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3 Key Things To Know About The Q2 Earnings Season
Image Source: PixabayWith the June-quarter reporting cycle taking center stage with reports from JPMorgan (JPM – Free Report) and the other major banks on Friday, July 12th, it is useful to take a big-picture view of where we have been in recent periods and what is expected in the coming quarters.We are highlighting three aspects of the overall […]
Tame Volatility With These 3 Low Beta Stocks
Image Source: UnsplashBeta measures a stock’s volatility in comparison to the overall market. By definition, the market, such as the S&P 500 Index, has a beta of 1.0.A beta above 1.0 suggests a stock is more volatile than the broader market, and a beta below 1.0 indicates the opposite. Low-beta stocks can provide several beneficial advantages […]
Indicator Signaling A U.S. Recession
Image Source: PixabayAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national unemployment rate rose from 4.0% in May to 4.1% in June. It has now risen for three consecutive months and is at its highest level since November 2021. I closely watch six labor market recession indicators and, as I mentioned in my article on June […]
This Market Is A One-Stock Phenom
Image Source: PixabayHoliday markets are usually very sleepy; low volumes and tame price action.Not this one. The holiday trade hanging over from yesterday’s break is packing quite a punch. After an extremely sleepy start this morning, the S&P 500 ended the day red-hot, up 0.54% – I’ll show you what that really looks like in a […]
Financial Markets Report For Friday, July 5
Image Source: PixabayIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Friday, July 5.Video Length: 00:14:35More By This Author:Japanese Yen Crashes To A Decade Low Metal Markets Report For Tuesday, July 2 SPDR ETF Report For Tuesday, July 2
US Bank Deposits Fell Ahead Of Stress Tests; Fed Bailout Facility Stuck At Massive $107BN
Image Source: PexelsHeading into the bank stress tests, money-market fund total assets rose by a de minimus $5BN while seasonally-adjusted bank deposits fell $18BN to $17.594 TN…Source: BloombergAnd, on a non-seasonally-adjusted basis, deposits also fell (for the second straight week) by $14.8BNSource: BloombergExcluding foreign deposits, total domestic deposits fell on both an SA and NSA basis […]
Alternative Employment Measures Of NFP
Image Source: PixabayCPS based series adjusted to NFP way below official NFP, early benchmark.Figure 1: Nonfarm payroll employment from CES (blue), CES hours (red), QCEW adjusted by geometric moving average by author (light blue), Business Employment Dynamics (pink), and Philadelphia Fed early benchmark (light green), all in logs, 2023M05=0. BED series normalized to 2019Q4 NFP level. Philadelphia […]
5 ETF Predictions For The Second Half Of 2024
Image Source: PixabayWall Street wrapped up a blockbuster first half of 2024. The S&P 500 index gained a whopping 14.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.8%. The Nasdaq Composite Index emerged as an outperformer, climbing 18.1%.The ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) craze, rate-cut bets, and strong corporate profit growth were the biggest catalysts in driving […]
The S&P 500 Extends Record Run After Jobs Report: See No Evil, Hear No Evil & Speak No Evil
Image Source: UnsplashMARKETSUS stocks summited to new record highs in a post-holiday session characterized by low volume and liquidity. Investors found renewed confidence in the latest labour market report, fueling speculation that the Federal Reserve might soon cut interest rates.The US economy added 206,000 jobs in June, slightly exceeding expectations. However, revisions to the previous two […]
Canadian Dollar Weakens And Pares Recent Gains After Canadian Jobs Data Fizzles
Photo by Michelle Spollen on Unsplash Canadian Dollar backslides across the board after net jobs contract. Canada printed the second net negative jobs figure in 2024. Losses limited against the Greenback after sharp revisions to US NFP. The Canadian Dollar broadly soured on Friday, getting pushed to the floorboards after Canadian Net Change in Employment printed a contraction for the […]
