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3 Of The Best Dividend Stocks For 2024

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Unsplash Income investors typically focused on dividends. However, income investors should also be concerned with generating high total returns over time. Buying stocks that have high total return potential can provide shareholders with capital gains from a rising share price, in addition to dividend income.These 3 stocks pay dividends but are also undervalued, and […]

Ringing In The New Year And Wringing Out The Volatility

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Unsplash In today’s video we look at the low volume, low volatility at the end of the calendar year. We discuss the very low cost of options and for potential directional trades into the new year. We also analyzed the market and determined the retail traders were active while institutions were likely already done […]

Stocks Finish Mixed; Dow Hits Record High

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Stocks finished mixed on the penultimate trading day of the year, as investors unpacked this morning’s home sales and jobless claims data. The Dow added 53 points to close at a record high, while the S&P 500 finished flat — still just points below all-time highs. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq snapped a four-day win streak, though all three […]

Gold And Copper: Your Inflation Hedge

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Image Source: Pexels Join James Connor (BloorStreetCapital) as he speaks with Pierre Lassonde, Chair Emeritus of Franco-Nevada Mining about how he believes gold and copper can act as robust hedges against inflation. Learn about the advantages of investing in royalty companies, future market predictions, and strategies for optimizing your investment in all things precious metals!Video Length: […]

Pending Home Sales At Record Low Despite Falling Mortgage Rates

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Pending Home Sales Definition Pending home sales represent signed contracts that have not closed. They are a leading indicator of existing home sales reports. Existing home sales are recorded at closing whereas new home sales are reported at signing. The NAR reports Pending Home Sales Recorded No Change in November.Key Points Pending home sales in November […]

Bonds Are Pricing Storm Clouds That Equities Are Ignoring

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Pixabay Bonds are betting that falling inflation and rising unemployment will prompt policymakers to cut interest rates next year aggressively.After selling off in 2021 and 2022, the world’s bond market has rebounded sharply into year-end. The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Total Return Index (shown below) has risen nearly 10% over November and December, its best two-month run […]

Fiscal Spending Is Having A Far Bigger Impact Than Investors Realize

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Pexels We’re all aware of how the pandemic threw the economy and financial markets into unprecedented disarray.And for the past two years, investors have eagerly awaited them to return back to a state of normalcy.But has “normal” changed vs the pre-COVID days?How much of the old playbook no longer works well, if at all, […]

Closing Out 2023 With A Very Ugly, Tailing 7Y Auction

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

It’s only appropriate that a year which saw 10Y rates soar above 5%, the most in 16 years, before sliding on fears of an imminent recession and Fed easing cycle, that the final coupon auction of the year was a dog with a capital D.Yesterday’s far stronger than expected 5Y auction surprised many: not only was […]

Claims Characteristics Check Up

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

This morning’s release of initial jobless claims disappointed relative to expectations as they climbed up to 218K versus expectations for an increase to only 210K from last week’s reading of 206K. At current levels, jobless claims are rounding out 2023 in the middle of the past couple of years’ range: not as strong as the […]

Two Reasons Bonds May Perform Well In 2024

Dec 28, 2023 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Pixabay Macroeconomic climates showing a bullish level of growth and consumer confidence, combined with low enough inflation and low enough interest rates to facilitate widespread growth, are synonymous with equities, usually.So, next year should really be the time of stocks and we should be asking how the stock market will do in 2024, right?Well, […]