Category Archive: Finance
China’s GDP Growth Is Now Lagging The Rest Of Asia
China’s economy is facing a series of significant challenges, including a property crisis and high youth unemployment. After decades of rapid growth, the country is now expected to experience less economic growth than other Asian nations.This graphic illustrates the projected growth of per-capita GDP for selected Asian nations between 2023 and 2026, based on data compiled […]
Bulls: The Santa Claus Rally Is Coming To Town After All
Image Source: Pixabay Stocks nailed a higher low last week – which we discussed at length in the TheoTrade live trading room.I’m seeing strong leadership from the tech sector and emerging strength in semiconductors, too. I’ve been pounding the table about this for a few weeks now; these two conditions tick that final “box” we need […]
5 Best Leveraged ETFs Of Q4
Image Source: Pixabay The fourth quarter of 2024 has been volatile for the U.S. stock market. After a subdued October, November turned out to be the strongest month of the year, driven by the post-election rally following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. The gains extended in early December on the resurgence of tech stocks.The Dow Jones Industrial […]
Silver Price Spiked In 2024 In Face Of Retail Selling
Image Source: Pixabay One of the lesser told stories from the silver market in 2024 is how the price spiked, but that it happened in the face of massive amounts of retail physical silver selling.Fortunately, I was recently invited onto the SGT Report, where we talked about that, as well as the other events that drove […]
China To Issue Record 3 Trillion Yuan In Special Treasury Bonds To Boost Economy
Image Source: Unsplash It may not be the bazooka, but it’s a start.Less than a week after we showed the historic collapse in Chinese interest rates, which sent China’s 1Y yield below 1% for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis, in a move that signaled the bond market is convinced Beijing will unleash the […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone. More By This Author:Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Looking For A Taste Of Santa Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Sliding Into The End Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – All The King’s Horses, And All The King’s Men
$4.50 Resistance Should Fail – Buy March & May Corn Puts. The Corn & Ethanol Report
Photo by Jesse Gardner on Unsplash We kicked off the day with Redbook YoY at 7:55 A.M., Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index, Richmond Fed Manufacturing Shipments Index, and Richmond Fed Services Revenues Index at 9:00 A.M., 2-Year FRN Auction and 5-Year Note Auction at 10:30 A.M., and API Energy Stocks at 3:30 P.M. Argentine Rain Overnight then Limited into […]
We Desperately Need Sound Money, Not Tariffs
Image Source: Pexels “The secrets of economic success are now known around the world: private ownership, legally enforceable contracts, thrift, low taxation, the free flow of capital, and the avoidance of war. Men still trust in government-controlled monetary systems [unfortunately] . . . But on the whole, people now know what makes societies rich: the free market.” […]
Is Nike Stock Positioned For A Blockbuster 2025?
Image Source: Pexels Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) has had a turbulent 2024 but the coming year is unlikely to be particularly kind to the world’s largest sportswear brand either, according to Wall Street analysts.Shares of the footwear and apparel company are on track to closing this year with a more than 25% decline due to a […]
The Top 3 International ETFs
Image Source: Pixabay A recent research paper by a group of finance experts posited that international stocks are a better diversifier for a long-term portfolio than bonds.While the returns for some of the leading international stock indexes have fallen short of the S&P 500 this year, in recent years they have been less volatile, making international stocks a […]
