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The Federal Reserve’s Balancing Act Between Inflation And Growth

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Pixabay Soft landings, it has been said, are the holy grail of monetary policy, and there may be signs that we’re on the cusp of one. But what does it mean for the economy in 2024 to have a soft landing? And conversely, what constitutes a hard landing?Simply put, a soft landing occurs when […]

Macro – Construction Spending

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Unsplash Residential construction continues to strengthen as non-residential construction may have peaked. The non-residential spending is a result of the public sector which contracted in November after a huge run for the last 18 months. More By This Author:Macro – Durable Goods Macro: The Index Of Consumer Sentiment Macro: GDP Q3 — Inflationary BOOM

Apple’s Stock Dips After Barclays Downgrade Based On Fading Iphone Demand

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image courtesy of 123rf.com Apple’s shares (Nasdaq: AAPL) dipped over 2.3% in premarket trading Tuesday after Barclays analysts downgraded the stock’s rating and slashed the price target to $160. The primary reason behind the bearish move was a gloomy sales outlook for iPhone and other Apple hardware. Barclays Trims Apple Stock Amid Lackluster iPhone Sales Analysts at Barclays, […]

The Energy Report: Running Into The New Year

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Pixabay Oil is off to the races to start the new year as risk to supply and demand expectations rise in China and OPEC starts their 2.2 million barrel a day production cut today. Oil is running up in the new year and it may just be getting started.US helicopters sank three Iranian-backed Houthi […]

US Manufacturing Sector Slump Accelerates In December: Orders Down, Prices Up

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

US Manufacturing saw only two months in 2023 that were not in contraction and ended on a decidedly poor note with the final December print dropping to 47.9 (from 48.2 flash and 49.4 prior).Source: BloombergAcross the board it was ugly with: Renewed contraction in output as orders fall at a sharper pace Rates of inflation pick up […]

Analytical Overview Of The Main Currency Pairs – Tuesday, Jan. 2

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Unsplash The EUR/USD currency pairTechnical indicators of the currency pair: Prev Open: 1.1061 Prev Close: 1.1036 % chg. over the last day: -0.22 % The US dollar started the fourth quarter on the rise, briefly reaching its strongest position in almost a year. However, the dollar was unable to sustain the upward momentum for long. With inflation […]

Sensex Today Ends 379 Points Lower; Vodafone Idea Tanks 5%

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Unsplash After opening the day lower, Indian share markets continued the downtrend as the session progressed and ended the day lower.Indian benchmark indices declined on Tuesday as investors took home profits after solid gains in 2023, rising Covid-19 cases in the country, and mixed trends in the Asian market.At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood […]

Chart Of The Day: Royal Caribbean – Relax But Keep Your Lifejacket On

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Pixabay The Chart of the Day belongs to the vacation cruise line Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL). I found the stock by using Barchart’s powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum, and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart feature to review the […]

How To Know If You’re A Stock Picker’s Market

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Image Source: Unsplash As we transition from bear to bull markets, we must be cognizant of the different styles of trading to be successful. We are once again in a stock picker’s market. Here’s how to tell. A stock market versus a market of stocksIn a bear market, three of four stocks go down. The one […]

2024 Preview: Potential Opportunities Ahead

Jan 02, 2024 Jeremy Parkinson Finance, No picture 0

Last year, investors and traders had to traverse a tricky market landscape.There was a US and European banking crisis back in March, and the war that broke out in the Middle East in October, all amidst the uncertainties over what the Fed would do next with its benchmark rates. For 2024, global financial markets may […]