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High Dividend 50: OneMain Holdings

High Dividend 50: OneMain Holdings

Image Source: Pixabay High-yield stocks pay out dividends that are significantly more than market average dividends. For example, the S&P 500’s current yield is only ~1.3%, a product of record highs in stock indices so far in 2024.High-yield stocks can be very helpful to shore up income after retirement. For example, a $120,000 investment in stocks […]
AI Unicorns: Automation Anywhere Moves Beyond RPA

AI Unicorns: Automation Anywhere Moves Beyond RPA

Photo Credit: Faizal Sugi from Pixabay According to a recent report, the global robotic process automation (RPA) market is expected to grow at 40% CAGR from $2.94 billion in 2023. San Francisco-based Automation Anywhere is another high-growth AI unicorn that is experiencing a similar meteoric growth. Automation Anywhere’s Offerings Automation Anywhere was founded as Tethys Solutions in 2003 by Ankur Kothari, Mihir Shukla, and […]
Softs Report – Friday, July 5

Softs Report – Friday, July 5

COTTON General Comments: Cotton was a little lower before the July 4th holiday. USDA showed a decrease in production conditions for the crops in its reports this week that were the result of some extreme weather seen recently in Texas and the Southeast. The Delta should have the best looking crops right now. Demand has […]
The Nexus Between Immigration Flows And Employment Growth In Canada

The Nexus Between Immigration Flows And Employment Growth In Canada

Image Source: Pexels Canada has had a long successful history in welcoming immigrants to build our economy. Often, we hear politicians referring to the country as a nation of immigration. And, this has been true for all of the post-WWII years. In very recent years, however, employment growth has failed to match the immigration growth, let […]
Tech Takes Off As Fed Fatigue Wears Down

Tech Takes Off As Fed Fatigue Wears Down

Stocks are a mixed bag to close out the holiday-shortened week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is modestly lower at last check, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) holds above 5,550. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, meanwhile, sports a triple-digit lead, is heading for a fourth-straight win, and scored a record high earlier in the session.Despite […]
Bifurcation In The Jobs Report, As Establishment Survey Shows Continued Jobs Growth

Bifurcation In The Jobs Report, As Establishment Survey Shows Continued Jobs Growth

Image source: Pixabay In the past few months, my focus has been on whether jobs gains are most consistent with a “soft landing,” i.e., no further deterioration, or whether deceleration is ongoing. In particular: Last month I wrote that “There is a common thread in the above answers: the three good results all came from the Establishment Survey, […]
Beryl And Unemployment. The Corn & Ethanol Report

Beryl And Unemployment. The Corn & Ethanol Report

We kicked off the day with Export Sales, Unemployment Rate, Nonfarm Payrolls, Average Hourly Earnings MoM & YoY, Participation Rate, Average Weekly Hours, Government Payrolls, Manufacturing Payrolls, Nonfarm Payrolls Private, and U-6 Unemployment Rate at 7:30 A.M., and Baker Hughes Oil & Total Rig Count at 12:00 P.M.Image Source: Unsplash With the upcoming Unemployment data let’s […]
USD/NOK Is Looking For More Short-Term Weakness

USD/NOK Is Looking For More Short-Term Weakness

Image Source: Unsplash USD/NOK is sideways for the last two years which looks like a larger triangle within uptrend. It’s an ABCDE pattern where wave E can be in play as pair stops at the upper side of this contracting range. Ideally, the market is coming down for a pullback within higher degree wave E, where […]
Nvidia. Again?

Nvidia. Again?

Image Source: Pixabay I hope you had a good 4th of July. It was super quiet for us as our kids all had plans and my shoulder remains too painful to really do anything besides sit in a pool and let buoyancy make it feel better. For once, I am listening to the docs and my […]
Southwest Airlines “Poison Pill” Fails To Impress Amid Activist Battle

Southwest Airlines “Poison Pill” Fails To Impress Amid Activist Battle

Image courtesy of 123rf.com Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), one of America’s largest carriers, is embroiled in a high-stakes corporate battle with activist investor Elliott Management. The airline’s recent adoption of a “poison pill” defense strategy marks the latest development in a months-long saga that has seen the company’s leadership and financial performance come under intense scrutiny. Elliott Management Plans […]