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Airline Stocks In A Holding Pattern
Throughout the early days of Covid, daily updates on the number of passengers screened by the TSA at US airports became a key gauge of mobility trends in the US. Early on, daily passenger counts cratered from a range of well over 2 million to less than 125,000 at the height of the lockdowns. From […]
Nike’s Stock Has Faced Tough Times Lately, But Should You Buy The Dip?
Image courtesy of 123rf.com Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE), the global sportswear giant, has seen its stock price tumble in recent months, hitting a four-year low following disappointing financial results and a cautious outlook for the coming fiscal year. The company’s shares closed at $73.56 on Monday, down 2.49% for the day and reflecting a stark 31.76% year-to-date decline. […]
VanEck and 21Shares file Solana ETF forms, start “SEC decision clock”
Key Takeaways VanEck and 21Shares have submitted 19b-4 forms for spot Solana ETFs to Cboe, initiating the SEC decision process. Analysts project a mid-March 2025 deadline for Solana ETFs, with November elections potentially impacting approval. Asset management firms VanEck and 21Shares filed the 19b-4 forms for the spot Solana exchange-traded funds (ETF) with the Chicago […]
Keep Your Mouth Shut And Keep Your Gold Secure
ow do you safely and securely move billions of dollars worth of gold?Very quietly.De Nederlandsche Bank (the Dutch central bank) did just that, moving over 220 tons of gold coins and bars over 45 miles of public highway.Officials spent four weeks shuttling gold and cash from a vault in Haarlem to the new Cash Centre […]
Can Momentum Build In Small Caps?
We have heard many discussions on whether small caps (Granddad Russell 2000 IWM) really matter for the market.Here are a few talking points: For 10 years IWM has underperformed, so who cares? The tech and growth sector will continue to go up regardless, so if interest rates are lowered-it could help small caps, but growth […]
Our +$1T Mega Cap AI Portfolio Went UP 5.4% Last Week; Now Up 38.5% YTD
Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash Introduction Those familiar with my frequent articles on TalkMarkets (see here) have noticed that I’ve been concentrating on analyzing the weekly, MTD, and YTD stock performances of a half dozen pure-play semiconductor AI portfolios (see here) and as such, have been ignoring the truly outstanding performances of the so-called Magnificent 7 mega […]
Why Commodities Like Silver, Oil And Gold Are Soaring Amid Inflation
Image Source: Unsplash If you were in charge of the Fourth of July spread last week, you probably noticed a hike in prices. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the cost of a typical Independence Day spread for 10 people jumped to $71.22 this year, up 5% from last year and a whopping 30% from five years […]
Tech Takes S&P 500, Nasdaq To Another Record Close
Stocks were rangebound today, with the Dow closing slightly lower ahead of a pivotal week on Wall Street. Thanks to an outsized move from semiconductor stocks, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both finished in the black for their fifth-straight session alongside a fourth consecutive record close. Elsewhere, the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) snapped a three-day win […]
RWA is the best-performing crypto sector in Q2: Artemis data
Key Takeaways RWA tokens grew 28% in Q2, outperforming all other crypto sectors. AI-related tokens saw the steepest decline at 60.7% in Q2. Data aggregator Artemis shows that real-world assets (RWA) tokens grew nearly 28% on average during the second quarter, outshining other crypto sectors. The tokens tracked by Artemis to get the average are […]
Market Talk – Monday, July 7
Image Source: Unsplash ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 131.67 points or -0.32% to 40,780.70 Shanghai decreased 27.48 points or -0.93% to 2,922.45 Hang Seng decreased 275.55 points or -1.55% to 17,524.06 ASX 200 decreased 59.10 points or -0.76% to 7,763.20 KOSPI decreased 4.47 points or -0.16% to 2,857.76 […]
