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Stock Market Trend Morphing As It Weakens
Anyone notice how the gains have moderated lately? The stock market seems to be transitioning from strongly up to modestly up and sideways.Here is the Dow Industrials. Not a lot to criticize nor worry about. Just an observation. Here is the Nasdaq 100. And finally, the Russell 2000. This is how markets digest or mildly correct […]
There Was An Old Bank Who Swallowed A Rule
Image by Stable Cascade To this day, banking confuses many. The industry’s myriad of jargon and regulations can understandably perplex casual investors; however, they also confound experts—even those specializing in the discipline. Yet, banking is really quite simple. Banks borrow to lend. Their complexity is purely self-inflicted, created by the controls we’ve buried them under. Each new […]
Ranked: The 20 Top Chinese Stocks By Market Cap, And Performance YTD
It has been widely reported that Chinese stocks have underperformed in recent years, with both the Hang Seng Index and the SSE Composite Index down from their 2021 highs.Despite this broader trend, some Chinese companies have appreciated significantly in price over the past year.To learn more, we’ve visualized the market capitalizations of the 20 top Chinese stocks. In addition, […]
Manufacturing And Construction Vs. The Still-Inverted Yield Curve
Prof. Menzie Chinn at Econbrowser makes the point that the yield curve is still inverted, and has not yet eclipsed the longest previous time between onset of such an inversion and a recession. So he believes the threat of recession is still on the table.And he’s correct about the yield curve, although it is getting […]
Reddit’s Upcoming IPO: Upsides And Downsides
Image courtesy of 123rf.com The ‘Front Page of the Internet’ is heading for a much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO). Under the ticker symbol RDDT on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Reddit will likely gather $6.5 billion in valuation. According to insider sources relayed to Reuters, this would place RDDT shares within the $31 – $34 range […]
International Growth: The New Asian Dragons
Image Source: Unsplash In the second half of the 20th century, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong were commonly referred to as the “Asian Dragons”, in reference to their decades of strong industrial growth. The Asian crisis of 1997 sounded the death knell for these extraordinary years. Now, as the world changes, Indonesia, Vietnam, the […]
Grains Report – Monday, March 18
WHEAT General Comments: Wheat was mostly lower last week in anticipation of a bad weekly export sales report that showed bad sales, but Chicago SRW closed slightly higher. Trends are still turning up in these markets. It looks like the current prices have accounted for most or all of the bad news to hit Wheat […]
This Week: NVDA CEO Huang Keynote AI Speech, BOJ And Fed Decisions
Monday at 1 pm PST, Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang will be giving a keynote speech at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA on the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Obviously, Huang is going to hype AI. The real question is whether it can get NVDA’s stock going or if it’s a sell-the-news event. […]
How To Spot A Change In Stock Market Direction
Image Source: Pexels As a trader, I live by several mantras. One of the most important is “searching for a market top or bottom is a loser’s game.” However, you can learn how to spot a change in stock market direction without trying to perfectly time the markets.Traders who do try to time markets end up […]
Gold Price: The Test
↵Image Source: Unsplash Today is an important day for gold price. Will the Dec. 2023 hold? The USD Index might be showing the way.Here’s the key thing to watch right now: After failing to move above $2,200, gold declined, and right now, it’s testing its December 2023 high.At the same time, it’s also testing its rising […]
