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Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Tumbling Dice

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Tumbling Dice

The markets pretty much stumbled around today, in the face of two important geopolitical and economic events.A very close national election will be held tomorrow in the US.And later this week, the Fed will meet once again, and make a decision and statement about interest rates.The magic eight ball says, ‘check again later’.So let’s see what […]
Chart Of The Day – Ignoring Political Noise

Chart Of The Day – Ignoring Political Noise

In a few short days/hours there will be a new President of the United States. Between now and then and long after you will hear biased stories about how the world is going to be transformed by political agendas. Some of it will be true, but most of it will be noise inside a system […]
Nasdaq Breadth Metrics Accelerate Losses

Nasdaq Breadth Metrics Accelerate Losses

The Nasdaq had looked primed for a breakout but there was a trend breakdown last week. The index has returned to its base with a break in its 20-day MA; the 50-day MA is its next port of call. Technicals are mixed; On-Balance-Volume is still moving strongly in bulls favor, and I thought this would […]
Trump Trade Overrated

Trump Trade Overrated

Image Source: Unsplash News narrative of Trump win driving stock and bond market moves overrated.Video Length: 00:08:48More By This Author:Making Sense Of Investor Sentiment The Real Estate ProblemIrrational Exuberance Redux?
Wall Street Pulls Back Before Election Day

Wall Street Pulls Back Before Election Day

Stocks fell the day before the 2024 presidential election, as investors wondered what impact a new administration will have on the market’s trajectory. The Dow dropped more than 250 points, logging its fourth loss in five sessions while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also settled firmly lower despite several strong earnings reports. The 10-year Treasury yield […]
RACE: Nothing Sexier Than A Red Ferrari

RACE: Nothing Sexier Than A Red Ferrari

I’m not much of a car guy but the one car I’ve always wanted is a red Ferrari. Besides for that, I’m happy if my car gets me from A to B without incident. A new Ferrari will set you back anywhere from a quarter to a half a million dollars. Obviously it’s a car […]
Past Elections Status Quo Means No Need For Woe

Past Elections Status Quo Means No Need For Woe

Scarier than Halloween, the current presidential election is causing people on both sides of the political aisle to be frightened by the idea of their candidate potentially losing. Uncertainty is generally petrifying to investors, resulting in downward pressure on stock prices, but with less than a week until election day, the stock market is providing […]
Innovating Fixed Income: How Corporate Behavior Shapes New S&P DJI Fixed Income Benchmarks

Innovating Fixed Income: How Corporate Behavior Shapes New S&P DJI Fixed Income Benchmarks

  ↵Image Source: Unsplash In recent years, fixed income indices have evolved to consider additional factors beyond traditional financial metrics. This evolution has led index providers to diversify their offering with more complex index constructions to cater to client needs. One such advancement is the inclusion of factors that reflect corporate behavior, where companies demonstrating responsible corporate […]
Pre-Election Risk-On Signals

Pre-Election Risk-On Signals

Image Source: Unsplash Election week is here, but don’t let that you lose sight of the Fed’s upcoming rate cut on Thursday.As traders, we like to operate under the assumption that the market has a better sense of what’s really going on compared to the news or even opinion polls.The good news is that the sector […]
SMCI: Impending Doom Or A Massive Buy The Dip Opportunity

SMCI: Impending Doom Or A Massive Buy The Dip Opportunity

Image courtesy of 123rf.com After enjoying the value-boosting benefits of the AI hype, right alongside Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) and other semiconductor stocks, Super Micro Computer (Nasdaq: SMCI) completely reverted to its December 2023 price level. Trading at $27.32 per share at the time of writing, SMCI stock shows 3% returns over a one year period, having dropped by […]