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Walgreens Invites A Rube Goldberg Buyout Plan
Cartoonist Rube Goldberg designed fantastical machines to complete simple tasks through tortuously convoluted mechanisms. Buyout shop Sycamore Partners might take his contraptions as a model, judging by a Wall Street Journal report that it’s in talks to acquire Walgreens Boots Alliance. The struggling $8 bln drugstore is buried under a $36 billion morass of debt, leases and […]
Silver ETFs Outshine Gold In 2024: What’s In Store For 2025?
Image Source: Pixabay The precious metals, especially gold and silver, have performed remarkably well in 2024, driven by lower rates and safe-haven demand. iShares Silver Trust (SLV – Free Report) and abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF (SIVR – Free Report) have risen more than 33% this year, outperforming SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD – Free Report) , which has gained 31.3%.A lower interest rate environment has raised the […]
Hotter Than Expected Inflation Is Causing Rates To Soar
Image source: Pixabay The market was essentially flat today, but that’s a distorted picture. Currently, this is the Bloomberg 500, which serves as a proxy for the S&P 500. When we break it down, Broadcom rose 24% today, adding almost nine points to the index. Without Broadcom’s big move, the equity market wouldn’t have performed nearly […]
Got Copper Or Miners? Watch Out.
Copper, silver, and gold quite often move together, especially during the big moves.And this is currently very helpful.Given gold’s recent decline and a much bigger decline in silver and mining stocks, one might wonder whether miners’ and silver’s weakness are telling the truth about the precious metals market’s outlook, or if it’s gold that’s been […]
Potential Shift To AI Sends Bitcoin Miner’s Stock Up 10%
Image Source: Unsplash Shares of Riot Platforms (Nasdaq: RIOT) were moving higher Friday after the news broke that the Bitcoin mining firm could be expanding operations into AI data centers.The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Starboard Value, an activist investor, had recently taken a significant stake in Riot Platforms, the largest U.S. Bitcoin miner in the U.S. by number […]
The Market Is Breaking Bad
Image Source: Unsplash It’s not looking great for the bulls – not that I’m complaining. Divergence continues to grow – weekly gains for the Nasdaq, losses for the Dow 30 and S&P 500.The advance/decline line of what’s going up versus what’s going down continues to decline. The usual suspects in the Magnificent Seven were dead today […]
Solana Price On The Rise: Key Resistance At $235 Could Spark Major Breakout
Image Source: Pexels Over the past week, the Solana price has reflected broader market trends, experiencing a slight decline of 1.3% in the last 24 hours. This decrease has led SOL to retest a crucial support level at $226. Despite this recent dip, experts believe that a successful breach of the $235 resistance could signal a […]
24 Information Technology Companies With Strong Value Fundamentals
Information TechnologyToday’s video on Information Technology companies is another in the continuing series of videos where we are looking for value in each of the 10 major sectors as reported by Standard & Poor’s. This particular video is going to be on the Technology Sector. We are looking for value in Information Technology companies because […]
Fed Interest Rate Cuts Are Hurting Long-Term Bonds And Mortgage Rates
Data from US Treasury, Chart by MishYields through December 12 are end-of-day from the US Treasury. December 13 is a current real-time quote.Today, the yield on the 10-year note is up 8 basis points (0.08 percentage points). The yield on the 30-year long bond is up 7 basis points, and the yield on the 3-month […]
Dow, S&P 500 Fall For The Week; Nasdaq Rides Broadcom Wave
Stocks were a mixed bag Friday. The Dow logged its seventh consecutive daily loss and a weekly drop, while the S&P 500 snapped a three-week winning streak. Elsewhere, the Nasdaq finished the week higher, the only index to do so thanks to Broadcom (AVGO) crossing the $1 trillion market cap.With inflation data in the rearview mirror, Wall […]
