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Gold Breaks Out From 13-Year Cup & Handle Pattern

Gold Breaks Out From 13-Year Cup & Handle Pattern

Image Source: PixabayGold cleared $2100 on Monday and closed the week up 4% to $2185. The initial measured upside targets are $2350 and $2500.The cup and handle pattern breakout is quite visible on the weekly and monthly line charts. The breakout is a significant one not only in Gold’s history but in the history of capital […]
Are We Listening To The Market’s Message?

Are We Listening To The Market’s Message?

Image Source: UnsplashThis week’s video features chart/fact-based Q & A covering major stock market indexes, ETFs, the economy, homebuilders, regional banks, semiconductors, value stocks, energy stocks, biotech, and more. We also covered the latest model scores from Friday’s session.Video Length: 00:28:22More By This Author:Is It Time To Load Up On Small Caps? Does The Bull Market […]
Dividend Watch: 3 Companies Boosting Their Payouts

Dividend Watch: 3 Companies Boosting Their Payouts

Image Source: PixabaySeveral companies have been delivering positive news to shareholders lately, including announcements of higher dividend payouts. A company opts to raise its dividend when confident in its current standing and cash-generating abilities. Of course, it also reflects the company’s commitment to returning value to shareholders, which is undoubtedly encouraging.Three companies — NetEase (NTES – Free Report) , […]
Previewing The 2024 Q1 Earnings Season

Previewing The 2024 Q1 Earnings Season

Image Source: PixabayThe recent Costco (COST – Free Report) and AutoZone (AZO – Free Report) quarterly releases kick-started the 2024 Q1 earnings season. We have another four S&P 500 members on deck to report Q1 results this week, including Oracle (ORCL – Free Report) on Monday, March 11th, and Adobe (ADBE – Free Report) on Thursday, March 14th.The earnings reports from Costco and AutoZone […]
Updates: CPNG, SNOW, YOU

Updates: CPNG, SNOW, YOU

Image Source: UnsplashThe Q4 and annual reports keep rolling in! Let’s take a brief look at the reports for 3 more followed stocks: Coupang, Snowflake, and Clear Secure.Coupang (CPNG)I’m feeling more and more like we bought at an opportune moment for Coupang, with the stock up 35% in just a month. Revenues were up 23% for […]
Expect More Banking Turmoil

Expect More Banking Turmoil

Image Source: PexelsBanking crises seem to occur more and more frequently. And the federal government keeps broadening its insurance of bank depositors. I suspect that these two trends are related. Bloomberg reports that the Fed is backing off from a plan to require higher levels of bank capital, which was formulated in the wake of the March […]
Financial Markets Report For Friday, March 8

Financial Markets Report For Friday, March 8

Image Source: PexelsIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Friday, March 8.Video Length: 00:11:52More By This Author:SPDR ETF Report For Thursday, March 7Metals Report For Thursday, March 7 Financial Markets Report For Thursday, March 7
Price Controls Are Coming

Price Controls Are Coming

Image Source: PixabayThis week, Peter reacts to politicians’ sophomoric views on inflation and explains the recent surge in the price of gold. He also comments on the first day of Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony. Be sure to watch Peter’s special extra episode from earlier this week if you missed it. Peter thinks the price of gold has finally broken free from […]
Stocks Retreat As Nvidia’s Bull Run Comes To A Screeching Halt

Stocks Retreat As Nvidia’s Bull Run Comes To A Screeching Halt

Image Source: PixabayMARKETSFollowing another booming jobs report, albeit with a bag of mixed details and a bit of everything for everyone, bears and bulls alike. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite retreated on Friday after Nvidia’s (NVDA) incredible run came to an inevitable and screeching halt.Nvidia faced its most significant decline in 15 months, and in […]
JP Morgan Looked To Acquire Discover Before Capital One

JP Morgan Looked To Acquire Discover Before Capital One

Image Source: Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock ImagesMaybe this is why Elizabeth Warren was so quick to protest the Capital One/Discover merger…In an open letter out days ago Sen. Elizabeth Warren was quick to urge regulators to block the pending Capital One/Discover merger. In her letter, penned alongside other anti-corporate members of congress like AOC and […]