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Rates Spark: Data And Not Dot Plots Will Decide Fed Cuts

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Bonds were in a good mood on Tuesday, but the mood from Wednesday on will be set by the FOMC outcome. Any fiddling with the dot plot will have an impact. Beyond that we’re still in this inflation pop period that continues to pressure yields higher. It likely won’t last, but it’s the dominant driver […]

Market Talk – Tuesday, March 19

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 263.16 points or 0.66% to 40,003.60 Shanghai decreased 22.17 points or -0.72% to 3,062.76 Hang Seng decreased 207.64 points or -1.24% to 16,529.48 ASX 200 increased 27.40 points or 0.36% to 7,703.20 Kospi decreased 29.67 points or -1.10% to 2,656.17 SENSEX decreased […]

WTI Slips After Small Crude Draw But Pump-Prices Hit 5-Month Highs

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Photo by Timothy Newman on Unsplash Oil prices extended gains today to fresh cycle highs (5-month highs) as the demand/supply/geopolitical-premium balance appears to have shifted. “Oil benchmarks have been restored to multi-month highs as supply-side risks grab hold of market’s attention once more,” said Han Tan, chief market analyst at Exinity. “Oil prices were given a bullish impulse […]

Taiwan On The Brink: Navigating The Tensions With China

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Unsplash In this episode, James Connor of Bloor Street Capital and George Calhoun, Director of the Quantitative Finance Program at Stevens Institute of Technology, dive deep into China’s faltering economy and its widespread impact.From the real estate crisis to the semiconductor supremacy battle, uncover the truths behind the headlines.Plus, get expert insights on China’s […]

Dow Adds Triple Digits As Treasury Yields Move Lower

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

With the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) two-day meeting now underway, lower Treasury yields helped stocks rebound on Tuesday. The central bank is largely expected to keep interest rates the same, though some on Wall Street are wary recent economic data will embolden the Fed to maintain rates higher for longer. Nevertheless, the Dow scored a triple-digit pop, […]

Have Equity Investors Been Right To Rotate From Active To Passive?

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Pexels Last year, UK investors redeemed £23bn from equity mutual funds and ETFs—the second highest on record, surpassed only by 2022. However, this doesn’t tell the whole tale, as actively managed funds shed £24.13m while index-tracking funds saw modest inflows of £525m.This reflects the growth in passive assets across the market, which have grown […]

Deepmind Cofounder To Lead A New AI Unit At Microsoft

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Image Source: Pixabay Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq: MSFT) just hired the cofounder of DeepMind – an artificial intelligence startup that Google bought in 2014. Its shares are up nearly 1.0% at writing. Suleyman also cofounded an AI startup called Inflection AI Mustafa Suleyman will now serve as the chief executive of Microsoft AI. It’s been more than […]

It’s Time To Take Profits On Homebuilder Stocks

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Unsplash Homebuilder stocks have been on a tear, handing investors some tremendous gains over the past two years.Hopefully, you’ve been one of those investors!Two years ago, I highlighted this area of the market — despite the fact that most investors were avoiding these stocks like the plague. The fear was that higher interest rates would cut […]

It Is The End Of An Era For Negative Interest Rates

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Yen. Image Source: Pixabay The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate for the first time in 17 years today, as the last central bank to exit from a regime of negative interest rates. Denmark, Sweden Switzerland, and the other eurozone members introduced negative rates after the 2008 financial crisis to boost economic growth. The European […]

Powell Could Spoil The Fun As Stocks Coil Near All-Time Highs

Mar 19, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Image Source: Pixabay We’re seeing some powerful sector rotation just under the surface of the market… There are huge opportunities to profit now in energy, basic materials, the industrials, and consumer staples. That’s the good news.The perhaps not-so-great news is that we’re now seeing the kind of price action typically witnessed in the later stages of […]