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Intel Calling
Image Source: PexelsSurely, you’ve heard that Intel (INTC) is getting nuked today. Incredibly, it has returned to its price level of February 1999. Yes, it has reverted to the prior millennium during the biggest 25-year bull market in history.Just to prove I’m totally off my rocker, I have acquired AUGUST 9TH CALLS for both INTC and IWM.More By This Author:Moderna’s Ongoing DeclineSky High […]
Unemployment Rate Jumps, Jobs Rise Only 114,000 With More Negative Revisions
Image Source: UnsplashThe headline jobs number was much weaker than the consensus estimate of 180,000 and the unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points.Data from the BLS, chart by MishJobs vs EmploymentFrom September 2020 through early 2022, nonfarm payroll job gains and full time employment changes tracked together.Starting around March of 2022, a divergence between employment and […]
The FTSE Finish Line – Friday, August 2
FTSE Red On The Week, As US Recession Concerns Spark Investor Fears Friday saw a sharp decrease in London stocks, along with wider market losses as investors became more cautious after the US jobs report came in well below expectations with the unemployment rate rising to 4.3%, stoking concerns of a US recession. The blue-chip FTSE […]
Morgan Stanley greenlights Bitcoin spot ETF offerings for wealth advisors
Key Takeaways Morgan Stanley’s financial advisors can now offer bitcoin ETFs to eligible clients. The offering is limited to clients with a minimum net worth of $1.5 million and aggressive investment profiles. Morgan Stanley, the top-tier investment bank and wealth management firm, will allow its financial advisors to actively promote Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to […]
USD/JPY Price Analysis: Yen Soars After BoJ, Economic Turmoil
The USD/JPY price analysis still points South as the yen strengthens due to increased safe-haven demand. Investors fear a faster-than-expected US economic downturn but remain cautious ahead of the US nonfarm payroll report.The yen has just ended a bullish month and is extending these gains into August. Notably, July ended with a 10bps rate hike […]
Chart Of The Day: Mama Said There’ll Be Days Like This
Remember this old song from the Shirelles in 1961? “Mama said there’ll be days like this; There’ll be days like this, mama said”For those of you who listened to the Webinar John Rowland and I did last Wednesday entitled Portfolio Risk Management Tools of the Trade you will remember that there should be no need for panic […]
Is The Age Of Plenty Over?
We have been talking about resiliency-driven inflation for the past several weeks. As the US and its Western allies realign supply chains to strengthen economic resiliency, the cost of certain goods and commodities will go up.I received a note from Bill White about this, which prompted the interview I am sharing with you today. Bill […]
GBP/USD Bounces Back Strongly Above 1.2800 As US NFP Disappoints
The GBP/USD pair recovers at a strong pace from an intraday low of 1.2707 above the round-level resistance of 1.2800 in Friday’s New York session. The Cable discovers strong buying interest on disappointing United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for July, which boosts already firm speculation of Federal Reserve (Fed) September interest rate cuts.Fresh payrolls came in lower […]
Gold-Stock Tipping Point
The gold miners’ stocks look to be nearing a crucial psychological tipping point. After years of mostly being ignored, this small contrarian sector seems on the verge of roaring back into favor. When gold stocks grow popular and traders increasingly chase them, their gains grow massive. More than doubling in individual uplegs isn’t unusual, and […]
Mounting US Job Fears To Push The Fed Into Action
Everything was weak in the July jobs report. The one crumb of comfort is that the jump in the unemployment rate is being caused by surging labour supply rather than workers being fired, but with demand indicators looking soft and jobless claims on the rise the risks are skewed towards unemployment increasing more rapidly. Rate cuts […]
