Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Wash And Rinse Day
The FOMC decision today was a big nothing, and that was reinforced in his press conference by Jerome Powell.But the wash and rinse must be served.Let’s see how the rest of the week goes, and try to look for the reality behind the nonsense.Have a pleasant evening. More By This Author:Stocks And Precious Metals Charts […]
Trump Tactical Targeted Tariffs: A Reminder Of The Impact Of Tariffs
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, recently railed against the President when he threatened Colombia with tariffs if they should refuse to accept their citizens being deported back to them. In her typical hyperventilated fashion, she implored us to “remember” that “WE pay the tariffs, not Colombia.”For a change, AOC is not entirely wrong but merely mostly wrong. She seems […]
Post FOMC – A Look At Snakes And The Long Bonds TLT
First, I would like to express to my colleagues, friends and followers: May the Year of the Snake guide your endeavors to great heights. Gong Xi Fa Cai! Here is a passage from my Outlook 2025, which if you have not read yet, you are already missing out on some huge gainers in my top 10 stock […]
Tesla Spikes Despite Soft Q4 Results After Forecasting Vehicle Business Returning To Growth
Image Source: Pexels Ahead of today’s earnings by the smallest Mag7 member, Tesla TSLA (with a $1.3TN market cap) , the company’s online forum for investor questions showed more than 120 queries about Musk. They asked largely about his politics, including his role in DOGE, his endorsement of Germany’s far right AfD party, and the controversial […]
Analyzing The Historical Performance Of The S&P Quality FCF Aristocrats Indices Across Macroeconomic Environments
S&P DJI recently launched a new family of indices known as the S&P Quality FCF Aristocrats which includes the S&P 500® Quality FCF Aristocrats Index and the S&P Developed Quality FCF Aristocrats Index. A more comprehensive introduction to this family of indices can be found in this blog post.Gaining insights into the historical performance of factor strategies across various macroeconomic environments […]
What Retail Investors Need To Know About DeepSeek’s Impact
Image courtesy of 123rf.com The US stock market has experienced a “live by the sword, die by the sword” moment. That sword being AI, the underlying value driver of so many stocks for the last two years. Following the announcement that Chinese DeepSeek AI is on par, or exceeds, Western AI models such as ChatGPT and […]
Major Benchmarks Falter As Fed Keeps Rates Steady
The U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged this afternoon, as widely anticipated, noting a stabilized unemployment rate and “solid” market conditions. After Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s hesitant outlook on sticky inflation, major indexes finished the day lower. The Dow and tech-heavy Nasdaq marked triple-digit drops, with the S&P 500 settling in the red as well. Artificial […]
FOMC Stands Pat On Rates, “Waiting To See” On Trump Policies
Image Source: Pexels The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) made no changes to the federal funds rate on Wednesday, marking the first meeting since July that the committee has not lowered interest rates.The committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 4.25% to 4.50% percent.“Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has […]
MSFT Tumbles On Cloud Revenue Miss
Image Source: Pixabay Having suffered this week from ChatCCP’s arrival on the scene, traders are hoping that MSFT’s earnings (and CapEx outlook) will rescue sentiment. If ASML’s data is anything to go by, thing should be positive.Out of the gate, MSFT beat expectations top- and bottom-line… *MICROSOFT 2Q REV. $69.63B, EST. $68.92B *MICROSOFT 2Q EPS $3.23, EST. […]
Deconstructing Homebuilders
I’d like to tout symbol XHB once again, because it is probably my favorite long-term short among the fifty ETFs that I follow. This fund is for the homebuilders, and it has banged inside this channel for literally decades. We are quite lofty in the context of this pattern. I am maintaining my position, which is January 2026 (yep, one whole year out) puts. They’re up 13% so far, […]
