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3 Safe Dividend Stocks For 2024
Image Source: Pixabay Income investors should focus on stocks that pay solid yields, but also those that have sustainable payouts and strong business models. The safest dividend stocks can raise their dividends each year, even during recessions.The following 3 dividend stocks have low dividend payout ratios and recession-proof business models, meaning their dividends are well-covered even […]
Stocks Snap 9-Week Win Streak To Start 2024
Wall Street clawed into the black in the final minutes of Friday’s trading but still snapped its nine-week win streak to start the new year. Today’s struggling market came in the wake of a red-hot jobs reading that sent bond yields higher, sending the 10-year note to briefly touch 4.1%. The VIX closed lower but still logged […]
Large Cap Tech Stocks Possibly Repeating 2021 Pattern
Image Source: Unsplash We have spent a lot of time discussing the importance of technology stocks and how this area of leadership is a great “tell” for what’s to come.Today, we look at the Nasdaq 100 Equal Weight ETF (QQEW) and highlight why market participants should be watching right now!“The facts, Ma’am. Just the facts.” – Joe FridayAs […]
The Bank Of Canada Needs To Change Horses
Photo by Michelle Spollen on Unsplash For nearly three years, the Bank of Canada has been in charge of bringing inflation down to its 2% target, even though it would come at the expense of economic growth. The job numbers just released for December confirms that the Bank has ignored the weaknesses in virtually all aspects of the […]
Bank Borrowing From Fed Bailout Program Has Surged
Image Source: Pexels Is a U.S. banking crisis still bubbling under the surface?If activity in the Federal Reserve’s bank bailout program is any indication, the answer to that question is yes.Over the last two months, the balance in the Fed Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) has surged, and the pace of borrowing appears to be increasing.Since Nov. […]
Three Stocks To Watch Out For In January 2024
Image courtesy of 123rf.com After gains in December, the S&P 500 (SPX) market benchmark is in a weekly decline, now at -1.5%. This comes as a mix of weakened Apple device sales and “window dressing” reallocation from the Magnificent Seven stocks, which hold around $11 trillion market cap weight.Likewise, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is down 0.5% […]
What Is The Weirdness Of The Job Openings Data Telling Us?
Image Source: Pixabay Job openings were sky-high in late 2022, and while the level has come down since then, they remain high compared to the previous 20 years. But why should job openings have skyrocketed after the pandemic recession? And what is it telling us?Here’s the basic data, from the ever-useful FRED website run by the Federal Reserve […]
Charted: S&P 500 Sector Performance In 2023
While the Santa Clause rally of 2023 ultimately ended up fizzling out, the year was still an excellent one for U.S. equities. All three major indices ended December on a positive note, reversing the trend in 2022.But thematically speaking, which parts of the market did well, and which ones felt the pressure?We visualize the 2023 […]
If: Contradictory Data; Then: Pick Which Fits The Preferred Narrative
Image Source: Pixabay Today is the first Friday of the month, and thus traders were poised for the usual monthly jobs report. With all eyes on one of the most consequential economic reports on the calendar, markets chose instead to focus on a piece of the less-anticipated ISM data. However, the latter data better fit the […]
1,200 Tones Of Gold Have Disappeared From ETFs Since 2020, Poured Into Private Stacks
Image Source: Pixabay 2023 is over, and the drain of physical gold from the ETFs and other paper funds sped up significantly last year. That leads to one basic question. Where is it all going? Since 2020, about 1,200 tonnes are unaccounted for, and about 800 tonnes of that was drained just In 2023. Some of […]
