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What Is Adjusted EBITDA? Here’s How The Largest Cannabis Companies Compare

What Is Adjusted EBITDA? Here’s How The Largest Cannabis Companies Compare

Image Source: Pexels  What Is Adjusted EBITDA?EBITDA, or Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization, represents the cash profit generated by the company’s operations. Adjusted EBITDA figures remove non-recurring, irregular, and one-time items that may distort the EBITDA to make the resulting adjusted EBITDA more accurately and more easily comparable to the EBITDA of other companies […]
Stocks Stop Ignoring Bonds (At Least For Now)

Stocks Stop Ignoring Bonds (At Least For Now)

This morning has been unfriendly to equity investors. The troubles started yesterday after two poorly received Treasury auctions. Neither the 2-year nor the 5-year was considered successful. Those combined to deflate an otherwise buoyant stock market, though Nvidia’s (NVDA) 7% rally kept the S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq 100 (NDX) in the green. So far today, that’s not […]
Softs Report – Wednesday, May 29

Softs Report – Wednesday, May 29

Photo by Marianne Krohn on Unsplash  CottonGeneral Comments: Cotton was higher yesterday on a weaker US Dollar that created new demand ideas. Trends turned up on the charts on speculative buying. The weekly export sales report showed much improved sales last week.  Wire reports indicate that speculators were covering short positions. There are also some […]
US Dollar Recovers, DXY Rises To 105.00 Amid Dismal Market Sentiment

US Dollar Recovers, DXY Rises To 105.00 Amid Dismal Market Sentiment

 Image Source: Pixabay   A sharp recovery in US Dollar triggered by cautious market sentiment. Bets for interest rate cut at the September Fed meeting continue to receive pressure from Fed officials. US Treasury yields also fuel recovery in USD with 2-year yield rising to 5.00%. The US Dollar Index (DXY) is showing a sharp recovery, hovering […]
Money Supply Growth Is Flattening Out

Money Supply Growth Is Flattening Out

Money Supply is a very important indicator. It helps show how tight or loose current monetary conditions are regardless of what the Fed is doing with interest rates. Even if the Fed is tight, if Money Supply is increasing, it has an inflationary effect.One key metric shown below is the “Wenzel” 13-week annualized money supply […]
Ripple’s institutional DeFi could unlock Bitcoin ETF collateral value: Ripple CTO

Ripple’s institutional DeFi could unlock Bitcoin ETF collateral value: Ripple CTO

During Consensus 2024, Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz discussed the untapped potential of DeFi on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for institutional use. Schwartz pointed out the current limitations faced by Bitcoin ETF holders when seeking loans, with brokers valuing these assets at zero due to volatility concerns. “You know how much brokers value bitcoin […]
Bursting The Myth: Understanding Market Bubbles

Bursting The Myth: Understanding Market Bubbles

 Image Source: Pexels   It’s important for investors to distinguish between market bubbles and regular market cycles. Market cycles are driven by fundamental economic factors and are an inherent aspect of market dynamics. In contrast, a market bubble is marked by unsustainable price increases unsupported by underlying fundamentals. When the bubble bursts, prices crash, causing significant […]
7% Yield And Consistent Dividend Growth

7% Yield And Consistent Dividend Growth

Image Source: Unsplash  An attractive yield plus solid dividend growth is a surefire strategy for building investment income and wealth. Energy midstream stocks offer a hard-to-beat combination of yield and dividend increases for investors who want to follow this strategy.Energy infrastructure/midstream companies are split pretty evenly between those organized as Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and C-corporations. […]
Elliott Wave Technical Analysis: Swiss Market Index

Elliott Wave Technical Analysis: Swiss Market Index

Image Source: Pixabay  Swiss Market Index Elliott Wave Analysis Trading Lounge Day Chart,Swiss Market Index Elliott Wave Technical AnalysisFUNCTION: TrendMODE: impulsiveSTRUCTURE: gray wave 1POSITION: orange wave 3DIRECTION NEXT LOWER  DEGREES: gray wave 2DETAILS: gray wave 1 of orange wave 3 is in play.Wave Cancel invalid level: 11130.21The Swiss Market Index Elliott Wave Analysis on the day chart offers insights […]
USDX Just Bottomed; Will Gold Really Slide?

USDX Just Bottomed; Will Gold Really Slide?

Back-and-forth movement. That’s what we’ve been expecting.And that’s exactly what we see in gold. Today, we see the “forth” part as the yellow metal erases its recent gains. Just as the daily upswings didn’t really matter, today’s decline is of little meaning, as this is just a blip on the radar screen compared to what’s […]