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The CPI Effect On Stocks
Image Source: UnsplashHere is a chart I put together of the SPY with a vertical line denoting each monthly CPI report. This is all thanks to our spiffy Event Markers feature! The green tint indicates reports that led to a generally bullish month, the magenta for bearish, and grey for neither. As you can see, the last two reports simply egged on the bulls. Let’s see what Thursday morning holds, […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Instruments Of Darkness
Image Source: UnsplashStocks shook off their early concerns and managed to put together another rally higher.Gold and silver were lower along with the Dollar.VIX fell again. The market loves to wallow in complacency.Who is like unto the Beast?Nemesis awaits. People blind themselves to the consequences of their actions, and are willing to commit awful deeds, without considering […]
2024: Extreme Event Risk & Gold’s Open Rise
Image Source: UnsplashVideo Length: 00:26:58In this opening MAMChat for 2024, Matterhorn Asset Management principles, Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg take a sober look ahead at a macro environment riddled with undeniable event risk—from geopolitics and asset bubbles to debased currencies and distrusted global leadership. None of these facts are pretty, yet they point the way […]
Rates Spark: Inflation Is Still Too High For Comfort
Image Source: PexelsWe will certainly know more after Thursday’s US inflation report. But even if it’s good, the US economy will still be a 3% to 4% inflation economy. On top of that the 10yr auction tailed, and the 10yr term premium is negative. We maintain the view that the US 10yr stays above 4%. We’ll […]
XAU/USD Holds Positive Ground Above $2,020 Ahead Of US CPI Data
Image Source: Unsplash Gold price gains ground around $2,026 on the softer USD. Fed’s Williams said it is premature to call for rate cuts Market players will closely monitor the US Consumer Price Index (CPI), due on Thursday. Gold price (XAU/USD) drifted higher during the early Asian trading hours on Thursday. The softer US Dollar (USD) lends […]
Elliott Wave Insights: SP500, Nasdaq, DAX 40, FTSE 100, ASX200
Image Source: UnsplashStock Market Report S&P 500 – NASDAQ 100 – RUSSELL 2000 – DAX 40 – FTSE 100 – ASX 200. Elliott Wave Analysis Summary: Approaching the top of Wave i), once completed expect a retracement for wave ii), which is where we can look for our long trade setups. In this video, I compare […]
The Chinese Connection: Here’s Why Inflation Won’t Fall To 2% And Stay There Indefinitely
In broad brush, central banks got away with the illusion of permanently low inflation even as they pumped trillions in new currency into the global economy for one reason: China. It is useful to think of China in the early-to-mid 1990s as a system of vast, interconnected, untapped pools of: 1. Cheap labor just awaiting exploitation […]
Will Magic Software Cut Its 6.7% Dividend Yield?
Magic Software Enterprises (Nasdaq: MGIC) is a rare software company that has a big yield. Most tech companies don’t pay dividends at all – and of the ones that do, very few have yields above 3%. Magic Software’s current $0.327 per share semiannual dividend comes out to a yield of 6.7%.But can the Israeli company keep […]
Markets: Week 1 Week 2 – What’s Next Week 3?
Looking at the Economic Modern Family (weekly charts), to date, they all peaked in December.The Russell 2000, Regional Banks, Transportation and Retail, as far as index and sectors go, backed off the most from their peaks.Semiconductors are more sideways since the peak as well as Biotech (which remains the strongest sector right now).This sets the […]
Immunome – Oncology Is Hot
MicroMarvel is a series of articles highlighting undercovered stock with less than a billion dollars in Market Capitalization. These articles are not intended to be buy recommendations. They highlight stocks that may have limited trading volume and may be highly volatile so if you do decide to add them to your portfolio I highly recommend […]
