Category Archive: Finance
Gold Is Still Doing Awesome
Image Source: Pixabay In this short clip, Samantha LaDuc discusses the ongoing trends and movements in the financial markets, particularly focusing on precious metals like gold and silver.Samantha highlights gold’s strong performance and outlines a strategy involving a basket trade with bonds and the yen.She also discuss specific stock movements, particularly in the mining sector, where certain […]
Alphabet Tumbles On Cloud, Revenue Miss; Expects Surge In 2025 CapEx
Image Source: Pixabay Silicon Valley is still reeling from the sudden rise of China’s “budget” AI startup DeepSeek, which rocked the industry when it said it had created an AI model that rivals cutting-edge programs at a fraction of the cost. Google parent Alphabet has been among the companies that are feeling the heat. That’s because […]
Stocks Bounce Back; S&P 500 Reclaims 6K
Wall Street’s midday momentum carried into the close, with all three major indexes closing near their session highs despite ongoing trade tensions. Investors also monitored earnings from multiple Big Tech firms, as well as fresh jobs openings data. The Dow and Nasdaq both finished with triple-digit wins, while the S&P 500 reclaimed the psychologically significant 6,000 […]
Is Palantir Proving To Be The Dark Horse AI Stock?
Image courtesy of 123rf.com Since the coverage of Palantir Technologies (Nasdaq: PLTR) in November for Q3 earnings, PLTR shares doubled in price, from $50.92 to present $103.33 per share. This new price level, surging from the low 80s, happened on Monday, just after the Q4 2024 earnings delivery.Seemingly, the PLTR stock is now in overvalued territory at […]
Southeast Asia Can Perhaps Avoid The Worst Impacts Of Inadequate Oil Supply
Some of my frequent commenters know that I recently returned from a visit to Southeast Asia. In this post, I would like to present a little energy-related information about this part of the world. Most of my information is from published energy reports, but a little is from my visit to Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. […]
Is 3M Stock A Hidden Gem?
Image Source: Pexels 3M (NYSE: MMM) is a well-known company that makes everyday products like Post-it Notes, medical supplies, and industrial materials.While it has faced some legal issues due to past chemical production, recent settlements and the spinoff of its Solventum business have helped reduce these risks.3M Video Overview What Makes 3M Unique? 3M is known for its unique […]
Growth Stocks Lagging
↵Image Source: Pexels Large cap growth stocks are lagging the rest of the stock market so far in 2025 pointing to a possible leadership transition.Video Length: 00:15:10More By This Author:Tariffs On Canada And Mexico; Impact? DeepSeek And DARP UpdateZero Days To Expiration Options
Job Openings Drop By 556,000 In December, Quits Show Job Finding Stress
JOLTS job data from the BLS, chart by Mish The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) report from the BLS shows the labor market continues to weaken.Job Openings The number of job openings decreased to 7.6 million (-556,000) on the last business day of December and was down by 1.3 million over the year. The job […]
Macro Briefing – Tuesday, Feb. 4
President Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days while China announces its own duties on certain US exports. Beijing also says it is adding two American firms to its so-called unreliable entities list, saying they “violated normal market trading principles” and is investigating Google. “These moves are warnings that China intends to harm US interests […]
Bitcoin Market Performance Shows Signs Of Distribution Cycle, Analyst Reveals
Image Source: Unsplash Bitcoin market activity over the past day has been marked by turbulence, with its value falling to as low as $90,000 levels earlier today before rebounding to just above $94,000.Despite this partial recovery, the cryptocurrency remains down 5.8% over the past week and more than 13% below its all-time high of $109,000, reached […]
