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British Pound Tumbles As UK Bond Crisis Deepens, Prompting 1976 Analogies

British Pound Tumbles As UK Bond Crisis Deepens, Prompting 1976 Analogies

Image courtesy of 123rf.com The British pound tumbled to its lowest level since late 2023 on Thursday as a perfect storm of economic challenges and market skepticism threatens to undermine the UK’s financial stability. The currency dropped to $1.23, prompting analysts to draw unsettling parallels to previous financial crises while global investors increasingly question Britain’s economic resilience. Three Key Factors […]
Elliott Wave Technical Analysis – NextEra Energy Inc.

Elliott Wave Technical Analysis – NextEra Energy Inc.

NEE Elliott Wave Analysis Trading LoungeNextEra Energy Inc., (NEE) Daily ChartNEE Elliott Wave Technical AnalysisFUNCTION: Counter TrendMODE: CorrectiveSTRUCTURE: FlatPOSITION: Wave C of (2).DIRECTION: Bottom in wave C.DETAILS: Looking for a potential bottom in wave (2) as we have reached the area of the previous 4 which is often times a target for wave C of the same degree.NextEra […]
Pro-crypto advocate Bryan Steil named chair of Subcommittee on Digital Assets

Pro-crypto advocate Bryan Steil named chair of Subcommittee on Digital Assets

Key Takeaways Bryan Steil has been named chair of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, overseeing regulations for digital assets. Steil supports legislation that balances innovation with investor protection in the crypto sector. Share this article Bryan Steil has been named chair of the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial […]
Monitoring US Reflation Risk In Five Charts

Monitoring US Reflation Risk In Five Charts

Inflation is relatively low compared with the post-pandemic surge, when the year-over-year change for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) peaked at 9.0% in June 2022. The current 2.7% pace through through this past November is tame by comparison. The concern is that inflation has turned sticky lately, just ahead of expectations for a Trump 2.0 […]
Asian Stock – Heineken Malaysia

Asian Stock – Heineken Malaysia

Company: Heineken Malaysia BerhadBloomberg ticker: HEIM MKMarket cap: US$1,618mBackground: Heineken Malaysia Berhad was founded in 1964 and listed on Bursa Malaysia in 1965. The company produces, markets, and distributes alcoholic beverages under well-known brands like Heineken, Tiger, Guinness, Anchor Smooth, Kilkenny, Paulaner, and Strongbow.  World Class Benchmarking of Heineken Malaysia Profitable Growth rank of 1 was same compared to […]
Sensex Today Tanks 528 Points; Nifty Ends Below 23,550

Sensex Today Tanks 528 Points; Nifty Ends Below 23,550

After starting the day on a negative note, the benchmarks dragged further as the session progressed and ended the day on a weak note.Benchmark equity indices, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50, settled in the negative territory on Thursday.At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood lower by 528 points (down 0.7%).Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty closed lower by 162 points […]
Jobless Claims Still Rocked By Seasonality; Native Born Unemployment Rate Of Under 4% Forecast

Jobless Claims Still Rocked By Seasonality; Native Born Unemployment Rate Of Under 4% Forecast

Due to today’ official Day of Mourning for the late President Jimmy Carter, initial and continuing claims were released yesterday, but since I didn’t cover it then, let’s catch up now on the normal day.It is important to note right off the bat that the two weeks after Christmas and New Year’s are those most […]
Circle joins Ripple, Coinbase to support Trump’s inaugural committee

Circle joins Ripple, Coinbase to support Trump’s inaugural committee

Key Takeaways Circle has donated 1 million USDC to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. The Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee aims to raise $150 million for the inauguration events. Share this article Circle has joined Ripple, Coinbase, and Kraken in supporting President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire announced today that the company […]
Risk-Blind Bets Are All The Rage

Risk-Blind Bets Are All The Rage

Risk complacency is evident in exuberantly priced assets.Stocks do not provide contractually prescribed interest payments or a return of principal date. Some pay dividends, but these are always at the discretion of corporate management and can and should be cut when a company’s financial circumstances warrant it. When a company becomes insolvent, creditors and bondholders […]
The Unfortunate Truth About America’s Job Market – What’s Coming Next?

The Unfortunate Truth About America’s Job Market – What’s Coming Next?

Image source: Pixabay  And now for some layoffs to go with the ongoing alarming drop in hiring. More strong evidence is that the labor market in the US is on the edge of the Beveridge cliff. It may not actually be a cliff in the literal sense, yet all the data points to the economy being […]