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Inflation And The Economy Slow, Real Rates Rise, And The Fed Is Behind The Curve

Inflation And The Economy Slow, Real Rates Rise, And The Fed Is Behind The Curve

Image Source: Unsplash The first half of 2024 looked a lot like the first half of 2023. As you recall, H1 2023 saw a strong stock market despite only modest GDP growth as inflation metrics fell, and H2 2023 continued on the same upward path for stocks despite a slowdown in inflation’s retreat, buoyed by robust […]
Charted: The Eight U.S. States With Population Declines In 2023

Charted: The Eight U.S. States With Population Declines In 2023

Between 2022 and 2023, the U.S. added approximately 1.58 million people or grew its population by about 0.5%. However, not all states grew by the same proportion. In fact, some states saw their number of residents drop, both from net population loss (deaths outnumbering births) and from net migration (emigrants outnumbering immigrants).We visualize the U.S. […]
The Big Increase In Immigration Has Been Distorting The Signal From The ‘Sahm Rule’

The Big Increase In Immigration Has Been Distorting The Signal From The ‘Sahm Rule’

In my summation of Friday’s employment report, I wrote that “[t]here will probably be lots of chatter in the next few days as to whether the “Sahm Rule” has been triggered. It has not, because the 3-month average in the unemployment rate is 4.0%, and the lowest 3-month average in the last year is 3.6%. […]
3 Elite Stocks Destined To Be Worth Over $1 Trillion

3 Elite Stocks Destined To Be Worth Over $1 Trillion

Image courtesy of 123rf.com If any trend has become glaringly apparent in the last four years, it’s that investors bet on the perceived winning horse. And that perception largely stems from the market cap concentration at the top. In 2020, the top 10 S&P 500 (SPX) companies had 58.9% weight.In 2024, this percentage rose to 77.2%, similar to […]
U.S. Housing Inventory Crisis: Its Impact On Home Prices

U.S. Housing Inventory Crisis: Its Impact On Home Prices

Image Source: Unsplash In this video, we look at the recent changes in home inventory and its impact on U.S. home prices.Video Length: 01:24:03More By This Author:Why Canada’s Economy Is Weaker Than The United States Why Are Home Prices In These Cities Crashing?The Housing Expert: “Why Home Prices Aren’t Crashing Yet”
Football star Lionel Messi shills token on Instagram and price soars 400%

Football star Lionel Messi shills token on Instagram and price soars 400%

Key Takeaways Lionel Messi’s Instagram post of Water (WATER) token led to a 400% price surge in three hours. On-chain tracker warned of 35% supply concentration in a group of wallets. Football star Lionel Messi shared with his 504 million followers on Instagram the image of a Solana-based meme coin named Water (WATER), as reported […]
Four Stocks To Keep On Your Radar This Week

Four Stocks To Keep On Your Radar This Week

Image Source: Pexels While conditions remain sub-optimal for breakout trading the shortened holiday week suggested further bullishness while the S&P and Nasdaq remain overbought. In a perfect world, we like to see stocks and the main indices setting up near their Key Levels. Notwithstanding that, here are four stocks to keep on your radar this week: AMD (bullish) […]
Precious Metals Outperforming Stocks Despite ‘Magnificent Seven’ Hype

Precious Metals Outperforming Stocks Despite ‘Magnificent Seven’ Hype

Image Source: Pixabay If you ask average investors what the best-performing asset class is year-to-date, the vast majority of them would get it wrong. The correct answer isn’t stocks, but rather precious metals (led by silver).Most investors would have no idea that silver is up 32% year to date because they don’t own any, and the […]
Grains Report – Monday, July 8

Grains Report – Monday, July 8

WHEAT General Comments: Wheat was higher in all three markets last week on reports of hot and dry weather in eastern Europe and Russia and too wet weather in France that is affecting world production estimates. Russia is likely to expand the war and has reportedly started to make some threats against the US and […]
Intel Vs Nvidia Stock: Which Is A Better Semiconductor Asset?

Intel Vs Nvidia Stock: Which Is A Better Semiconductor Asset?

Image Source: Pexels Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) stock prices have diverged in the past decade. Nvidia has jumped by over 160% this year while Intel has crashed by over 32%. Intel is up by less than 10% in the past ten years while Nvidia has soared by over 26,800% in the same period.As […]