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Job Quits Spotlight A Dramatic Weakening Of The Labor Market

Job Quits Spotlight A Dramatic Weakening Of The Labor Market

Data from the BLS chart by MishThe BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover report shows continued weakness in opening, hires and separations.Recent data is for May 2024 thus lags the payroll report by about a month.Job Openings On the last business day of May, the number of job openings changed little at 8.1 million. This measure […]
Pure-Play Semiconductor Foundries Portfolio Went Up 14% In June; Now Up 34% YTD

Pure-Play Semiconductor Foundries Portfolio Went Up 14% In June; Now Up 34% YTD

  An IntroductionThere are 5 segments in the semiconductor value chain whose pure-play (i.e. companies that concentrate their  efforts on one single line of business) constituent stock performances are tracked and commented on by munKNEE in its frequent articles on the category. The semiconductor foundry category is one of the 5 and the other 4 are fabless […]
Central Banks Added More Gold To Reserves In May

Central Banks Added More Gold To Reserves In May

By Mike Maharrey, Money Metals ExchangeCentral banks continued to buy gold in May, but the pace slowed moderately with China at least temporarily out of the picture.Central banks added a net 10 tons of gold in May, according to the latest data compiled by the World Gold Council. Central banks bought 23 tons of gold, […]
Hurricane Beryl Breaking Records Now CAT 5. The Corn & Ethanol Report

Hurricane Beryl Breaking Records Now CAT 5. The Corn & Ethanol Report

We kicked off the day with Redbook YoY at 7:55 A.M., Fed Chair Powell Speech at 8:30 A.M., JOLT’s Jobs Openings and JOLT’s Job Quits at 9:00 A.M., RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism Index at 9:10 A.M., EIA Energy Stocks and LMI Logistics Managers Index at 3:30 P.M.Photo by Waldemar on UnsplashAg Resource (ARC) reports, The Institute for Supply Management’s […]
Web3 adoption hinges on high-quality nodes, says Lava Network CEO

Web3 adoption hinges on high-quality nodes, says Lava Network CEO

Key Takeaways Faulty nodes hinder dApp interactions and crypto adoption. High-quality nodes require uptime, availability, latency, and other crucial parameters. A current problem for blockchain networks is the existence of faulty nodes, which affects the way end users interact with decentralized applications (dApps) and presents a hindrance to crypto adoption. Yair Cleper, CEO of infrastructure […]
Silver And Gold: Insurance Against U.S. Monetary Collapse

Silver And Gold: Insurance Against U.S. Monetary Collapse

The US financial and monetary empire is trapped in a corner. The default is probably not far away. This could be triggered by the next decent-sized crisis.A debt default will also likely mean an end to the current monetary system. I do not know exactly when this will happen. However, I know there is something […]
FTSE Printing Two Month Lows Ahead Of Election Risk

FTSE Printing Two Month Lows Ahead Of Election Risk

Image Source: Pexels London’s FTSE 100 fell to a two-month low on Tuesday as investors remained cautious before the parliamentary elections. However, an increase in oil prices helped offset the decline. The blue-chip FTSE 100 was down 0.5% at 8,126.96, dropping below the important 8,200 mark. Investors were hesitant to make significant investments ahead of the […]
Top Mining Companies Commit Billions To Zambia’s Copper Industry

Top Mining Companies Commit Billions To Zambia’s Copper Industry

Last week I had the privilege of participating in a YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) event held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. One of the main topics of discussion was investment opportunities in neighboring Zambia, a country that, despite its challenges, is a rising star on the African continent, due largely to its copper exports. I was […]
Stocks Chop As Wall Street Unpacks Powell Comments

Stocks Chop As Wall Street Unpacks Powell Comments

Stocks are mixed at midday, as investors weigh remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. At a central banking forum in Europe, Powell acknowledged inflation progress, but also noted “We want to be more confident that inflation is moving sustainably down toward 2% before we start the process of reducing or loosening policy.”The 10-year Treasury yield has cooled […]
Chart Of The Day: Amazon – 2 Trillion And Growing

Chart Of The Day: Amazon – 2 Trillion And Growing

100% technical buy signals 12 new highs and up 11.69% in the last month 54.213+ Weighted Alpha The Chart of the Day belongs to the e-commerce company Amazon.com (AMZN). I found the stock by using Barchart’s powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a […]