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Gold Forecast: January 2024
Gold markets have spent most of the month of December being very volatile, but as we close out the year, it has become increasingly obvious that 2024 should be a very strong year for gold markets in general. After all, the Federal Reserve looks likely to step away from its monetary policy of tightening and has […]
Top Picks 2024: BYD Co. Ltd.
Image Source: UnsplashShort for “Build Your Dreams,” BYD Co. Ltd. (BYDDY) has quickly become China’s version of Tesla (TSLA). In March 2022, the company stopped making combustion engine vehicles to go full electric, or at least mostly electric. It now produces both battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrids, writes Chris Preston of Cabot Wealth Network.The shift in focus paid immediate dividends in a country […]
The Top 11 Oil-Producing States In 2023
U.S. oil production has increased by 21% over the past five years. According to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), earlier this month U.S. oil producers set a new annual production record.FreepikThis increase is being driven by a surge of production in a handful of states. I thought it might be of interest to look […]
Your Paycheck In 2024
Welcome to 2024! Since you’ve clicked through to this tool, we know you’re here to estimate what your take home pay will look like after all those federal income and payroll taxes have been taken out of your paycheck. But do you know when federal income tax withholding became a thing?The practice dates back to […]
Oil In 2023: The Cost Of War With Macroeconomic Fortress Russia Impact of the war on global economies
In 2023, the price cap has reduced Russian revenues by an estimated £29.5 billion. US oil supplies and exports are at record highs. OPEC+ market share fell to its lowest level since its creation in 2016. FreepikFollowing the turmoil of 2022, oil markets have stabilized in some regards over the previous 12 months.Having said that, […]
Democrat Politician Investors Still Outperforming Republican Politician Investors
Six months ago, I posted an article about the political ETFs, which track the investments of politicians based on the reporting of their transactions, which politicians are legally required to provide.FreepikI mentioned in that article that year-to-date, Democrats were far outperforming the Republicans. The Democrats, based on the return of the Unusual Whales Subversive Democratic Trading ETF (NANC), […]
Nasdaq 100 Forecast: January 2024
If you are the type of person who likes playing with fire, the Nasdaq 100 is for you. It’s not that I think this market is suddenly going to implode and that we are going to see some type of massive downtrend in the short term, it’s just that much like its counterpart the S&P 500, we […]
The Financial Distress Puzzle
That riskier assets should command higher expected returns is the most basic of asset pricing theories. Clearly, financial distress is a risk characteristic, but it presents a puzzle, as there has not been a linear relationship between it and stock returns.FreepikFor example, John Birge and Yi Zhang, authors of the April 2017 study “Risk Factors […]
2024 Outlook: Gold Heading Towards New Peaks?
In 2022, our study of the gold market allowed us to “expect that, on average, the gold price will perform around 10% in 2023”. This prospect suggested that, by the end of 2023, the price of gold would most likely be close to its all-time highs. At the end of December 2023, gold had risen by around 12% year-on-year to […]
Weekly Market Outlook – Stocks End The Year With A Whimper. Now What?
The market technically logged a ninth consecutive weekly gain during the final trading week of the year. But, it was the weakest gain of them all. It would be easy to assume the rally is running out of stream. And maybe it is.FreepikWhatever the case, the overbought market could still start the new year out […]
