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Softs Report – Tuesday, April 2
Photo by Marianne Krohn on Unsplash COTTON General Comments: Cotton was higher yesterday, but trends are still trying to turn down on concerns about the planting intentions report released Friday morning and despite improving ideas of demand potential from China. USDA said that 10.7 million acres might get planted this year, from 10.2 million last year. It is […]
Dow Stumbles, Heads For Worst Day Since February
Stocks are starting the second quarter off on the wrong foot, as profit-taking grips Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) carries a 409-point deficit midday, on track for its worst single-session drop since Feb. 13. The Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) is down triple digits as well after the 10-year Treasury yield spiked to levels not seen since […]
What Is Quantitative Easing And How Does It Work?
Image source: Wikipedia You’ve probably heard of quantitative easing (QE) in conversations about Federal Reserve monetary policy. But what exactly is QE and how does it work?Quantitative easing is considered an extreme form of monetary policy reserved for use during a “crisis” situation.The Fed typically targets the federal fund rate (the interest rate used when banks […]
FTSE Cedes New Quarter Gains To Close In The Red
Image Source: Pexels British stocks opened the second quarter on a high note, buoyed by an increase in energy and metal mining companies. Additionally, lender HSBC saw a rise in its stock price after announcing the sale of its Canadian division. The leading sectors saw gains, with precious metal miners increasing by 2.7% as the dollar […]
February JOLTS Report: Soft Landing-ish? – Except For A Noisy Jump In Layoffs
The JOLTS report for February showed stabilization or slight improvement to all but one of its components, generally suggesting, well, stabilization in the overall jobs market.Starting with the monthly changes, job openings (blue in the graph below), a soft statistic that is polluted by imaginary, permanent, and trolling listings, increased 8,000 from a sharply downwardly revised […]
Tesla Q1 Deliveries Tank 20%: ‘TSLA Could Easily Break Down From Here’
Image Source: Pexels Tesla Inc (Nasdaq: TSLA) is taking a hit at writing after reporting a 20% sequential decline in deliveries for its fourth quarter. How many vehicles did Tesla deliver in Q1? The EV giant based out of Austin, Texas delivered a total of 386,810 vehicles in Q1 – down some 8.5% versus a year ago. Quarterly […]
Navigating The Slings And Arrows Of Outrageous Fortune
Image Source: Unsplash Investing isn’t easy. After all, most fund managers fail to beat the market after factoring in their charges. Bond investing, if anything, is harder still, with a raft of jargon from linkers through hard and soft currencies to esoteric instruments such as “cocos”. So, it’s no surprise that even professional wealth managers running […]
Gold Price’s Relentless Rally
After a few years of having no trading positions in gold, I opened a long one.This might seem perplexing for those who read only free analyses from me and didn’t have the full picture – in the last few years I had long and short positions in mining stocks (featuring 12 profitably closed unleveraged positions […]
AI Unicorns: AlphaSense Is Making Research Easy
Photo Credit: Alexandra_Koch from PixabayAccording to a recent research report, the global market research industry is expected to grow 4% this year to $87.7 billion. Researchers expect the industry to grow at the same rate to reach $102.9 billion by 2028. Technology adoption within the industry is expected to continue to drive growth. AlphaSense’s OfferingsNew York-based AlphaSense was founded […]
Chart Of The Day: Sweetgreen Tastes Sweet
Image Source: Depositphotos The Chart of the Day belongs to the healthy fast food restaurant Sweetgreen (SG). I found the stock by using Barchart’s powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum, and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart feature to review the […]
