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Rising Rates Will Impact Stocks

Rising Rates Will Impact Stocks

Image source: Pixabay Rising interest rates tend to favor value, small and mid stocks, but not growth stocks.Video Length: 00:11:08More By This Author:Case For Mid-Cap Stocks Hard Or Soft Landing? Los Angeles Fires Impact & DARP Update
Best AI Stocks To Hold In 2025

Best AI Stocks To Hold In 2025

Image courtesy of 123rf.com Owing to a stronger-than-expected jobs report for December, at 256,000 job gains vs 160,000 expected, the Fed’s interest cuts are no longer a certainty for 2025. Likewise, if inflation is reheating, this would further make the case for the central bank to halt loosening financial conditions.Otherwise, cheaper borrowing would spur more consumer and […]
The Dollar Rises

The Dollar Rises

Image Source: Pixabay “Davidson” submits:The US$ (US Dollar) reached a new high in the Nominal US$ vs Advanced and Emerging series incepted 2006. There were patterns correlating US$ strength to lower 10yr Treasury rates which inferred that capital pooling in the US partially preferred this security along with driving US real estate prices higher, another favorite. Today the […]
Milder Core CPI Boosts Investor Sentiments

Milder Core CPI Boosts Investor Sentiments

Image Source: Unsplash MARKETSWall Street soared on Wednesday, riding a wave of euphoria as bullish bank earnings smashed expectations. A critical inflation report delivered a pleasant surprise, hinting at a slowing pace of core price hikes. The S&P 500 rocketed over 1.8%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than 1.6%, adding a robust 700 […]
3 Ways AI Is Sending The Energy Sector Into Overdrive

3 Ways AI Is Sending The Energy Sector Into Overdrive

Image Source: Unsplash In 2024, AI started to gain widespread adoption. Now, 2025 will be the year that energy takes it to its next phase.Last year, some of the best-performing stocks in the market were driven by artificial intelligence (AI).Companies like NVIDIA NVDA, Amazon AMZN, IBM, Broadcom AVGO and more were Wall Street darlings and (perhaps) […]
Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD Rallies Past 200 And 50-day SMAs

Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD Rallies Past 200 And 50-day SMAs

  ↵Image Source: Pixabay Silver’s price stages a comeback, rising above the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at $30.32 and eyeing a break of the 100-day SMA. At the time of writing, the XAG/USD trades at $30.64, having gained over 2.64% on Wednesday. XAG/USD Price Forecast: Technical outlook On its way toward its current price, XAG/USD cleared […]
This Rally Is The Hallmark Of A Volatile Market

This Rally Is The Hallmark Of A Volatile Market

Image Source: Pixabay We got a rally today. Not the rally, but a rally. The S&P was up nearly 2% when I recorded this, and the Nasdaq was rockin’ more than 2.5% to the upside.We can chalk this up to CPI this morning; traders read the tea leaves and decided inflation had cooled off and it was […]
Stocks Rock As Rates Drop Following The December CPI Report

Stocks Rock As Rates Drop Following The December CPI Report

The CPI was pretty much as expected, with the headline at 0.4% m/m and 2.9% y/y. Some final data movement pushed the core CPI estimates to 0.3% m/m, and that caused the miss when the results came in at 0.2%. But again, it is hard to say it was a surprise or that suddenly things […]
Inflation, Soft Landing, January Trend Trade Working Out

Inflation, Soft Landing, January Trend Trade Working Out

Banks did it again-and many believe they will continue to outshine with a soft landing–but is that still the case? CPI and PPI numbers may have come out softer, but the Empire ISM numbers show not only a shrinkage in productivity, but also that prices paid reached an 8-month high, while the outlook for the next 6 months […]
Are German Government Bond Yields Changing 44 Year Trend?

Are German Government Bond Yields Changing 44 Year Trend?

Image Source: Pexels Interest rates continue to dominate our recent research. And rightfully so. Big swings in interest rates have ramifications for the domestic and global economy.Whether it is falling bond yields / interest rates in China (as we highlighted last week) or rising bond yields / interest rates in the U.S. (as we highlighted this week), it […]