achieved a 7.2% increase in November, marking its best month in about a year. The Russell 2000 […]
EUR/USD Clears Daily Losses And Defends The 20-Day SMA, Closes A Losing Week
Image Source: Pixabay The EUR/USD trimmed losses after falling to a low of 1.0830 and then recovered towards 1.0885. Jerome Powell acknowledged the need for evidence to declare a victory on inflation. US ISM PMI from November came in lower than expected. During Friday’s session, the EUR/USD cleared many of its daily losses, recovering to 1.0885 after […]
Triumph Of ETFs Over Mutual Funds
Image Source: UnsplashAnyone here remember Peter Lynch? He was probably the most famous investor in the world back in the 1980s. He ran the Fidelity Magellan Fund, which was lauded as a superstar of investment prowess. I was curious how the fund (whose symbol, FMAGX, I memorized decades ago) stacked up the boring old basic SPY. Here’s what SlopeCharts yielded […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – The Idylls Of Mammon
Image Source: UnsplashStocks managed to put together another rally, with even the tech sector along for the ride.The VIX fell.The Dollar declined.Gold and silver held a good push into their breakouts and put a spike near the highs at the close.Wow.There will be a non-farm payrolls report next week.The problem with powerful organizations and people is […]
Three Asian EV Stocks That Can Compete With Tesla
Image courtesy of 123rf.com When a new market emerges, a scaling race begins. In the case of electric vehicles (EVs), companies have to consider charging infrastructure, cost of raw materials for batteries, EV performance itself, and affordability. These scaling barriers are additionally affected by government incentives. For instance, nearly all EVs sold in China are exempt from […]
Macro: Incomes And Consumption Expenditures
Image Source: PexelsThis was a very positive report. The consumer is showing no signs of pulling back or needing to pull back in the near term, buoying GDP and GDP expectations. Interest rates float higher on the news.A quick comment on market dynamics and reactions to releases such as this one. First, everything is relative to […]
Gold Just Below All-Time High Of $2,075… Will It Break Out?
Image Source: Pixabay As trading for the final month of 2023 kicks off, the gold market is pushing toward a historic breakout. The monetary metal rallied to $2,050 an ounce on Wednesday, marking its highest close of the year. It then gave back a few dollars on Thursday but advanced over $15 further on Friday.And gold […]
Is An Earnings Recession Coming?
Image Source: Unsplash The Q3 earnings reports showed once again that companies have largely been able to defy the doom-and-gloom predictions.We are not suggesting that the earnings picture is great, but rather that it has proved to be a lot more stable and resilient than many had been willing to give it credit. Actual Q3 results came […]
A Divergence In The Magnificent 7 Force?
Image Source: Unsplash – Mag 7 leadership role diminished this week – Financials continue to hold SP500 together – Fed Fund Futures are ludicrous – positioning in a one-sided market (JPM, BA, IBM) – heavy skew, huge volatility contango – markets don’t trust the future?SPX Expected Move – – last week – 46.29 (5-day expected move) – […]
Market Talk – Friday, Dec. 1
ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 55.38 points or -0.17% to 33,431.51 Shanghai increased 1.96 points or 0.06% to 3,031.64 Hang Seng decreased 212.58 points or -1.25% to 16,830.30 ASX 200 decreased 14.10 points or -0.20% to 7,073.20 Kospi decreased 30.28 points or -1.19% to 2,505.01 SENSEX increased […]
