Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Employment Cycle Drives Reactionary Monetary Policy

Employment Cycle Drives Reactionary Monetary Policy

Stock markets have soared further on soft landing hopes, just as they initially did when the U.S. Fed cut base rates by 50 basis points in January 2001 and September 2007. Other more prescient leading and coincident economic indicators warn of cause for pause.As shown below (courtesy of Jeff Weniger), the ratio of leading economic […]
Top 3 Renewable Energy Stocks To Invest In September 2024

Top 3 Renewable Energy Stocks To Invest In September 2024

Image courtesy of 123rf.com From the EU and China to the US, nations have started ramping up nuclear power to feed expected generative AI demand. In the US, this is best exemplified by Microsoft’s recent deal with Constellation (NASDAQ: CEG) to launch Crane Clean Energy Center (CCEC) and restart Three Mile Island Unit 1, worth over 835 MW of […]
Here’s Who Has Been Driving The Bitcoin Price Recovery Above $65,000

Here’s Who Has Been Driving The Bitcoin Price Recovery Above $65,000

  ↵Image Source: Unsplash Bitcoin is now trading above the $65,000 price level for the first time in two months, leaving the $63,000 resistance level behind. This interesting increase has seen Bitcoin increase by almost 23% from a September low of $53,400 on September 6, pushing many holders into profitability.According to Santiment, this price action has been […]
Costco Stock Drops On Mixed Earnings: Should You Buy?

Costco Stock Drops On Mixed Earnings: Should You Buy?

Image Source: Pexels Costco (NASDAQ: COST) stock was trending lower on Friday after the big box retailer reported mixed results for its fiscal fourth quarter earnings.The results were solid, as revenue ticked up 1% to $79.7 billion, year over year, but it came in below estimates of $79.96 billion.Net income jumped 9% to $2.35 billion, or $5.29 […]
Gold Stocks Forge Higher

Gold Stocks Forge Higher

Image Source: Pixabay The gold miners’ stocks are forging higher, just achieving their best levels in four years. While advancing, their upside progress has certainly been labored. Given gold’s monster upleg and dazzling record highs, gold stocks should be much higher. And their record profits and epic earnings growth sure support way-better stock prices. The main […]
With A Month Of Data To Go, The GDPNow Forecast Is 3.1 Percent

With A Month Of Data To Go, The GDPNow Forecast Is 3.1 Percent

GDPNow data from the Atlanta Fed, chart by Mish The GDPNow Latest Estimate is 3.1 percent as of September 27, 2024 The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2024 is 3.1 percent on September 27, up from 2.9 percent on September 18. After recent releases from the […]
Stocks Commodities Interest Rates And Business Cycle

Stocks Commodities Interest Rates And Business Cycle

Image Source: Unsplash What you need to know to invest your money wisely.Video Length: 00:19:47More By This Author:Is It A Bull Or Bear Market? Business Cycle, Earnings Cycles, And The Outlook For Stocks The Outlook For Earnings, Stock Market, And The Business Cycle
Rush For Physical Silver In India

Rush For Physical Silver In India

Over the past two weeks, the Bloomberg Commodity Index, which tracks commodities, has risen by 10% after recording an almost continuous decline since June 2022: The strong bearish positioning of commodity funds over the past two years is mainly due to the unprecedented slowdown of the Chinese economy, a situation unprecedented since 1998: The rebound […]
China Stimulus Changes Everything (Or Does It?)

China Stimulus Changes Everything (Or Does It?)

  ↵Image Source: Unsplash Not content to leave it with the PBOC’s Oprah-fest of rate cutting, China’s central authorities announced what’s being called a massive stimulus push. The response has been near-euphoria in Chinese and other stocks, but the opposite in more crucial markets and places. All the more curious given how much other “stimulus” is being […]
Does The Sun Really Rise In China?

Does The Sun Really Rise In China?

This week, the Chinese Central Bank (PBoC) approved a broad package of measures to get the ailing economy growing again. But it is not really an economic stimulus package, rather a support package for the struggling real estate market.The Shanghai stock market celebrated the measures with the biggest gains in many years. Even our trading […]