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GenAI Is A Skills Amplifier, Not A Skills Democratizer

GenAI Is A Skills Amplifier, Not A Skills Democratizer

Illustration created using ChatGPT for Teams with the prompt “Use DALL-E to create and image for the blog post ‘GenAI is a Skills Amplifier, Not a Skills Democratizer.’ Aspect ratio 16:9” I’m at SXSW this week and the event is simply magical. It is awesome to be with so many talented, brilliant, creative people. As […]
Gold Flies To Fresh All-Time Highs

Gold Flies To Fresh All-Time Highs

Pixabay  With The Gold Update now in its 16th calendar year and price having just made a series of marginal fresh All-Time Highs these past three trading days (2161 Wednesday, 2172 Thursday, 2203 Friday), on the surface we deem this as a somewhat exciting event, Gold having then settled out the past week yesterday at 2186.  However:  […]
Weekly Commentary: Q4 2023 Z.1: Bubble Confirmation

Weekly Commentary: Q4 2023 Z.1: Bubble Confirmation

Image Source: DepositPhotos  The Federal Reserve’s “Financial Accounts of the United States – Z.1” – where the rubber meets the road. Our quarterly read on systemic monetary (in)stability. Often concerning, but always refreshing: no Wall Street spin or BS – just 190 pages of data. And like booming securities markets and conspicuous speculative excess, Fed […]
Silver Is Also A Precious Metal

Silver Is Also A Precious Metal

Not the first time I have given readers this list of leading indicators to watch for a potential rise in inflation: Silver-and if it can begin to outperform gold Oil, if spikes over $80 a barrel Sugar, if even with increased production begins to move up back over 23 cents a pound The dollar if […]
Monetary Policy Rates Around The World

Monetary Policy Rates Around The World

Some important charts from around the world. Source: Eurofi.  Source: Eurofi.  Summary:  Source: Dallas Fed DGEI.  CFR Monetary Policy Tracker shows whether policy is tightening or loosening in February.  Source: CFR.  On a related note, here’s 2s10s term spreads around the world.  Source: Worldgovernmentbonds.com.More By This Author:Does The Fed Deserve Credit For The Disinflation? Market Expectations On Fed Funds, Spreads, Inflation […]
USDCAD Analysis And Price Prediction Forecast – Saturday, March 9

USDCAD Analysis And Price Prediction Forecast – Saturday, March 9

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Peak Everything, Not Just Stocks

Peak Everything, Not Just Stocks

A year from now, I’m quite confident you’re going to see every one of these in a free-fall.(click to enlarge)More By This Author:Patchouli-Scented ShoesVimeo LongThe Latest B.R.N.
CoT Report: Futures Positions Of Noncommercials, What Hedge Funds Are Buying / Selling

CoT Report: Futures Positions Of Noncommercials, What Hedge Funds Are Buying / Selling

The following futures positions of non-commercials are as of March 5, 2024.10-year note: Currently net short 713.3k, up 47.7k.Once again, markets are demanding more versus what the Federal Reserve is willing to give. Going into this week, fed funds futures were forecasting three 25-basis-point cuts this year. At one point – until just a few […]
Our 7 Largest Cannabis MSO Stocks Dropped 7.1% Last Week

Our 7 Largest Cannabis MSO Stocks Dropped 7.1% Last Week

Image source Introduction All 7 stocks in the munKNEE American Cannabis MSO Stocks Index went down 7.1% last week, on average, and are now only up 21.0%, on average, YTD. The munKNEE American Cannabis MSO Stocks Index Below are the performances of the constituents last week, in descending order, and YTD, along with any recent news, commentary, […]
3 Standout Tech Stocks Down At Least 15% – Time To Buy?

3 Standout Tech Stocks Down At Least 15% – Time To Buy?

The bulls dug their heels in at the Nasdaq’s 21-day moving average midweek and the buying continued through morning trading Thursday. The rhythm of the march to start 2024 has prevented stocks from severely overheating, as the market experiences mini pullbacks every few weeks.The tech bubble talk and AI exuberance clouded the fact that some […]