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Market Talk – Friday, Jan. 31
Image Source: Unsplash ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:• NIKKEI 225 increased 58.52 points or 0.15% to 39,572.49• Shanghai closed• Hang Seng closed• ASX 200 increased 38.60 points or 0.45% to 8,532.30• SENSEX increased 740.76 points or 0.97% to 77,500.57• Nifty50 increased 258.90 points or 1.11% to 23,508.40The major Asian currency markets […]
U.S. Cattle Herd Shrinks To 1951 Lows As Beef Crisis Deepens
Update: USDA figures are in: the nation’s cattle herd has plunged to a 74-year low, totaling 86.7 million head.* * * Ahead of this afternoon’s 3 pm est. USDA release of official US cattle inventory data, estimates compiled by Bloomberg forecast the herd will be at its lowest level in more than seven decades. The ongoing cattle supply crunch continues to push supermarket ground […]
Stocks Pivot Lower After Trump Implements Tariffs
President Donald Trump announced this afternoon his administration will impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% duty on China starting tomorrow, Feb. 1. Stocks reversed earlier gains in response, with the Dow falling 337 points. However, the blue-chip benchmark still secured its third consecutive weekly gain.While investors also grappled with a hotter-than-expected inflation […]
President Trump Set To Push Ahead With Tariffs Despite The Risks For The U.S. Economy
President Trump’s press secretary has dismissed reports that tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China will be delayed. Consequently, from tomorrow it appears importers will be paying higher prices, which will eventually be passed onto consumers and put added pressure on household finances. Tariffs are coming So it looks as though President Trump intends […]
European And Canadian Central Banks Lower Rates While The U.S. Stands Pat
Video Length: 00:05:17 On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Investment Strategist BeiChen Lin recapped the latest rate decisions from the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), the Bank of Canada (BoC), and the European Central Bank (ECB). He also shared key takeaways for navigating market volatility and uncertainty, speaking in Mandarin during the final […]
Asian Stock – Hengtong Optic-Electric
Company: Hengtong Optic-Electric Company LimitedBloomberg ticker: 600487 SHMarket cap: US$6,133mBackground: Hengtong Optic-Electric Company Limited is a Chinese company principally engaged in the research and development, design, manufacturing and sales of optical communication network products. World Class Benchmarking of Hengtong Optic-Electric Profitable Growth rank of 5 was up compared to the prior period’s 6th rank This is average performance […]
Gold Ratios Progressing, Gold Miners To Benefit
Image Source: Unsplash Gold ratios such as those to Oil/Energy and Copper/Industrial metals are trending up, and that is not good for the formerly inflated economy (as manufactured in Q1, 2020 under the Fed’s monetary panic regime and Trump’s fiscal regime). *But it is good for one unique, counter-cyclical industry, fundamentally. First, a Look at Yield […]
The Fuel For The Next Rally
Image Source: Pexels It’s rare for retail funds to grow like this and for the market not to continue higher. I do believe people were and still are skittish around the elections and what comes next. When they get comfortable, it could get very interesting.“Davidson” submits:Retail Money Funds posted a new high. The correlation with market […]
The Former Speaker Buys AI
Artificial intelligence continues to permeate throughout the economy, and one such example coming out of the Health Care sector is Tempus AI (TEM). Founded in 2015 and IPO’ing last June, TEM uses AI to analyze medical data in order to help provide diagnoses and treatment options for patients. As shown below, the stock saw a solid […]
Gold Breaking Out Again
Image Source: Pixabay Gold is breaking out again, forging higher into new record territory! Gold’s monster upleg over this past year or so has proven remarkable, overcoming plenty of serious challenges. Yet most investors remain oblivious, hypnotized by the AI stock bubble. So gold has been widely-overlooked, with American stock investors’ allocations remaining near zero. Gold […]
