Financial Markets Report For Monday, Feb 3
Image Source: PixabayIn this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Monday, February 3.Video Length: 00:16:51More By This Author:Metal Markets Report For Thursday, Jan 30Financial Markets Report For Thursday, Jan 30Metal Markets Report For Monday, Jan 27
EUR/USD Trims Losses But Still Sheds Weight
Image Source: Pixabay EUR/USD dropped after markets weighed sweeping US tariffs. Markets recovered ground after 30-day tariff extensions on Mexico and Canada. Fiber remains bearish after Trump teased tariffs on EU. EUR/USD dropped sharply following fresh tariff threats from US President Donald Trump, impacting the markets. However, significant declines in global risk markets eased as the […]
Q4 Earnings Scorecard & Analyst Reports For Alphabet, Blackstone & KLA
Image Source: PixabayThe Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today’s Research Daily features a real-time scorecard of the Q4 earnings season and new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL), Blackstone Inc. (BX), and KLA Corporation (KLAC), as well as a micro-cap stock Crawford United Corporation (CRAWA). […]
Gap Fillers
Image Source: PixabayWell, the whole trade war thing was a total joke. Everyone’s hair was bursting into flames about the tariffs, retaliatory tariffs, etc., but with some vague promises about sending personnel to keep an eye on the borders, both Canada and Mexico were left off the hook. Added to this, Wall Street darling Palantir (PLTR) shot up […]
Biggest Tax Increase Ever
Image Source: PexelsIn nominal dollar terms. Thanks, Trump.Notes: Tax increase associated with announced Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China assuming a unitary price elasticity of import demand (orange bar), and assuming zero (orange bar plus light orange bar). Source: graphic from Factcheck (2012), modified by author.Over the weekend, US taxes roughly $2.4 trn worth of goods (2023 amounts). That’s […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – At The Hands Of A Savage Few
Image Source: PexelsStocks were reeling overnight, in reaction to Trump’s intended imposition of fairly draconian tariffs on some of the US’ biggest trading partners.It is fairly well established in economics and history that tariffs tend to exacerbate the conditions of the economies involved.Well, perhaps this time is different.I can already see the true believers trying to […]
Rally Starting Soon
Image Source: Pexels SPX Monitoring purposes; Long SPX on 1/27/25 at 6012.28.Our gain 1/1/24 to 12/31/24 = 29.28%; SPX gain 23.67%Our Gain 1/1/23 to 12/31/23 SPX= 28.12%; SPX gain 23.38%Monitoring purposes GOLD:Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. We ended up 29.28% for 2024; SPX up 23.67% for the year. We shaded in light blue where the […]
Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD Climb Amid Rising Global Trade Tensions
Image Source: Pixabay Silver prices advance late in the North American session on Monday, up 0.71%, as trade tensions between the US, Canada, China, and the Eurozone (EU) rise. The XAG/USD trades at $31.49 at the time of writing. XAG/USD Price Forecast: Technical outlook The XAG/USD has consolidated within the $30.60-$31.60 area during the last two days but lacks […]
Uncovering Companies’ Climate Resilience
Climate resilience refers to the ability of a system to anticipate, prepare for and respond to the impacts of climate change.1 As the world grapples with the adverse effects of a changing climate, climate resilience stands front and center in collective efforts from governments, corporations and the investment community2 alike. This blog is the first of a […]
European ETF Flow Insights – 2024
Image Source: Pixabay The European ETF industry enjoyed record inflows (+€256.4 bn) over the course of 2024. These inflows were way above the inflows of the former record year 2021, when ETFs enjoyed estimated year-to-date net flows of €161.4 bn.Equities (+€198.5 bn) were the best-selling asset type for the year. The inflows into equity ETFs must be […]
