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Stocks Are Staying Split – Here’s What To Do About It
Image Source: Unsplash The big indexes are split up and down at the moment, and I’m sensing some concern over this out there. Tonight we’ll get to the bottom of the “worry or opportunity?” question.There’s plenty of weight to the “opportunity” argument.We’ve seen the Nasdaq reclaim and reassert its leadership over the last few weeks. If you’ve […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Gold Checks Out Of The Hong Kong Hotel
A pretty big chunk of gold bullion decided to check out of the CME affiliated Hong Kong warehouses yesterday.Thank you sir, may they have another?That would be interesting. Stand and deliver.The Dollar was up a few cents.Stocks took a decline after the big bubblicious rally. Still very in keeping as a correction.VIX rose to its 200 […]
2025 Market Outlook And Investment Strategies
Image Source: Pixabay In this episode of ETF Spotlight, I speak with Matthew Bartolini, Head of SPDR Americas Research at State Street Global Advisors. We discuss the market outlook and investing strategies for 2025.With 2024 almost in the rearview mirror, the big question for investors is whether stocks will continue to march higher after two years […]
Global Bonds Are Crashing, Here’s What That Means For The World
Image source: Pixabay Interest rates worldwide are hanging at the edge of a cliff. It may not seem like it from the current focus on the Fed and the possible pause in its rate cutting. This doesn’t mean other central bank rate cuts, either. Instead, two very critical signals have absolutely plunged just in the past […]
Record Retail Sales Not As Good As They Appear
Total retail sales for November came in better than expectations, now $724.6 billion and another record high. Retail sales are now +38% above the pre-COVID high. Novembers gain came in at +0.7% (street was expecting +0.5%), above the historical average of +0.4% and last months +0.5% (which was revised higher, up from +0.4%). Total retail […]
Silver Will Outperform Gold (And How Close The Silver Market Came To Breaking In 2021)
Image Source: Pixabay As we near the end of 2024, Rick Rule joins me on the show to talk about his takeaways from this year’s gold and silver rallies. As well as how he now sees the precious metals bull market evolving in the years ahead.Although perhaps even more importantly, Rick talks about what happened with […]
Dow Stuck In Worst Losing Streak In 46 Years
Just nine sessions after closing above 45,000 for the first time ever on Dec. 4, the Dow made history in the opposite direction. The blue-chip index shed 267 points today for its ninth-straight loss and longest losing streak since 1978. The S&P 500 moved lower as well, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq finished in the red […]
If You Thought Construction Costs Were High, Wait For Mass Deportation
Image Source: Pexels Average hourly wages in construction, production and nonsupervisory workers, in 2023$ (CPI deflated): Figure 1: Average hourly earnings in construction, production and nonsupervisory workers, in 2023$ (blue, left log scale), and ratio of foreign born to total employed (tan, right scale). NBER defined peak-to-trough recession dates shaded gray. Source: BLS via FRED, NBER and […]
Trading Mid To Late December
Image Source: Unsplash Mish and Geoff cover 2 styles-chasing strength and buying lows.Video Length: 00:25:27More By This Author:The Santa Claus Rally Under Attack Will Stocks Continue To Rhyme With 2016? Vanity Trades Moving And The Weekly Moving Average Trigger
Retail Sales Explode Higher Led By Autos And Nonstore Purchases
According to the Census Department Advance Estimate, retail sales rose 0.7 percent in November. Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for November 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $724.6 billion, an increase of 0.7 percent (±0.5 percent) from the previous month, and up […]
