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Tesla Triumphs While US Bond Yields Hit The Brakes

Tesla Triumphs While US Bond Yields Hit The Brakes

Image Source: UnsplashMARKETSOn Thursday, markets breathed a much-needed sigh of relief as the corporate earnings spotlight shifted to Tesla (TSLA), delivering a mega-cap surprise, sending the stock soaring to nearly 22%. This was Tesla’s best day since 2013, as Q3 results outpaced expectations, and Elon Musk’s vague but bullish promise of “20% to 30% growth next year” […]
Traders Swapping Nvidia For Tesla Can Have Big Market Impacts

Traders Swapping Nvidia For Tesla Can Have Big Market Impacts

Image Source: UnsplashThe S&P 500 finished up around 20 bps, while the Nasdaq 100 closed up by around 80 basis points. Most of the movement in both indices can be attributed to Tesla, which rose by about 20% today. The Bloomberg 500 likely provides the clearest breakdown of the price action, allowing us to see the individual stock impacts on the broader market.(BLOOMBERG)With Tesla’s (TSLA) stock surging, Nvidia (NVDA) […]
The Rules Of Investing Are Changing, Making The Game Harder

The Rules Of Investing Are Changing, Making The Game Harder

Image source: Pixabay When today’s guest was last on this program back in May, she made the somewhat heretical prediction that when the Fed started cutting interest rates, it would set off a chain of events that were likely to prove more restrictive than its tightening policy.Well, here we are 6 months later, and the Fed […]
Walmart Is Not A Safe Investment Decision At The Current Valuation

Walmart Is Not A Safe Investment Decision At The Current Valuation

Image Source:Mike Mozart, Flickr How could Walmart (WMT) not be a safe investment decision? This is a Dividend King. Aren’t Dividend Kings supposed to be good investments? Nope! This business of selecting investments based on dividend metrics really has to stop.In this recent Three Safe Dividend Kings to Weather Any Storm post, Walmart (WMT) is identified as being ‘safe’. […]
Here’s What To Watch After Silver’s Big Breakout

Here’s What To Watch After Silver’s Big Breakout

After silver broke through the key technical levels I had been monitoring and writing about on Friday, surging 7% in a single day, I released an in-depth report on the upcoming silver bull market and why it would likely evolve into a silver squeeze. In this update, I’ll highlight several key factors that everyone should watch to track silver’s progress, […]
U.S. Debt Nears $36 Trillion As Asset Inflation Keeps Economy Afloat

U.S. Debt Nears $36 Trillion As Asset Inflation Keeps Economy Afloat

Image Source: Unsplash In the latest Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey highlights the growing U.S. national debt, which now exceeds $35.7 trillion. Maharrey begins the episode with a reference to the Apollo 13 mission, saying, “Washington, we have a problem.” He draws parallels between the crisis faced by astronauts and the fiscal disaster Washington is ignoring. Unlike […]
Devil’s Advocate – The Bearish Case For The Nasdaq

Devil’s Advocate – The Bearish Case For The Nasdaq

While indices are pushing towards new all-time highs there’s a case where a larger decline could emerge despite recent benign losses.The first thing to look at is breadth metrics. In the case of the Percentage of Nasdaq Stocks Above the 50-day MA (NAA50R) has moved back to trendline support, but supporting technicals show ‘sell’ triggers […]
It’s All About Oil And Energy Versus Gold And Inflation

It’s All About Oil And Energy Versus Gold And Inflation

Image Source: Unsplash What a week – after fighting up to all time highs, it’s like the market keeps banging its head on higher highs and then shrinking away. It’s done that every single day this week, not really selling off, but not powering through, either.There’s a lot of low volume, and when you couple that […]
SEC requests extension in Ripple case to January 2025

SEC requests extension in Ripple case to January 2025

Key Takeaways The SEC has requested to extend the Ripple case deadline to January 2025. Ripple’s CEO criticizes SEC’s perceived overreach in ongoing legal matters. Share this article The SEC has filed a request for an extension in its ongoing appeal case against Ripple Labs, seeking to move the deadline for its principal brief to […]
Stock And Commodity Market Thoughts

Stock And Commodity Market Thoughts

When I am asked to do an interview on the media, the producer(s) ask for my notes on market conditions.As I will appear at 9 PM ET on CNBC Asia First in Singapore, here are the comments I sent them earlier today.As the SPY corrects a bit from the recent run up to all-time highs, […]