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Is This The Peak Of The Stock Market?
Image Source: Pixabay The world is in love with US stocks right now.Valuations are at or near all-time record highs. Same with measures of euphoria and investor confidence in stocks.US stocks have never made up as a great a percentage of global market cap as they do now.Retail investors (including seniors!) have never been this long […]
2024 Wrapped
Image Source: PexelsGold closed this week at $2,625 (about the same as last week) and silver at $29.35 (down about $0.20). Joel recaps the biggest economic events and precious metal’s performance in 2024 before looking ahead to 2025. OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED:-Gold up 26.9%, silver gains 23.7% in 2024.-Poor consumer confidence at 104.7 (versus 112.9 forecast).-US economic […]
Robinhood Stock Price Has A 42% Upside But Faces Key Risks
Image Source: Unsplash Robinhood stock price is firing on all cylinders, helped by the strong equity and crypto market. HOOD jumped by 206% in 2024, pushing its market valuation to over $34 billion. So, is this disruptor a good investment? Robinhood is a good growth story Robinhood Markets is a popular fintech company that successfully disrupted […]
WMA: 2024 Ends With Bitcoin At $95,000 And An Overall Positive Trend
Image Source: Unsplash Next Week’s Crypto Market ForecastThis Week’s Summary The crypto market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $3.33 trillion. Bitcoin decreased by nearly 2% to trade at around $95,000. Ethereum is up by almost 1% to trade at around $3,400. XRP is down by 4%, Cardano by 2%, and Avalanche by […]
3 Worst Performing Dow Jones Stocks In 2024 Market Overview 3 Worst Performing Dow Jones Stocks in 2024
Image Source: Pexels The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) will finish 2024 with a positive return. The index has climbed about 24% this year. This will be the fourth positive return in the last five years, with 2022 the only down year.The three worst-performing Dow Jones Stocks in 2024 were Boeing (BA), Nike (NKE), and Amgen […]
Bitwise Files For ETF Tracking Companies Investing Heavily In Bitcoin
Image Source: Pixabay Exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer Bitwise has filed for an ETF that would include businesses holding very large amounts of Bitcoin (BTC-USD).A regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday revealed that Bitwise has officially filed to launch the Bitwise Bitcoin Standard Corporations ETF.ETF Store President Nate Geraci noted in an X post that the new […]
European Gas Prices Soar As Putin Says A New Ukraine Transit Deal Is Unlikely
Image Source: UnsplashBy Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.comEurope’s benchmark natural gas prices soared on Friday by the most in a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the chances of a new deal for Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine are low.Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, jumped early […]
Meme Coin Mania: Top 3 Cryptos That Dominated 2024
Image Source: Invezz Overview of the meme coin surge in the crypto market. Examination of Dogecoin as the original meme coin and its features. Exploration of Shiba Inu as a direct rival to Dogecoin on the Ethereum blockchain. The cryptocurrency market, a space known for its constant evolution, continues to introduce new digital assets at […]
Fed Funds Rate And Inflation. Some More About Noise
This article summarizes additional data about possible noise in the Fed Funds Rate (FFR) and CPI Inflation data from 1951 to 2024. This examination was started previously.1,2 Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay. IntroductionWe previously examined specific examples of the effects of smoothing monthly data on possible noise removal from month-to-month changes in FFR and CPI1 and year-over-year changes.2Recently,3 it was […]
Weekly Commentary: Vigilantism And Deleveraging
Image Source: DepositPhotos Hanging on by the skin of its teeth? Year ends are invariably interesting – on occasion, intriguing. There’s money at stake, especially this year with huge 2024 market gains. End of year mark-ups in thin holiday trading (aka “Santa Claus rally”) are expected to lift Wall Street bonuses and, more importantly, hedge […]
