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We Need To Tick One More Box To Unleash The Bulls

We Need To Tick One More Box To Unleash The Bulls

Image Source: UnsplashThe rubber’s not hitting the road right now. Stocks are still hanging around their all-time highs, while the Nasdaq has yet to register a new one in a couple of weeks. For a while now, I’ve been looking for a new high there to confirm the way’s clear for the bulls to run.In other […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – The Implications Of The Incarnation

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – The Implications Of The Incarnation

Image Source: UnsplashStocks wallowed around today, digesting their recent gains.Gold bounced up a bit, and silver rallied quite impressively.Powell speaks tomorrow, and there will be a Non-Farm Payrolls report on Friday.VIX is near to lows that lately have suggested complacency, and a precursor to a correction.I still cannot believe the things that I am seeing and […]
China Issues Eurodollar Bonds

China Issues Eurodollar Bonds

Image Source: Unsplash China issues U.S. dollar denominated debt in Saudi Arabia.Video Length: 00:11:33More By This Author:Presidential Election Cycle And Markets Question Time: Making Sense Of Crypto Speculative Mania In Markets
Comparing The S&P Quality FCF Aristocrats Indices With The S&P Dividend Aristocrats

Comparing The S&P Quality FCF Aristocrats Indices With The S&P Dividend Aristocrats

Image Source: Pexels While the S&P Dividend Aristocrats® Indices have been in existence for almost two decades, only now has the “Aristocrats” moniker been extended to a new series of indices: the S&P Quality FCF Aristocrats. Like the S&P Dividend Aristocrats, this new series emphasizes consistency and the selection of high quality companies. While they share many […]
Rates Spark: Eyes On France

Rates Spark: Eyes On France

European markets will be watching closely as the French government faces a no-confidence vote. A fall of the government looks likely, and while it has added to the market’s dovish pricing the overall fallout is remarkably muted. US rates will be watching Fed Chair Powell’s speech and we update on the Fed’s reverse repo facility as […]
Turnaround Tuesday: A Look At Emerging Markets

Turnaround Tuesday: A Look At Emerging Markets

The DAX is a stock market index consisting of the 40 major German blue-chip companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.  Here are the top five weighted sectors: Sector Weightings Industrials 24.51% Financial Services 20.33% Technology 18.47% Consumer Cyclical 10.27% Communication Services 7.25% The German economy, hit hard by a manufacturing slowdown and weak demand for its exports, has struggled in 2024 and is on course to contract for […]
How AI May Escalate Geopolitical Conflicts

How AI May Escalate Geopolitical Conflicts

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming industries, but its applications in financial markets and national security remain underexplored. In his latest book, Money GPT: AI and the Threat to the Global Economy, bestselling author, economist, and investment advisor Jim Rickards provides a sobering analysis of how AI could disrupt financial systems and even […]
Are We Living In The Roaring 2020s?

Are We Living In The Roaring 2020s?

Image Source: Pexels Could this decade redefine economic growth and markets? Ed Yardeni believes it might. He joins James Connor to unpack his prediction of record highs for the S&P 500, driven by revolutionary advancements in AI, humanoids, and productivity. Ed also explains why a long-anticipated recession has not been forthcoming, as the U.S. economy has […]
Salesforce.com Q3 Earnings Lag Estimates

Salesforce.com Q3 Earnings Lag Estimates

Image Source: Unsplash Salesforce.com (CRM Quick QuoteCRM – Free Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.41 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.43 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.11 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -0.82%. A quarter ago, it […]
Prepare For “The Mother Of All Blow-Off Tops”

Prepare For “The Mother Of All Blow-Off Tops”

Image Source: Pixabay Asset prices bubbles follow a predictable trajectory, driven by investor psychology.The final stage before the bursting is a Euphoric peak.The financial advisors at New Harbor Financial think we’re on our way to such a blow-off top, but we’re not quite there yet. They expect the action to get even more manic before we […]