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Time To Buy The Tentative Bottom?

Time To Buy The Tentative Bottom?

S&P 500 could have put a local bottom on Dec 31, but instead we had to wait for today when we got the clear 5,930 breakdown and intraday reversal that I have talked in relation to market breadth developments in yesterday‘s video.. A slide not brought up there that became way more prominent in implications, is […]
Robinhood Rewards 450k Users With $2.5 Million Crypto Giveaway

Robinhood Rewards 450k Users With $2.5 Million Crypto Giveaway

Image Source: Pixabay  Robinhood Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: HOOD) kicked off the year with a novel approach to customer engagement, distributing $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin (BITCOMP) and Dogecoin (DOGE) to its users. The initiative, which took place on New Year’s Eve, aimed to reward existing customers rather than attract new ones.This strategy was highlighted by CEO Vlad Tenev, […]
The Final Jobless Claims Report Of 2024 Is Good Weekly, But The Trend Indicates Substantial Weakening

The Final Jobless Claims Report Of 2024 Is Good Weekly, But The Trend Indicates Substantial Weakening

Welcome to 2025! The data this year starts out with jobless claims for the last week of 2024, which of course is heavily influenced by seasonality.The news was mainly good this week, with claims declining -9,000 to 211,000, the lowest number in over half a year. The four week moving average, which is particularly important […]
3 Financial Mutual Funds To Buy As Rate Cuts Slow Down In 2025

3 Financial Mutual Funds To Buy As Rate Cuts Slow Down In 2025

Image Source: Unsplash  Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested at the conclusion of the Fed December meet that while the central bank would still be cutting rates moving into 2025, it would happen at a much slower pace than projected earlier. While in September four cuts were anticipated for the new year, currently Fed officials are looking […]
Best Performing Stocks Of 2024

Best Performing Stocks Of 2024

Image Source: Pexels  Below is a look at the 20 best performing stocks in 2024 of current Russell 3,000 members.  As shown, each of these stocks gained at least 349% last year, with eleven gaining 500%+ and four gaining 1,000%+.Below is a one-sentence description of what each of the 20 best performing stocks in the Russell […]
BTC/USD Forex Signal: Accumulation May Lead To A Rebound

BTC/USD Forex Signal: Accumulation May Lead To A Rebound

Bullish View Buy the BTC/USD pair and set a take-profit at 100,000. Add a stop-loss at 90,000. Timeline: 1-2 days. Bearish View Set a sell-stop at 93,500 and a take-profit at 90,000. Add a stop-loss at 98,000. Bitcoin price stabilized above the $94,000 level as traders eyed numerous catalysts in the coming weeks. The BTC/USD […]
USD/CAD Gains Above 1.4400 As US Dollar Dominates On Fed’s Cautious Policy Outlook

USD/CAD Gains Above 1.4400 As US Dollar Dominates On Fed’s Cautious Policy Outlook

 Image Source: Unsplash   USD/CAD climbs above 1.4400 as the US Dollar refreshes two-year high. The Fed is expected to follow a moderate rate-cut cycle this year. Investors await the US ISM Manufacturing PMI data for December. The USD/CAD pair rises to near 1.4420 in Thursday’s European session. The Loonie pair gains as the US Dollar (USD) […]
That Was The Year That Was 
                    
So much for the rear view mirror – what might the future bring…

That Was The Year That Was So much for the rear view mirror – what might the future bring…

First of all – best wishes to all for 2025.And now… Fast backwards to 2023 – Despite the best efforts of the Fed the music played onthus proving Fed speak interpreters and other “experts” wrong.In a September  2023 article titled  Mixed Signals Suggest Both Boom And Bust I said “At this time last year “experts” were predicting a recession in H2 of […]
Not A Year For The 2024 Dogs Of The Dow

Not A Year For The 2024 Dogs Of The Dow

With the close of trading for 2024 occurring on Tuesday, it is time to look at the performance of those Dogs of the Dow. The Dogs of the Dow strategy is one that is focused solely on dividend yield. In order to implement the strategy an investor selects the ten stocks that have the highest […]
WTI Holds Positive Ground Above $71.50 As API Reports Draw In Crude Inventories

WTI Holds Positive Ground Above $71.50 As API Reports Draw In Crude Inventories

West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $71.60 on Thursday. The WTI price trades with mild gains after the American Petroleum Institute (API) weekly report showed US crude stockpiles continued to shrink. A fall in US crude inventories last week provides some support to the WTI. The API weekly report showed crude […]