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Charles Dickens On Seeing Poverty

Charles Dickens On Seeing Poverty

Image Source: Unsplash Charles Dickens wrote what has become one of the iconic stories of Christmas day and Christmas spirit in A Christmas Carol. But of course, the experiences of Ebenezer Scrooge are a story, not a piece of reporting. Here’s a piece by Dickens written for the weekly journal Household Words that he edited from 1850 to 1859. It’s […]
Emerging Market 2024 Prospects Bright: 3 Stocks To Buy

Emerging Market 2024 Prospects Bright: 3 Stocks To Buy

Image Source: Pexels The world witnessed an economic rollercoaster in 2023. In the first half of the year, despite the looming fear of recession, global equity market investment across all essential and non-essential sectors finally came back to life after the pandemic was officially declared over. China’s reopening led to the long-awaited consumption push in the […]
Recession Outlook

Recession Outlook

Image Source: Pexels On a recent installment of the Pynx debate series, Bob had a friendly debate with Dean Baker on a soft or hard landing in 2024. In this episode of the Human Action Podcast, Bob comments on the key disputes, underlying the differences between the Austrian and Keynesian frameworks.Video Length: 01:15:12More By This Author:How The […]
29 Undervalued Dividend Aristocrats: December 2023

29 Undervalued Dividend Aristocrats: December 2023

Image Source: Pixabay The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index contains 67 dividend growth [DG] stocks called the Dividend Aristocrats. With a few exceptions, the Dividend Aristocrats are S&P 500 companies with higher dividend payouts every year for 25 or more years.Based on their quality scores, I rate stocks as Exceptional (29-30), Excellent (26-28), Fine (21-25), Decent (16-20), Poor (11-15), and Inferior (0-10). Investment Grade ratings have quality scores in the range of […]
Where Are The World’s Largest Solar Power Plants?

Where Are The World’s Largest Solar Power Plants?

Devastating wildfires, rising temperatures, and warming seas across the world have added renewed vigor to the global quest for carbon emission reductions.And in this hunt for sustainable alternatives to air-polluting energy sources, solar power plants have emerged as shining beacons of hope.In this graphic, Pranav Gavali uses data from Statista to shed light on the world’s 15 largest solar […]
10 Most Actively Traded ETFs Of Q4

10 Most Actively Traded ETFs Of Q4

Image Source: PixabayThe ETF industry is seeing explosive growth, piling up huge assets amid the stock market surge. This has resulted in enough liquidity in the ETF world, with most of the funds trading at extremely higher volumes. Volume can be determined by the number of shares traded in a particular period. High trading volume indicates […]
The Last Fallen Angel For 2024

The Last Fallen Angel For 2024

Image Source: UnsplashI tried, in vain, to find three more Fallen Angels to fill out our Dodgeball 7 portfolio. But after spending the week poring over about a zillion charts, opinions, and analyses, I must report that I could not find three that I would consider Angels – or at least none that I believe have the […]
Will The Rest Of The Stock Market Soar In 2024?

Will The Rest Of The Stock Market Soar In 2024?

Image Source: Pexels  The year 2023 will be etched in history as the advent of a peculiar bull market driven by the dominance of the Magnificent Seven—Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Alphabet, Tesla, and Meta Platforms. This tech-centric group, as highlighted by Richard Bernstein, CEO of Richard Bernstein Advisors, has fueled a substantial portion of the S&P […]
GBP/USD Analysis: Bulls In Control, Waiting For Stimulus

GBP/USD Analysis: Bulls In Control, Waiting For Stimulus

Photo by Colin Watts on Unsplash   The price of the GBP/USD is trying to maintain the resistance level of 1.2700, which confirms the bulls’ control of the trend. Its gains last week reached the resistance level of 1.2762, but the weakness of the recent British economic data weakened the pound’s movement higher. At the beginning of the holiday week, GBP/USD […]
Market Signals For The U.S. Stock Market And Indian Stock Market – Monday, Dec. 25

Market Signals For The U.S. Stock Market And Indian Stock Market – Monday, Dec. 25

The S&P 500 rallied and the Nifty fell last week. Indicators are bullish for the week. Markets are at resistance, as we enter bullish seasonality. We are transitioning from an inflationary regime to a deflationary collapse. The Nifty has caught up to the upside. We are way overbought short-term and will likely pull back here sharply.The past week saw US equity markets rally. […]