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Is 2024 Eerily Similar To The 2000 Dot-Com Bust?
Image Source: PixabayIn this week’s video, we’ll review the latest charts to help us answer the question, is 2024 eerily similar to the 2000.com bust?The bond market triggered a rare signal that was also triggered in September 2000, just before the Dot-Com bear market started to accelerate to the downside. After a weaker than expected NFP […]
Magnificent 7 Earnings: Good Or Bad?
Image Source: PexelsOf the six members of ‘The Magnificent 7’ group that have already reported June-quarter results, the market was disappointed with Tesla (TSLA – Free Report), Alphabet (GOOGL – Free Report), Microsoft (MSFT – Free Report), and Amazon (AMZN – Free Report). Conversely, it was okay with Apple’s (AAPL – Free Report) quarterly release and loved Meta’s (META – Free Report) results.This is clearly not a […]
Bonds, Stocks, Gold & Silver – Volatility On Display
Image Source: PixabayThe bond market seems convinced that interest rates are headed lower for now. The chart (source) below shows the price action for TLT (iShares Long-term Treasury Bond ETF) over the past seven days… Of particular note is the fact that the succession of higher opening prices left a series of gaps on the chart. Friday’s […]
Business Cycle Indicators, With Employment, Monthly GDP
Image Source: PexelsHere’s a picture of some key indicators followed by the NBER BCDC, along with monthly GDP:Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) employment from CES (bold blue), civilian employment (orange), industrial production (red), personal income excluding current transfers in Ch.2017$ (bold green), manufacturing and trade sales in Ch.2017$ (black), consumption in Ch.2017$ (light blue), and monthly GDP […]
Time To Buy Stock In These Top Gold Miners As Markets Fall
Image Source: PexelsInvestors may turn their attention to gold amid heightened market volatility with Friday’s jobs report showing the US labor force cooled while the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, its highest peak since 2021.With gold often sought out for defensive safety during economic uncertainty it’s noteworthy that the Zacks Mining-Gold Industry is currently in the […]
Central Bankers Are Always On Their Back Foot
Image source: PixabayA central banker’s lot is never a happy. So often they are caught wrong footed, yet they remain stubborn to change in time in response to changes in inflation and unemployment. This appears to be one of those cases where the Federal Reserve remains adamant in its belief that there is not sufficient evidence […]
Gold Price Tumbles After Hitting Two-Week High Amid Fed Rate Cut Speculation
Image Source: Pixabay Gold price drops to $2,420 after peaking at $2,477, down nearly 0.80%. US Nonfarm Payrolls for July miss expectations, unemployment rate rises to 4.3%. Treasury yields and USD plunge, prompting banks to anticipate faster Fed rate cuts. Gold price reversed its course and tumbled almost 1% after hitting a two-week high of $2477 […]
The High-Leverage Activity CEOs Can’t Ignore: Time Management Strategy
Image Source: UnsplashThe scarcest resource in most organizations is the leader’s time. Every CEO, division head or even first-level manager has a to-do list longer than feasible. The bottleneck on the boss’s desk causes opportunities to be missed or shunned. Delays in decisions can trigger workflow stoppages, overtime, lost sales and customer complaints. Frustrated subordinates lose […]
Cocoa Prices Slide To Five-Month Low On Demand Destruction Fears From Hershey
Photo by Alexandre Brondino on UnsplashUS chocolate maker Hershey (HSY) slashed its sales and earnings outlook on Thursday, citing higher cocoa prices that have resulted in demand destruction among cash-strapped consumers. This development spooked cocoa futures, sliding to a five-month low at the end of the week. Cocoa futures in New York fell as much as 6% to $6,574 a ton, […]
The Great Rotation
Photo by Steve Johnson on UnsplashThere are many styles of investing, and many ways to make money in the stock market. Just like the styles of men’s ties or women’s dresses come in and out of fashion, so too do the styles of investing. Some stick around for a long time, while other fads flop in short order, […]
