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The Labor Report Was…
Here are three things I think I am thinking about this weekend. I kid. It’s all one thing, but here are three thoughts on that one thing:1) The Labor Report Was [Fill in the blank]I’ve often joked over the last 3 years that the Covid economy created a “tell your own narrative” economy. And that […]
Rate Cuts Begin In Canada And Europe
Video Length: 00:06:16 On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Director of Investment Strategies, Shailesh Kshatriya, and ESG and Active Ownership Analyst Zoe Warganz discussed the recent rate cuts by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Canada (BoC). They also chatted about the downshift in interest rates as well as […]
Gold And Silver Get Slammed On Positive Economic Reports
Image Source: Pixabay Gold has been the headline performer in the first half of the year – breaking records and commanding attention. But in the second half of 2024, silver may be set to steal the show.Silver has been quietly outperforming gold since February. Silver prices surged to an 11-year high last month.The junior monetary metal […]
Market Talk – Friday, June 7
Image Source: UnsplashASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 19.58 points or -0.05% to 38,683.93 Shanghai increased 2.48 points or 0.08% to 3,051.28 Hang Seng decreased 109.85 points or -0.59% to 18,366.95 ASX 200 increased 38.20 points or 0.49% to 7,860.00 KOSPI increased 33.17 points or 1.23% to 2,722.67 SENSEX […]
Payroll Beat Gut Checks Market Gains
Prior to this morning, this week’s labor data arrived cooler than anticipated. But the main event—today’s Jobs Friday—delivered just the opposite. Markets are responding by sending yields to the nosebleeds, but stocks remain near the flatline, despite the masters of fixed-income odds downwardly adjusting prospects of a September Fed cut to a coin-flip. Still, this […]
Good Weimar Real Estate For 39oz Silver, It’s Documented
Image Source: Pixabay The swings are getting wild in both directions now as silver looks for new footing above $30. The good news is that open interest in gold is down about 100,000 contracts since mid May, meaning we have already built plenty of room for the next rally once it decides to actually begin.And remember […]
Stocks Shrug Off Feeble Friday, Secure Weekly Wins
After a modest day of trading, the major indexes finished lower across the board, succumbing to a jobs data underscoring a red-hot labor market, and the subsequent boost in bond yields. Despite the choppy price action today, the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all logged weekly wins, the former hitting another record peak today and the […]
PMI Often Cries Wolf
“Davidson” submits:Many consider the PMI a key economic indicator. It is not. It correlates with market psychology and market prices not economics. The history from 1977 shows clearly that dips in the SP500 are highly correlated with PMI (Manufacturing) declines below the —50 benchmark level. But, the PMI has declined below its benchmark roughly three […]
3 High-Risk, High-Reward Stocks To Consider In June 2024
Image courtesy of 123rf.com Outpacing the erosion of money via inflation is not enough for some investors. Among many candidates in this category, from dividend to growth and blue-chip stocks, they typically involve safe, slower growth.But what about companies perceived as bad calls, from this safe perspective? Because their stocks are suppressed, they have a higher potential for […]
Gold Summer Doldrums ‘24
Gold, silver, and their miners’ stocks suffer their weakest seasonals of the year in early summers. With traders’ attention normally diverted to vacations and summer fun, interest in and demand for precious metals usually wane. Without outsized investment demand, gold tends to drift sideways to lower dragging silver and miners’ stocks with it. Long feared […]
