Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Shifting Equity Sensitivities With S&P 500 Sectors
Broad-based benchmarks such as the S&P 500® and S&P SmallCap 600® demonstrated an upbeat response to the U.S. presidential election, rising 6% and 11%, respectively, in November 2024. The spread in U.S. size segments was more muted relative to S&P 500 sectors. Exhibit 1 presents the November 2024 cumulative total return of the S&P 500 versus different U.S. equity […]
Tech Helps Stocks Start Christmas Week Strong
Stocks finished strong today, with the Dow coming off a triple-digit loss at its session lows to add 66 points by the close. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both logged solid gains, the latter getting a bump from tech titan Nvidia (NVDA). Wall Street shrugged off two lackluster data sets today; consumer sentiment fell in December below […]
Broadcom Rises Again In Torrid December That Sees Stock Rise 42%
Image Source: Unsplash Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has been on an incredible run to close out the year, rising about 42% in December alone.The stock got another jolt on Monday, increasing about 6% after a major Wall Street analyst gave the AI chipmaker a sizable price target upgrade.With the December surge, Broadcom stock is up about 107% year-to-date, […]
Debt Ceiling Dance
Image Source: Pixabay Gold and silver are among the best-performing asset classes over the past two and a half decades. The unstoppable growth in government borrowing and spending is one of the pillars underpinning demand for metals.Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have certainly put a spotlight on cutting government, reducing waste, […]
Super Bullish Sentiment
“The price extreme is the definition of the extreme of despair, which is in turn, by definition the moment when hope comes to prevail; hope feeds and is fed by rising prices until the peak of price and euphoria leave prices with only one way to go, which is down. This circular process underlies every […]
The Highest Earners Have Amassed A Growing Share Of Total Wages Key Findings Wage compression has been striking over the pandemic business cycle
Image Source: Unsplash Congress continues to trash Social Security without adding the “very” necessary requirement of greater inputs to support what was already there and now adding a new funding requirement. Democrats have passed on providing a solution to Social Security shortfall which appears to be increasing with new withdrawals. Not that one always has to […]
Bifurcated Stock Market
Image Source: Unsplash U.S. stocks and risks differentiated between a few megacap stocks and the rest of the market; also end of year contemplations.Video Length: 00:08:51More By This Author:PCE Buy Signal For Stocks Fed Cuts, Stocks Drop Record Bankruptcy Fears
CapEx Dollars Climb Following Election Day
Investors are booking gains ahead of the new year despite a government shutdown being avoided, with stocks slipping and rates climbing. The stateside economic calendar hasn’t supported much optimism, with consumer confidence and durable goods orders missing expectations, but the predominant force currently driving markets is the hawkish shift in Fed expectations. While durable goods […]
USUAL token jumps 15% as Binance Labs invests in the project
Key Takeaways USUAL token surged 15% after Binance Labs invested in the project. The Usual protocol aims to create decentralized stablecoins backed by real-world assets. Share this article The price of USUAL, the governance token that powers the Usual protocol, soared 15%, moving from $1.05 to $1.21 after Binance Labs disclosed its investment in the […]
Did You Buy The Dip?
Last week I warned that that the Fed would be spooked by the uptick in inflation. In particular, I noted that the CPI had begun turning up after effectively flatlining for six months. See for yourself. The incoming Trump administration has made it clear that it sees the Fed as a political entity that favors the […]
