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Red Sea Crisis Is Affecting Consumer/Retail Trends

Red Sea Crisis Is Affecting Consumer/Retail Trends

Since the unrest in the Middle East began, nearly all container ships have been rerouted away from the Red Sea/Suez Canal towards the longer route around the Cape of Good Hope (Exhibit 1). For U.S. retailers, this shift has mostly affected their European markets, which include shipments between Asia and Europe. This has added up […]
Living Vicariously Through Rate Cut Expectations

Living Vicariously Through Rate Cut Expectations

Image Source: Unsplash MARKETSU.S. stock indexes made gains on Tuesday as concerns about an overheating U.S. economy ease, particularly with incoming U.S. economic reports showing data surprises at their most negative levels since February of last year. These developments are reigniting expectations that the Federal Reserve will likely implement rate cuts soon. While sentiment has also […]
Perp DEX trading volume hits new heights with 395% annual surge

Perp DEX trading volume hits new heights with 395% annual surge

Decentralized perpetual contracts exchanges (perp DEX) registered an all-time high in monthly trading volume in March at $317 billion, according to data aggregator DefiLlama. Despite a slight slump in April to $304 billion, the volume managed to stay above the $300 billion mark and represents a 395% year-on-year growth.Imran Mohamad, CMO at Zeta Markets, points […]
Massive Debt And Rising Inflation: Is The Economic Downturn Just Beginning?

Massive Debt And Rising Inflation: Is The Economic Downturn Just Beginning?

Image Source: Pexels In this episode, Andrew Brill is joined by Dylan Smith, Vice President & Senior Economist at Rosenberg Research. Andrew and Dylan will dive into the aftermath of the recent Fed meeting, their latest decision to not cut rates, the unexpected twists in Q1 earnings, and where the economy appears to be headed to […]
Reddit Shares Climb On Revenue Beat In First Quarterly Report Since IPO

Reddit Shares Climb On Revenue Beat In First Quarterly Report Since IPO

Image Source: Pixabay Rohit Kulkarni, Roth MKM managing director, joins ‘Closing Bell Overtime’ to talk about Reddit’s first quarterly report, what’s ahead for the social media company, user growth in the quarter, and more.Video Length: 00:03:24More By This Author:American Airlines Swings To A Loss, But Tops Estimates For Q2 Forecast Lockheed Martin (LMT) Beats On Top […]
Stocks Jumped Their First Hurdle – Here’s How They Can Clear The Next One

Stocks Jumped Their First Hurdle – Here’s How They Can Clear The Next One

Image Source: Pixabay I was singing a decidedly cautious tune last week, especially compared to the week before…But then, on Friday, a very weak payroll report slammed a strong bid under stocks. Bad news is good news (again). Market players hope the sign of a softening economy will mean a more dovish Fed in the near […]
WTI Dips After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Builds

WTI Dips After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Builds

Image Source: Unsplash Oil prices ended the day flat today (after touching the lowest level in almost two months on news reports said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak indicated OPEC+ could move to raise crude production).Novak told Russia’s Interfax news agency that the possibility of increasing oil production within the OPEC+ framework was still being […]
Consumer Spending – Single Most Driving Force

Consumer Spending – Single Most Driving Force

The choices we make as consumers collectively shape the economic landscape, and our spending patterns influence the well-being of our communities and the nation.And Granny Retail XRT always has a lot to say about the consumer and the markets. Consumer Spending and Economic Growth: Consumer spending constitutes approximately two-thirds of the U.S. economy. When consumers buy goods and […]
Positive Divergence Going Forward

Positive Divergence Going Forward

Image Source: Pexels SPX Monitoring purposes; Long SPX 4/12/24 at 5123.41.Our Gain 1/1/23 to 12/31/23 SPX= 28.12%; SPX gain 23.38%Monitoring purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Closes above 1.20 on the TRIN show panic is present in the market and panic form near lows. We shaded in light pink the times where TRIN closes exceeded […]
Lyft Q1 Earnings Beat Expectations

Lyft Q1 Earnings Beat Expectations

Image Source: Unsplash Lyft stock (Nasdaq: LYFT) has jumped in the after-market hours following the release of its first-quarter earnings report, which surpassed market expectations. The positive earnings report helped Lyft recoup the losses incurred today due to the compromise rideshare driver pay rates in Minnesota.Earlier today, Minnesota lawmakers and the Minneapolis City Council reached a compromise […]