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Dawn Of A New Era

Dawn Of A New Era

Image Source: Pexels Political economy trends shaping financial markets.Video Length: 00:19:16More By This Author:Bifurcated Stock MarketPCE Buy Signal For StocksFed Cuts, Stocks Drop
Get Your 2025 Trading Started Right

Get Your 2025 Trading Started Right

Image Source: Pixabay I’m a technical trading guy – there’s no better way, in the moment, to get the full picture to know when to pull the trigger on a trade – or the ripcord. Technical analysis is the way to understand price action in the short term. But you can’t ignore fundamentals, the forces that dictate, more than […]
Happy New Year Or Is It For The Major Sector ETFs?

Happy New Year Or Is It For The Major Sector ETFs?

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and has a very happy and successful New Year. I spent time with my actual family and of course, watched my Economic Modern Family carefully. If you have not seen my Outlook 2025, you should. I wrote it for myself, our clients and for you, my readers. It will be extremely useful […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Rough Time For Equities

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Rough Time For Equities

Stocks came into the new year on weakness that prompted selling from the market open, despite the shenanigans in the overnight futures markets.The Dollar rose sharply to 109 and held.Gold rallied sharply, as did silver.VIX remains nearly oblivious.One day does not a trend make.But the past week or so has been a rough time for […]
Markets Oversold To Start 2025

Markets Oversold To Start 2025

Image Source: Unsplash The S&P 500 ended 2024 on a four-day losing streak and in the process saw its biggest decline from Christmas through year end since at least 1952.   There was green on the screen this morning as markets began this first trading day of 2025, but those gains quickly evaporated by mid-day.As we type […]
Russell 2000 Earnings Dashboard 24Q4

Russell 2000 Earnings Dashboard 24Q4

Russell 2000 Aggregate Estimates and Revisions The 24Q4 Y/Y blended earnings growth estimate is 48.6%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for the index is 72.3%. Of the 8 companies in the Russell 2000 that have reported earnings to date for 24Q4, 37.5% reported above analyst expectations. The 24Q4 Y/Y blended revenue growth estimate is 1.6%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for the index […]
Stocks Stumble Out Of The Gate For 2025

Stocks Stumble Out Of The Gate For 2025

Stocks started 2025 the same way they ended 2024; with a pivot into the red. The Dow, despite trading over up over 300 points at its session highs, finished more than 150 points lower for a fourth-straight loss. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq followed suit, both paring early morning gains for their fifth-straight loss.Rising bond yields […]
Can Value Stocks Rebound In 2025?

Can Value Stocks Rebound In 2025?

Image Source: Pexels The last two years have seen growth stocks go on an incredible ride, pushing the Nasdaq some 85% higher to almost 20,000 since the end of 2022. Further, growth stocks like NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) have propelled the S&P 500 to two straight years of 20%-plus gains. That’s the first time that has happened since […]
A Manufacturing Recession?

A Manufacturing Recession?

Once again, Heritage’s EJ Antoni speaks (on Fox) about a manufacturing recession, focusing on employment. I’ll just point out that, according to the most relevant indicator, the manufacturing sector hasn’t been in a downturn for two years.True, employment and hours are down. So is the Fed’s manufacturing production index. On the latter, note that this is a […]
COOKIE token jumps 420% this week as $14 million staked fuels surge

COOKIE token jumps 420% this week as $14 million staked fuels surge

Key Takeaways COOKIE token saw a 420% increase in value this past week, with $14.3 million in staking. The launch of DataSwarm Framework and listing on Binance Alpha have fueled the token’s growth. Share this article COOKIE token surged 420% in the past week as staking value reached $14.3 million, according to CoinGecko data. The […]