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$27 Trillion In Debt And Rising Fast: Are Treasury Yields Heading To 5% Or 3%?
Interest rates matter. A lot. Depending on their level, interest rates can stimulate or restrict economic growth. The level of interest rates is also crucial in the valuation of financial assets.Currently, there is a lot of disagreement about where interest rates are going. The 10-year treasury currently yields 4.25%. Some investors see it going back […]
Waiting For The All Clear On PCE And Earnings Season?
Image Source: Pixabay MARKETSU.S. stocks traded cautiously on Monday as the holiday-shortened week began, with investors hesitating to increase their risk exposure ahead of critical inflation data. Although all three major U.S. indices recovered from their intraday lows, the overall sentiment remained subdued. After a strong performance last week, investors may be taking a hiatus and […]
Lucid Group’s Stock Climbs: Are Higher Gains In Sight?
Image Source: Pexels Shares of electric car manufacturer, Lucid Group (Nasdaq: LCID), saw a strong opening on Monday following the announcement that Ayar Third Investment Company, a majority stockholder of the company affiliated with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, Public Investment Fund, is injecting $1 billion into the Lucid.This significant investment comes in the form of […]
Market Talk – Monday, March 25
ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 474.31 points or -1.16% to 40,414.12 Shanghai decreased 21.73 points or -0.71% to 3,026.31 Hang Seng decreased 25.83 points or -0.16% to 16,473.64 ASX 200 increased 41.30 points or 0.53% to 7,811.90 Kospi decreased 10.99 points or -0.40% to 2,737.57 SENSEX closed […]
Can Intel And AMD Compete With Nvidia?
Image courtesy of 123rf.com Within a single year, Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) gained a 260% valuation boost, increasing its market cap by $1.6 trillion. That is more than double the combined market cap of Nvidia’s three closest competitors: AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm.By outgrowing its video gaming roots into a data center supplier, Nvidia deftly scooped the hype spilling from […]
Dow Drops 162 Points As Investor Optimism Fades
The Dow shed more than 160 points on Monday, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 also kicked off the holiday-shortened week with losses. Much of the optimism surrounding potential interest rate cuts has faded, with the chip sector also taking a breather after China said it would block the use of Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) chips in […]
Measuring Fed Inflation Credibility
Image Source: Pixabay What do households (not economists) think inflation will be in three years? I use the deviation of forecast from target as a proxy measure for credibility regarding inflation.Figure 1: Median 3 year CPI inflation forecast (black), 25th, 75th percentile (gray), in %. CPI inflation consistent with 2% PCE inflation target (red dashed line). NBER […]
The Fed’s Dovish Hold And The 2024 Rally
In this episode, we dive deep into the complexities of the 2024 financial market with James Connor and Ben Laidler, Global Market Strategist at eToro, in this must-watch episode of Wealthion.From the Federal Reserve’s latest moves to the surging debate over Bitcoin vs. traditional gold, Ben provides unparalleled insights into what these developments mean for […]
Our Economy And Politics Are Broken
Image source: Pixabay Our situation as a society is akin to awakening from a dream of loved ones to the realization that they passed away long ago. Our economy and politics are broken, yet we continue dreaming that they are functional. Let’s start with politics. American politics now bears an eerie resemblance to pre-collapse Soviet politics: a geriatric, […]
Gold, Not Stocks, Will Be The Best Asset As The Global Debt Crisis Unfolds
Image Source: Pixabay The global economy is awash in too much debt, which continues to pile up at an exponential rate.History is clear how such eras end. The purchasing power of currency gets destroyed.To understand why the barbarous relic has risen to an all-time high and may have an even better year lying ahead, we have […]
