Lower Yields And A Softer Dollar Set To Brighten Asian Markets On Tuesday
Image Source: Pixabay The trading week launched with robust enthusiasm, sparked by the appointment of Scott Bessent as the U.S. Treasury Secretary. Known for his formidable presence in global finance and his practical, not ideological, approach, Bessent harmonizes well with President-elect Trump’s aggressive tariff and tax policies—albeit with a critical caveat. His reputation for pragmatic decision-making […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – In Plain Sight
Today was an option expiration day for precious metals December contracts. A classic wash and rinse for a big contract month.Take it up, and then smack it down hard.Everything else is commentary.If you have been following along here, you know what is likely to happen next.How many times do you have to see this, to finally […]
Stocks Going Ex Dividend In December 2024
Image Source: Pixabay The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex-dividend during the next month, which can be helpful for traders and investors interested in the stock trading technique known as “Buying Dividends” or “Dividend Capture.” This strategy involves purchasing stocks before the ex dividend date and selling them shortly after the […]
Asian Stock: Vontron Technology
Company: Vontron Technology Company LimitedBloomberg ticker: 000920 SZMarket cap: US$498mBackground: Vontron Technology Company Limited. manufactures filtration products. The Company produces composite reverse osmosis membranes, nanofiltration membranes, and other products. Vontron Technology also operates plant fiber comprehensive utilization, equity investment, and other businesses. World Class Benchmarking of Vontron Technology Profitable Growth rank of 3 was up compared to the […]
The Middle Income Trap
Image Source: Pexels The middle income trap refers to the pattern in which certain economies grow rapidly enough to move into the global middle class, or even into the group of high-income countries, but at some point this catch-up growth seem to stall. The problem seems potentially widespread. For example, Japan and Korea both went through […]
The S&P 500 Top 20 Select Indices: A Deep Dive Into Mega-Cap Performance
In the first part of this blog series, we introduced the S&P 500® Top 20 Select Indices, including their construction and relevance to the equity market. Now, let’s delve deeper into the indices’ historical performance and relative performance to other similar indices.Perhaps unsurprisingly, the S&P 500 Top 20 Select Indices all had similar cumulative returns, as only […]
Technical Monday: A Fresh Look At The “Vanity” Trade
With such a great start to the holiday week, we could not help but gloat a little about the stocks I have mentioned related to the diet drugs, or what I call the “vanity” trade.IPAR (perfumes), ELF (cosmetics) ULTA (beauty store) HIMS (online products for men and women) all posted huge gains today along with […]
Thankful Investors – Last 5 Years
It’s a holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week, so over the next few days, we plan on writing about some of the stocks that investors can be most thankful for. In this post, we’re highlighting the 25 best-performing stocks in the S&P 1500 on a total return basis over the last five years. In the table below we rank them […]
S&P 500 Earnings Breakdown
S&P 500 companies have reported a combined $237 in earnings per share over the last 12 months (red line), while the street expects another $263 in EPS over the next 12 months (blue line). Both at/near all time times. This represents an expected 11% earnings growth for the S&P 500 over the next 12 months.95% […]
Stocks Surge As Trump Names Newest Cabinet Pick
The holiday-shortened week started off with a bang, with all three major benchmarks logging solid wins. The Dow and S&P 500 both hit new record highs, the blue-chip logged a fourth straight win after popping more than 440 points. Today’s surge was helped by President-elect Donald Trump’s latest cabinet pick.Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, hedge fund […]
