Major Indices Lighting Up Like Wall Street’s Christmas Tree
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Image Source: PexelsMARKETSIn a dizzying turn of events, South Korea, the world’s 12th-largest economy, was thrust into the global spotlight with a brief imposition of martial law. But as the dust settles and a fragile calm returns to the Korean markets, Asia braces for a bouncy Thursday. The mood is buoyed further by a fresh wave […]
This Market Tech, More Tech, Nothing But Tech Right Now
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance, No picture
Image Source: UnsplashWhen you’re trading, it pays (literally) to develop a list of “usual suspects” you can use to get a read on the market in a matter of seconds.Financials, energy, tech – those are a few of my usual suspects. What I see isn’t all that great… The other day it looked like Christmas came […]
Nasdaq Kicks On As Russell 2000 Stays In Limbo
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance, No picture
Image Source: UnsplashToday belonged to the Nasdaq. There was a good opening gap and the index kicked on nicely on higher volume accumulation. Technicals are net bullish. Healthy action with no bearish divergences flagged.The S&P added near 1%, although the index continued to lose ground against the Nasdaq. However, On-Balance-Volume shows strong accumulation, which should help […]
3 Ways AI Is Revolutionizing Metals And Mining
Energy Transition: AI, Mining and Groundbreaking Potential
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash Last year, the world spent $1.8 trillion on the energy transition – yet we’re just scratching the surface.According to BlackRock, by the end of the next decade, $4 trillion will be spent annually on the energy transition. That includes money flowing into all aspects of the energy supply chain, from resource mining to […]
Want To Cut Federal Workers? Just Cut Spending.
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been making a lot of noise about all the federal employees it plans to fire. The DOGE people have framed total federal employment as something of a proxy for the total size of the federal government. Cutting the federal workforce is all well and good, but […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Rate Cuts Will Be Slower And Shallower
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Stocks rallied to new all time highs.The Fed is signaling that rate cuts will be slower and shallower because the economy and inflation are resisting their latest mechanisms.Gold and silver edged higher, as the Dollar chopped sideways.VIX moved higher even as stocks hit a crescendo.Have a pleasant evening. More By This Author:Stocks And Precious Metals […]
3 Stocks Trading At A Steep Discount In December 2024
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Image courtesy of 123rf.com Across thousands of stocks and peculiarities of each industry sector, it is a daunting task to pick the right equity exposure at the right time. For investors with medium to long time preference, these stocks have solid potential to return substantial profits. Unlike penny stocks, they are on a more secure track, limiting possible risk. […]
Rates Spark: The Ratchet Lower In Yields Is Far From Done
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance, No picture
US Treasuries continue to drift lower, and we continue to eye 4% as both a target and a floor. The 2yr could go through. The 10yr could too, but shouldn’t. In the eurozone, markets are refraining from pricing in more near-term ECB cuts and are instead focusing increasingly on the landing point, potentially bull flattening […]
Long Bonds TLT: Agony And Ecstasy
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Today, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell spoke.Some highlights U.S. BUDGET IS ON AN UNSUSTAINABLE PATH; REVENUE AND SPENDING NEED TO BE BETTER ALIGNED CENTRAL BANK CANNOT TAKE DEBT AND DEFICITS INTO ACCOUNT IN SETTING RATES; NEEDS TO FOCUS ON INFLATION THE FED IS FAR FROM A SITUATION OF FISCAL DOMINANCE, USES ITS […]
Bitcoin Nears Record High As Trump Nominates Crypto-Friendly Paul Atkins To Replace Gensler As SEC Chair
Dec 04, 2024
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
With the departure of the most corrupt and incompetent – not to mention most hacked – SEC chair in history, Gary Gensler, is finally out. And, as we predicted, President-elect Donald Trump has nominated pro-crypto Paul Atkins to replace Gensler as the new chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)… and BTC exploded higher on the news… As CoinTelegraph’s Vince Quill reports, […]