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USD/JPY Price Analysis: Advances Steadily, Hits Four-Week High Shy Of 158.00
USD/JPY rises to 157.67, driven by the Federal Reserve’s commitment to higher rates. Technical indicators show strong bullish momentum, with key resistance at 158.00. Intervention threats by Japanese authorities keep buyers cautious as the pair advances. The USD/JPY climbs to a four-week high yet it remains capped by intervention threats by Japanese authorities. Federal Reserve officials’ tough […]
Elon Musk eyed for Trump advisory role, WSJ reveals
Donald Trump is considering Elon Musk as his policy adviser in case he wins the US presidential run this year, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. This means that Musk could be an adviser on economic and border security issues, given the tech mogul’s potential to exert “formal input and influence” in these domains.According […]
Development Policies With The Best Benefit-Cost Ratios
Image source: Pixabay In a world with lots of problems and even more proposed policies to address each of these problems, it makes sense to study the possibilities–and then to prioritize policies with highest estimated ratio of benefits to costs. The Copenhagen Consensus think tank carried out this exercise and came up with 12 policies. A […]
3 Vanguard Mutual Funds For Remarkable Returns
Image source: Pexels Photo by Monstera Established on May 1, 1975, Vanguard oversees a portfolio exceeding $8.2 trillion in assets and caters to over 50 million investors. Under CEO and chairman, Tim Buckley Vanguard functions within a unique investor-owned structure where funds shareholders have ownership of the funds, which in turn possess ownership of Vanguard itself. This […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – ‘Flight To Safety’
Stocks were hit with selling this morning, and it lasted in varying degrees throughout the day.The Dollar rallied in a ‘flight to safety’ as the VIX rose higher.Gold and silver were hit early, but silver shook it off and finished roughly unchanged.Gold dropped a little. It had the more significant option expiration yesterday, and this may […]
Salesforce Q1 Revenue Jumps 11%: Stock Is Still Taking A Hit
Image Source: Unsplash Salesforce reported its financial results for the first quarter today. Here’s what its CEO Marc Benioff said in a press release on Wednesday. Salesforce stock is down close to 20% in after-hours trading. Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM) is slipping in extended trading on Wednesday even though it reported better-than-expected EPS for its […]
Bearish Signs Are Emerging Across The Market
Image Source: Unsplash Several indicators are pointing to a more risk-off environment forming in the market.Video Length: 00:08:28More By This Author:Is Nvidia Worth 35x Times Sales, History Says No Stocks Face Another Tough Week Of Important Inflation DataThe Market Is Thinking About Fed Rate Hikes
Which Central Banks Are Selling Gold?
Image Source: Unsplash Central bank gold buying has been a significant factor in the yellow metal’s spectacular run-up to new record highs. But with its recent small correction downward, it’s a good time to look at which central banks are selling — and why.Gold vs USD, 1-Month Chart sourceFor one, Thailand has been selling the gold top […]
Is ConocoPhillips A Buy After The Big Acquisition?
Image Source: Unsplash A mega-merger of two major oil companies was announced Tuesday, as ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) agreed to acquire Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) in an all-stock deal worth $22.5 billion. The acquisition is now pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.It is the third major acquisition in the oil industry in the past year, as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) bought Pioneer, and Chevron […]
Rising Treasury Yields Weigh On Wall Street
Stocks fell across the board Wednesday, weighed down by a red-hot 10-year Treasury note that finished above 4.6% at four-week highs. Wall Street also unpacked the Fed’s Beige Book, which showed the U.S. economy experienced uneven growth over the last six weeks while higher prices scared off consumers. The Dow fell 411 points while the Nasdaq turned in […]
