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Navigating Financial Bubbles: Considerations For Today’s Investors 
                    

Dissecting the Multifaceted Nature of Bubbles

Navigating Financial Bubbles: Considerations For Today’s Investors Dissecting the Multifaceted Nature of Bubbles

Image Source: Pexels The intersection of economic trends and investment strategy is never more critical to understand than when navigating the territory of financial bubbles. The term “bubble” often evokes imagery of explosive growth followed by an inevitable burst—a cycle that has characterized many historical market periods, from the South Sea Bubble to the Dot-com Bubble. […]
Stocks Drop As Hot Inflation Report Shocks Rates And Dollar Higher

Stocks Drop As Hot Inflation Report Shocks Rates And Dollar Higher

Stocks finished the day lower following a hotter-than-expected PPI report, which sharply increased rates and the dollar, helping widen credit spreads. The 10-year rate rose by ten bps on the day, and that means we are again on watch for a breach of the 4.35% level. This level has held despite multiple attempts since the […]
We’ve Hit A Fiscal And Monetary Dead End

We’ve Hit A Fiscal And Monetary Dead End

Image Source: Pexels To better understand the current economic environment we find ourselves in, it helps to better understand how we ended up here.And few have as detailed an understanding as today’s guest, who has been a true insider in both Washington DC and Wall Street for his extremely long & accomplished career.We’re fortunate today to […]
Has The Us Consumer Finally Finally Waved The White Flag On Spending?

Has The Us Consumer Finally Finally Waved The White Flag On Spending?

Real and nominal advance retail sales. Real sales are inflation-adjusted by the CPI.Every month the commerce department reports Advance Retail Sales. Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $700.7 billion, up 0.6 percent from the previous month, […]
Nasdaq 100 And S&P 500 Elliott Wave Update

Nasdaq 100 And S&P 500 Elliott Wave Update

Image Source: Unsplash Another very volatile day trading within the NQ and ES. I’ve updated the charts and included necessary changes or additions to the Fibonacci levels. Friday is a “triple witching” expiration and is likely to add a higher level of intraday volatility within the NQ and ES. I would favor a higher close for […]
Will Silver Steal The Spotlight?

Will Silver Steal The Spotlight?

Image Source: Pixabay Gold has garnered a lot of attention in the last few weeks with its record-setting run. Since the end of February, gold is up nearly 7 percent and set an all-time record of $2,195 an ounce along the way.This is really good news for silver.That wasn’t a typo. I meant silver.I’ve been arguing […]
Powell Is Wrong About Inflation

Powell Is Wrong About Inflation

Image Source: Pixabay The New York Times suggests that rising insurance costs help to explain stubbornly high inflation: “Insurance of various different kinds — housing insurance, but also automobile insurance, and things like that — that’s been a significant source of inflation over the last few years,” Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said during congressional testimony […]
What Consumer Spending Tells Us About Nike’s Future Earnings

What Consumer Spending Tells Us About Nike’s Future Earnings

Image Source: Pixabay Few things can hit the market as hard as the American consumer’s mood.The impact isn’t always direct or proportional or even immediate, but it touches almost everything, and many stocks virtually live or die by consumer sentiment.Last week we looked at what sentiment will do for… and to… Costco (COST). This week, we’re […]
Applying Volume Price Analysis To Nvidia And Apple

Applying Volume Price Analysis To Nvidia And Apple

Image Source: Unsplash David and I are putting together a series of videos on YouTube on VPA concepts and setups and how to apply them to the charts. In this first video, we focus on Nvidia (NVDA) and Apple (AAPL), looking at the daily and one-minute charts, respectively. This video also highlights how we can apply […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Fed Meeting Next Week

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Fed Meeting Next Week

The economic data came in hot this morning, so the wash and rinse cycle switch to ‘rinse’.Stocks fell.Interest rates and the Dollar rallied.Gold and silver fell.Stock option expiration tomorrow.Fed rate meeting next week. Have a pleasant evening. More By This Author:Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Safe Havens And Stores Of Value Stocks And Precious Metals […]