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AUD/USD Hovers Near 0.6600 As Markets Await Aussie’s Business, Consumer Confidence Data

AUD/USD Hovers Near 0.6600 As Markets Await Aussie’s Business, Consumer Confidence Data

Image Source: Unsplash AUD/USD up due to better sentiment, USD dip amid mixed Wall Street results. US inflation steady; Fed’s positive economy outlook influences currencies. US inflation, Australian consumer confidence data critical for economic assessment. The Australian Dollar posted solid gains on Monday, rising 0.42% against the US Dollar amid an improvement in risk appetite and a light […]
Financial Markets Report For Monday, April 8

Financial Markets Report For Monday, April 8

Image Source: PixabayIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Monday, April 8.Video Length: 00:11:26More By This Author:Metals Report For Thursday, April 4Financial Markets Report For Thursday, April 4SPDR ETF Report For Thursday, April 4
Stocks Stall On April 8, 2024, As Reversal Patterns Take Hold

Stocks Stall On April 8, 2024, As Reversal Patterns Take Hold

Image Source: UnsplashIt was a dull day for stocks, with the S&P 500 finishing the day slightly lower while rates rose and the dollar sank. There isn’t much to take away from today except that the VIX and the shorter duration measures of volatility were down, too. You rarely see the VIX down and the S&P […]
Top Research Reports For SAP, Verizon Communications & Lowe’s

Top Research Reports For SAP, Verizon Communications & Lowe’s

Image Source: UnsplashThe Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today’s Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including SAP SE (SAP), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW). These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today. […]
Bitcoin & Bullion Back Near Record Highs As Rate-Cut Bets Battered

Bitcoin & Bullion Back Near Record Highs As Rate-Cut Bets Battered

Image Source: PixabayAhead of the event risk of CPI, PPI, and FOMC Minutes this week, stocks ambled along while the STIRs market eviscerated more rate-cut hope, sending Treasury yields higher and gold and crypto also soared amid ‘policy error’ fears and geopolitical tensions.VIX is certainly primed for some action this week (and then to return to […]
Nasdaq 100 & S&P 500: Elliott Wave Update For Monday, April 8

Nasdaq 100 & S&P 500: Elliott Wave Update For Monday, April 8

Image Source: UnsplashToday’s update I’m taking a deep dive into the Minor 5th waves in both the NQ and ES. It has been a very difficult Elliott count to put together and remain consistent with the larger picture — That has not changed. I continue to look for the complete of the larger Primary B wave […]
Massive Weekly Price Consolidation Will Show The Way

Massive Weekly Price Consolidation Will Show The Way

Image Source: UnsplashI will keep showing these weekly charts up until and after these massive trading ranges reconcile up or down.Will they all reconcile at one time?Maybe but unlikely.Will some remain rangebound?For a time yes, but then gravity or FOMO will change that.Are there sectors that are more important than others in the overall macro?For sure.Semiconductors […]
Investors Are Finding It Difficult To Run With The Risk-On Baton This Week

Investors Are Finding It Difficult To Run With The Risk-On Baton This Week

Image Source: Pexels The S&P 500 remained virtually unchanged as U.S. bond yields surged to their highest levels since late November, suggesting investor optimism about the prospects for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts is dwindling.Fortunately, oil prices eased on Monday, providing some relief to investors amid renewed efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in the Middle East. […]
Healthcare ETFs For The Weight-Loss Drug Boom And Beyond

Healthcare ETFs For The Weight-Loss Drug Boom And Beyond

Image Source: Pexels In this episode of ETF Spotlight, I speak with Yuri Khodjamirian, CIO of Tema ETFs, about attractive investment opportunities in the healthcare space.Two dominant investing themes over the past year have been AI and weight-loss drugs. While there’s a considerable investor frenzy around AI, particularly with the “Magnificent Seven” and now the “Fabulous […]
It’s Beginning To Feel Like “Everything Bubble 2.0”

It’s Beginning To Feel Like “Everything Bubble 2.0”

New Secular Bull Market In Gold Confirmed (…by Bitcoin)A new secular bull market in gold has now been confirmed. As you may recall from an earlier edition (of The Bitcoin Capitalist), I was mulling over re-allocating my decades-old gold stock portfolio into Bitcoin and crypto – which I did.As if on cue, gold has put up a […]