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Stocks Finish Strong Quarter With 5th-Straight Monthly Gains

Stocks Finish Strong Quarter With 5th-Straight Monthly Gains

Despite facing some volatility, the S&P 500 wrapped its best quarter since 2019 with daily, weekly, and monthly gains, including a record close today. The same can be said for the Dow, which notched its best quarterly performance since 2021 and its fifth-straight positive month.While the tech-heavy Nasdaq extended a monthly win streak of its own […]
5 Best Stocks That Powered The S&P 500 ETF In Q1

5 Best Stocks That Powered The S&P 500 ETF In Q1

Image Source: Pixabay The first quarter has been strong for Wall Street. In fact, the S&P 500 is on track for its best first quarter since 2019 and the 12th strongest first quarter since 1945, having gained 10%. Strong corporate profits, enthusiasm around AI, and hopes that the Fed will cut rates have bolstered investors’ sentiment, […]
U.S. And UK Probing $20 Billion In Crypto Transactions On Russian Exchange

U.S. And UK Probing $20 Billion In Crypto Transactions On Russian Exchange

Image Source: Pexels Today’s major cryptocurrency news is the 25-year prison sentence handed to Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.However, while the crypto community and the global market react to the sentencing, there’s another headline news report echoing across the market. UK, US probe Garantex-linked USDT transactions On Thursday, March 28, a report by Bloomberg […]
These 10 AI Stocks Have The Best Buy And Hold Valuation Metrics

These 10 AI Stocks Have The Best Buy And Hold Valuation Metrics

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Introduction This article identifies the 10 AI stocks that still exhibit more room to run in 2024 based on their current excellent Price-to-Earnings (1-year) Growth (PEG) Ratio valuation metrics.  Why the PEG Ratio? Given that growth is a key component of a stock’s expected return, the PEG ratio provides a simple way […]
Profits Are Still Rising, Why Is The Fed Worried About Wage Growth?

Profits Are Still Rising, Why Is The Fed Worried About Wage Growth?

Image Source: Pexels I was more than a bit surprised to see the profit data this morning. I really did believe that the profit surge during the pandemic was a one-off, associated with supply-chain issues.We can argue about how much of this increase was a predictable story, where profits rise due to shortages, and how much […]
Five Straight

Five Straight

Image Source: Unsplash Barring a 2% sell-off in the final hour of trading today, the S&P 500 will end March with a gain of more than 1%, making it the 5th straight month with 1%+ gains. Since WW2, there have only been twelve prior five-month streaks like this, and they’re shown in the table below. Next […]
Calm Before A Financial Crisis? 3 Charts Investors Must Watch

Calm Before A Financial Crisis? 3 Charts Investors Must Watch

Image source: Pixabay These Charts Say a Financial Crisis Could Be Ahead There are some weird/odd/uncanny things happening in the financial world these days. Each one is as scary as the other, but all of them continue to get underreported or simply overlooked. They hint that a financial crisis could be nearing.There are three developments in […]
Stocks Going Ex Dividend In April 2024

Stocks Going Ex Dividend In April 2024

Image Source: Pixabay The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex-dividend during the next month, which can be helpful for traders and investors interested in the stock trading technique known as “Buying Dividends” or “Dividend Capture.” This strategy involves purchasing stocks before the ex-dividend date and selling them shortly after the ex-date […]
AskSlim Market Week – Friday, March 28

AskSlim Market Week – Friday, March 28

Image Source: Pixabay In this video, trading pro Steve Miller and his team share unique analysis and commentary on the financial markets.Video Length: 00:42:29More By This Author:AskSlim Market Week – Friday, March 22 AskSlim Market Week – Friday, March 8 AskSlim Market Week – Friday, March 1
Gold Stocks’ Spring Rally ‘24

Gold Stocks’ Spring Rally ‘24

Image Source: Pixabay With gold forging deeper into record territory, interest in gold stocks is mounting. They’ve started to mean revert higher, on the way to catch up with and surpass the surging metal their profits leverage. The timing of this gold-stock upleg is fortuitous, coinciding with spring-rally seasonals. They’ll generate a strong tailwind on top […]