The Porridge Is Warm
Image Source: Pexels In this short clip, Samantha LaDuc and Hans Albrecht discuss the current market dynamics, including the impact of CPI data and the Federal Reserve’s anticipated rate cut.They highlight the ongoing “low volatility” environment, recent parabolic moves in the market, and the potential for further upside fueled by strong gamma positioning.Hans shares insights into […]
Optimists Say Don’t Worry About Bubbles, That’s Bad Advice
↵Image Source: Pixabay A house on our street recently sold for $8 million to a buyer in his early 40s. Our mutual tradesperson had the scoop: the guy made his money in Bitcoin. This is his summer house; he lives in Hawaii. On closing, he installed lifts in the garage, stacked them with exotic cars, and […]
European ETF Flow Insights – November 2024
Image Source: Pixabay November 2024 was another month with strong inflows for the European ETF industry.Following the new all-time high monthly inflows in October (+€28.5 bn), the inflows into ETFs in Europe marked another all-time high (+€29.3 bn) in November. These inflows drove the estimated year-to-date net flows up to €225.0 bn, which would mark a […]
Three Areas Of Profits That 99% Of Investors Are Ignoring
Image Source: Pexels One of the key differentiators for investors is your ability to find profits in the markets. It sounds obvious, but you’d be amazed how many people keep staring at the same charts waiting for something to happen… while other investments are soaring and making investors extraordinary profits.Consider the “Trump Trade”, for example.The overall […]
Why Is The Fed Cutting Rates?
Image source: Pixabay The S&P Global Services Report for December beats expectations, signaling strong economic growth and optimism for the future.• Insights on the Fed’s upcoming rate decision and the surprising divergence between policy statements and financial conditions.• A closer look at U.S. Treasury yields and the global factors influencing them, including weak Chinese economic data […]
Market Default: Buy Tech
Image Source: Pexels — Bulletproof tech–the Nasdaq composite and QQQ’s made new all-time highs Friday 13, 2024. — The heavily “Magnificent Seven”-weighted S&P 500 (approx. 36% of the index’s total market value in “Mag Seven names”) is down less than 1% from its record high recorded a week ago.— Everything else seems to be in for liquidation … the Dow (minus 3% in the […]
Softs Report – Monday, Dec. 16
COTTON General Comments: Cotton was lower last week and the trends are still turning down. Selling has come from news that Trump will impose some big tariffs on China, but the tariffs posted were not as high as he had threatened before during the campaign. China has big problems with its domestic economy with consumer […]
Extreme Levels Of Work-For-Gold Ratio
Image Source: Pixabay How many hours of work would it take to purchase one ounce of gold? Now you’ll know. Interesting, right?Gold price truly peaked in the 1980, and while it moved to new nominal highs in 2011, this wasn’t the case in terms of how much one would have to work for it. In 2011, […]
FTSE Starts The Week On The Backfoot Ahead Of Central Bank Bonanza
Image Source: Pexels U.K. stocks dipped on Monday, while the pound strengthened in anticipation of the flash PMI data set to be released later in the day. The Bank of England is scheduled to meet on December 19, with analysts expecting interest rates to remain unchanged. The FTSE 100 index fell by 0.3% following a 0.1% […]
XRP Price Holds Steady: What’s Next After Consolidation?
Image by WorldSpectrum from Pixabay XRP price started a downside correction from the $2.50 zone. The price is now consolidating gains and might aim for a move above the $2.4650 resistance zone. XRP price started a fresh increase above the $2.425 zone. The price is now trading above $2.350 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a […]
