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Is It Time To Dump Stocks?
Image Source: UnsplashDoes another weak employment report spell doom for the economy and stock market?Video Length: 00:28:51More By This Author:Why The Bulls Have An Edge Over The BearsAre The Charts Starting To Drift From The Soft-Landing Script? Major Difference Between 2000 And 2024 May Propel Stocks To New Highs
The Ito-McCauley Database On Individual Central Bank Reserve Holdings
Image Source: PixabayHiro Ito and Robert McCauley have compiled a dataset (first discussed in this 2019 2019 ) of the currency composition of international reserves over the 1999-2021 period. This dataset was used in Ito and McCauley (2020), Chinn, Ito and McCauley (2022), and Chinn, Ito and Frankel (2024).The IMF’s COFER only presents aggregate currency shares. Other datasets of individual central bank reserves are less comprehensive, and/or report gross rather […]
JOLTS: Job Openings Fall As Firings Edge Up
Image Source: PixabayJuly data on job openings and labor market turnover (JOLTS) showed a larger-than-expected drop in job openings, which came in 5% lower than estimated with a 3% downward revision to June data. The JOLTS data has been very consistent for some time in terms of showing a slowdown in hiring. Hires were over 4.5% […]
Think Ahead: Great Minds Think Alike
Image Source: PixabayEnough of what us lot think. We asked actual real people – the audience of our live event earlier this week – what they thought on everything from the Fed to the US dollar. Are they thinking what we’re thinking? Read on as we dive into next week’s hectic financial and economic world.The latest US jobs […]
Multi-Year Channel Failure
Image Source: PixabayHow many analysts do you think had any Sell or Strong Sell recommendations when the market cap was a trillion dollars higher a few months ago? I don’t even have to look. ZERO.More By This Author:About That Price GapWhen Giants FallThe All-Knowing Jobs Report
8 Ways To Trade Tesla Stock Using ETFs
Image Source: PexelsDid you know that there are eight different ways to trade Tesla (TSLA) using ETFs, and without using options?That’s right. In addition to just buying and shorting the Tesla stock, there are other ways to speculate on the price of Tesla.These ETFs are especially useful for those who do not want to trade options […]
Financial Markets Report For Friday, Sept 6
Image Source: PixabayIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Friday, September 6.Video Length: 00:17:16More By This Author:Metal Markets Report For Thursday, Sept 5SPDR ETF Report For Thursday, Sept 5Financial Markets Report For Wednesday, Sept 4
Employment Slowdown In Context
Image Source: PexelsNFP +142 vs. consensus +166. Employment has almost surely slowed (keeping in mind this is the preliminary release). What does this look like?Figure 1: Nonfarm payroll (NFP) employment from CES (blue), Bloomberg consensus assuming no revisions to previous months (light blue), NFP early benchmark (tan), QCEW total covered employment seasonally adjusted by author using X-13 […]
A Rough Week At The Office
Image Source: UnsplashMARKETSIt was an ugly week for stocks, and Friday piled on the pain. The latest jobs report did little to calm nerves, while AI hype got another reality check, sending tech stocks into a tailspin.The U.S. economy added 142,000 jobs in August, a modest bump from July but falling short of economists’ hopes. The […]
Intel Considers Selling Mobileye Stake: What We Know So Far
Intel intends to generate some cash by selling off its stake into the market. With the stock price tanking, Intel will find it hard to generare sufficient cash. A possible sale of its networking segment is also in the pipeline. Intel (INTC) is reportedly considering the sale of its substantial 88% stake in Mobileye (MBLY), […]
