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Market Talk – Tuesday, March 26

Market Talk – Tuesday, March 26

ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 16.09 points or -0.04% to 40,398.03 Shanghai increased 5.18 points or 0.17% to 3,031.48 Hang Seng increased 144.68 points or 0.88% to 16,618.32 ASX 200 decreased 31.70 points or -0.41% to 7,780.20 Kospi increased 19.52 points or 0.71% to 2,757.09 SENSEX decreased […]
Volatility Is Depressed But It Should Be

Volatility Is Depressed But It Should Be

Image Source: Pixabay This week is seasonally strong. Historically, there is an 85%+ chance that the week is up. Those are fairly good odds, but very hard to trade in a vacuum. I am glad our models covered our short trade and increased exposure to the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 into the down day on […]
Clues From The USD Index

Clues From The USD Index

 On Monday gold moved a bit higher, but what is the current technical picture of the USD Index? Technical Picture of the USD Index In yesterday’s article, you could read about the current situation in the yellow metal. But what happened at the same time with the USD Index? What clues about the next moves […]
DexCom Inc Chart Analysis

DexCom Inc Chart Analysis

Image Source: Pexels Bob Lang gives a technical analysis of the stock chart for DXCM.Video Length: 00:02:20More By This Author:How To Use Time Decay To Your Advantage LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Chart Analysis How To Spot A Change In Stock Market Direction
Silver Is Mispriced And Still In Play

Silver Is Mispriced And Still In Play

Image Source: Pixabay In this short clip, Samantha LaDuc and Geoffrey Fouvry discuss the historical and current pricing of silver, emphasizing its undervaluation and the misconceptions surrounding its value as a commodity and store of value.They touch upon the fluctuating silver-to-gold ratio, the industrial and monetary uses of silver, and the impact of these factors on […]
Gen. AI Market Expected To Hit $1.3T By 2032, And These 5 Stocks Will Rule It

Gen. AI Market Expected To Hit $1.3T By 2032, And These 5 Stocks Will Rule It

Image courtesy of 123rf.com According to a Bloomberg Intelligence report on March 8th, the AI demand is heading for consistent yearly jumps. At a 43% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), the generative AI market is poised to reach $1.3 trillion by 2032. This includes image generation, semantic image-to-photo translation, fraud detection, financial advice and loan creation, text-to-video generation, and video prediction, […]
Changing The Fed’s Target – FAIT Non-Accompli?

Changing The Fed’s Target – FAIT Non-Accompli?

Image source: Pixabay As the steadier measures of inflation (core, median, or sticky depending on your preferences) have started to overshoot expectations slightly – the y/y measures continue to decline, but slower than expected as the m/m numbers have surprised on the high side – the markets have continued to price Fed policy becoming increasingly easier […]
The Real Minimum Wage Is Always Zero No Matter What Politicians Say

The Real Minimum Wage Is Always Zero No Matter What Politicians Say

Image Source: Pixabay Economics once again defied the will of politicians — this time in Minneapolis, Minnesota.The Minneapolis City Council wanted to help out Uber and Lyft drivers, so it recently passed an ordinance setting a minimum wage for drive-share drivers. Under the law, companies such as Uber and Lyft must now pay their drivers a […]
Return On Chocolate: How Will Hershey’s Chocolate Company Respond To HyperInflating Cocoa Costs?

Return On Chocolate: How Will Hershey’s Chocolate Company Respond To HyperInflating Cocoa Costs?

At the start of the Great Financial Crisis(2008), ‘The Hershey Chocolate Company’ stood out among others because of one thing:Capital Efficiency.Here’s why Porter and Co. says about capital efficiency is important: “This term refers to the fact that not all profits are created equal. In short, when a business earns money, there are two primary places those earnings […]
Meme Stocks: The Sequel

Meme Stocks: The Sequel

Image Source: Pexels One of the hallmarks of a horror movie franchise is that each time we think the anti-hero has been vanquished, he arises once again to wreak mayhem. The same can be said of meme-style stock trading, which has re-emerged with a vengeance in recent days.It is no coincidence that the timing roughly coincided […]