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A REIT That Can Help Fund Your Holiday Spending

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Image source: PixabayThe Christmas season is supposed to be the most wonderful time of year. But let’s face it – when you’re short on cash due to high interest rates and rampant inflation, it can be a little harder to stay jolly. Especially when you have long list of gifts to buy for friends and family. So, […]

What To Do With High-Flying Tech At The Start Of 2024?

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: UnsplashI am coming into 2024 in a decent position. My MinVar equity portfolio, designed to extract the best from both worlds in the perennial battle between growth and value, has done largely what it is supposed to do. It has offered positive but below-beta returns with below-beta volatility, the latter which means that your humble blogging […]

Time To Consider A VAT?

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Image Source: DepositPhotosFirst, let me wish you Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or your favorite personal form of greetings for this time of year. I realize as you read this you are more focused on Christmas and the approaching New Year and family, so this will be a shorter letter than normal, but still a topic […]

Mortgage Pre-Approval Vs. Pre-Qualification – What’s The Difference?

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Image Source: DepositPhotosShopping for homes is exciting until one needs to secure financing to purchase. Even with savings, most Americans can only buy a house through a mortgage loan. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the US residential mortgage debt reached $11.92 trillion. As home prices continuously soar and interest rates hit historically high levels, getting a […]

What To Expect From The Euro And Dollar In 2024

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Image Source: DepositPhotosTraditionally, we publish currency forecasts from leading global financial institutions at the turn of the outgoing and incoming years. Having maintained this practice for several years, it enables us to not only peer into the future but also to reflect on past predictions by experts and evaluate their accuracy. 2022: The BeginningJust as the […]

GOLD Analysis & XAUUSD GOLD Week Ahead Forecast – Saturday, December 23

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Image Source: DepositPhotosXAUUSD Analysis Today and Forex XAUUSD Week Ahead Forecast is ready.Video Length: 00:04:24 More By This Author:USDX Weekly Technical Analysis – Saturday, December 16 US30 Week Ahead Forecast – Saturday, December 16 XAUUSD GOLD Analysis Today & XAUUSD GOLD Week Ahead Forecast – Saturday, December 16

GBP/USD Holding Above 1.2700 After US PCE Inflation Keeps Rate Cut Hopes Pinned To The Ceiling

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The GBP/USD is on the high side amidst some rough chop in the US market session, holding above the 1.2700 handle the pair reclaimed during the European trading window after the UK reported better-than-expected Retail Sales in November.UK Retail Sales grew 1.3% MoM in November, beating the forecast 0.4% and rebounding from October’s flat print […]

How The Free Market Drove History’s “Great Enrichment”

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Image Source: DepositPhotosBeyond Positivism, Behaviorism, and Neoinstitutionalism in Economics by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey University of Chicago Press, 2022; 222 pp.Deirdre McCloskey is a great economic historian, and in Beyond Positivism, she makes a number of valuable points that draw from her immense learning in this field. I’d like to concentrate on a few of these insights […]

Gold & Silver Bullion Outperform Mining Stocks Again In 2023

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

As the Christmas holiday approaches, bulls are celebrating some continued strength in gold and silver markets.The monetary metal has a chance of finishing out the year next Friday at a new all-time high. But trading volumes are likely to be light in the holiday-shortened week. And the big institutions that hold short positions on futures exchanges […]

KLA Laps The Stock Market: Here’s Why

Dec 23, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

In the latest trading session, KLA (KLAC Quick QuoteKLAC – Free Report) closed at $582.65, marking a +0.38% move from the previous day. The stock exceeded the S&P 500, which registered a gain of 0.17% for the day. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 0.05%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.2%.Coming into today, […]