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Top Picks 2024: Baxter International
Image Source: UnsplashBaxter International (BAX) has four divisions: Medical Products & Therapies, Healthcare Systems & Technologies, Pharmaceuticals, and Kidney Care. The stock aggressively sold off ~65% due to supply chain issues, Hillrom impairment, and most recently, on fears that GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs will impact medical device suppliers. The stock’s average historic P/E is around 19x. It was recently […]
Selling Puts Made Simple: Easy, Concise, And Interesting Strategies
Image Source: PexelsIntroductionCertainly! Selling puts is like offering insurance to other investors. When you sell a put, you’re promising to buy a stock at a specific price if it drops below that level. In return, you get paid an upfront fee.Think of it as saying, “I’m willing to buy this stock if it goes on sale, […]
SPDR ETF Report For Friday, January 5
Image Source: PixabayIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the day’s trading in various SPDR-ETF markets for the trading day just ended, Friday, January 5.Video Length: 00:16:17More By This Author:Financial Markets Report For Friday, January 5SPDR ETF Report For Thursday, January 4Financial Markets Report For Thursday, January 4
Key Events In EMEA Next Week Starting Monday, January 8
Image Source: PixabayNext week’s focus will be on Poland’s first MPC decision of this year, where we expect rates to remain unchanged as the council awaits more information on inflation developments. Elsewhere, we estimate that prices will remain unchanged in the Czech Republic, translating into a stable inflation figure of 7.3% YoY.Poland: Rates to remain unchangedCurrent account (Nov): €2074mnWe expect yet […]
Goldman Sachs Outperforms Broader Market
Image Source: UnsplashGoldman Sachs (GS) closed at $386.44 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.91% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500’s 0.18% gain on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.07%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.1%.Shares of the investment bank have appreciated by 11.12% over the course […]
One Year Later: Recapping Quality Growth In 2023
Image Source: PixabayIt’s been just over a year since the launch of the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund (QGRW) in December 2022.This year’s performance provided compelling evidence that looking under the hood at the nuances of index construction matters. 2023 PerformanceThe WisdomTree U.S. Quality Growth Fund (QGRW) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree […]
Pattern Recognition
Image Source: PexelsAs valuable as it is to recognize patterns, it is just as valuable to recognize when price action exits a permissible zone. Sometimes this can be in the form of prices just “exiting stage left” from a formation, and other times the pattern will be complete and behaving itself and then suddenly do a […]
Financial Markets Report For Friday, January 5
Image Source: PexelsIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Friday, January 5.Video Length: 00:22:27More By This Author:SPDR ETF Report For Thursday, January 4Financial Markets Report For Thursday, January 4Metals Report For Thursday, January 4
Activism Uncensored: California Sex Workers Fight For Labor Rights
Image Source: PixabayIn the heart of Los Angeles County, a labor movement unlike any other is unfolding. Sex workers, often relegated to the shadows of the labor discourse, are stepping into the limelight, demanding rights equivalent to mainstream entertainment industry workers. This burgeoning movement, spearheaded by the dancers at the Star Garden topless bar, is not just […]
The Employment Release & Business Cycle Indicators
Image Source: PexelsNFP growth surprises on the upside (see discussion here), but combined with downward revisions in October and November, we’re just at about the consensus level. Here’s the picture of some key indicators followed by the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, plus monthly GDP and GDPNow.Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll employment incorporating preliminary benchmark (bold dark blue), implied […]
