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Are Bond Market Yields Rising Due To A Surge In Trump’s Election Odds?
Jim Bianco has some interesting charts and a corresponding explanation for the surge in 10-year Treasury yields.Bianco has a Series of Charts comparing Polymarket betting odds to bond yields, the stock market, Bitcoin, and other things.In August the election betting market and the bond market were negatively correlated, and very strongly so.Now they seem strongly correlated in […]
Sensex Today Ends 603 Points Higher; Nifty Above 24,300
After opening the day higher, Indian benchmark indices remained positive as the session progressed and ended the day on firm footing.Indian equity indices traded higher on Monday after five days of consecutive declines, despite ongoing foreign selling and lackluster corporate quarterly earnings.At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood higher by 603 points (up 0.8%).Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty closed […]
De-Dollarization: The Spirit Is Willing, The BRICS Is Still Weak
By Mike Maharrey The desire to unseat the dollar as the global reserve currency is strong, but it’s easier said than done. And it doesn’t appear the BRICS bloc is quite up to the task – yet.Russia, in particular, has pushed hard for the BRICS nations to create alternatives to the dollar-dominated global financial system, but […]
EUR/JPY Tests The Previous High At 164.90 After Rejection At 166.00
The Euro has failed to find acceptance above 166.00 earlier today and has given away gains. The Yen has trimmed losses as the market digests the results of Japan´s elections and the pair has retreated to rest support at last week’s high, at 194.90. The Yen dropped across the board during the early Asian season […]
A Massive Short Squeeze On Gold?
For those uninitiated in finance, a “short squeeze” refers to a situation where an individual or legal entity sells an asset in the future without owning it first, in the hope of buying it back later at a lower price in order to make a profit. However, if the price of this asset increases instead […]
Turn Market Shifts Into Opportunity With A Strategic Bond Ladder
Image Source: Pixabay When I sold bonds in the 1990s, using a bond ladder—or even laddering CDs—allowed investors to maximize their investment yields and retain flexibility and liquidity. With the yield curve starting to steepen and the future of interest rates unknown, employing the current version of a bond ladder strategy can add safety and income […]
HOOD Jumps As Robinhood Markets Debuts US Election Trading
Popular trading app Robinhood Markets launched presidential election trading on Monday.Popular trading platform Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) announced its entry into presidential election trading on Monday, October 28, 2024, allowing U.S. citizens to trade contracts tied to either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump through its Robinhood Derivatives unit and ForecastEx, operated by Interactive Brokers.The move comes just […]
Compounding With Passive And Active Strategies
The Tweet on the left below from Charlie Bilello makes a strong case for a passive, buy-and-hold investment strategy. Supporting his graphical evidence is a quote from investment legend Charlie Munger, alluding that investors should buy and hold and let compounding work its magic. Consequently, investors who panicked at the market low in 2020, sold […]
NASDAQ 100 Forecast: Continues To See Upward Momentum
The NASDAQ 100 continues to look pretty strong on Friday, as we are breaking the 20,500 level going into the weekend. The market continues to focus on a lot of things, most notably the earnings season going on at the moment, and the overall liquidity measures being taken by the Federal Reserve. Looking at the […]
Dollar Loses Steam As Harris Regains Momentum
Image Source: Pixabay The market appears to be making something of the latest ABC News/Washington Post national election poll which shows Kamala Harris extending her lead over Donald Trump. We had seen plenty of Dollar bullishness on the back of momentum in favor of Trump given Trump’s promises of tariffs and a cut in domestic tax.Video […]
