5 Best-Performing Leveraged ETFs At The Start Of 2025
Image Source: Pixabay Wall Street lost its sheen at the start of the new year as volatility flared up. Rising inflation fears, uncertainty surrounding future Fed rate cuts and ambiguity over Trump’s tariff policies have been weighing on the stock market. Notably, all three major indices registered two consecutive weeks of decline in the first two […]
Job Cuts Are Coming In January
Image Source: Pexels Danielle DiMartino Booth discusses the changes to the economy and labor market that the Trump Administration could make.Video Length: 00:23:57More By This Author:Hawkish Tone Has Investors Wary Of Fed Into 2025 As Inflation Slows to 2%, Powell Expects a Bumpy Path Nonfarm Jobs Increased by 245K Last Month – Behind The Numbers
Current Report Extendicare Inc (EXETF)
Image Source: PixabayExtendicare Inc (EXETF) is a senior care provider in Canada, focused on long-term care and home health care.The company has three main business segments namely Long-term Care, Home Health Care, and Managed Services.The Long-term Care segment, operating under the Extendicare brand, represents 53 owned homes in Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba.The Home Health Care segment, operating […]
How Many New Mines Are Needed For The Energy Transition?
The energy transition relies on the minerals necessary to build electric vehicles, batteries, solar farms, and wind turbines. In an economy moving away from fossil fuels every day, sourcing the materials required for this shift presents one of the biggest challenges.This graphic forecasts the number of mines that must be developed to meet the expected […]
European Leaders Double Down On Stagnation At Davos
Image Source: Pixabay Many market participants appeared astonished to learn that Von Der Leyen and Scholz in Davos were steadfastly pursuing the policies that have severely damaged the EU. However, this is typical bureaucratic behaviour.In a predictable move, EU bureaucrats have chosen to exploit the new Trump administration as an external enemy, rather than seizing the opportunity to unleash the immense potential of their […]
Best Investment Strategies For 2025
Image Source: Pexels In this episode of ETF Spotlight, I speak with Kristy Akullian, Head of iShares Investment Strategy for the Americas at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, about the market outlook and investing strategies for 2025.U.S. stocks outperformed their global counterparts in 2024 and are expected to maintain their dominance, driven by robust economic […]
The SPX Pushed Higher, Despite Deep Setback
Image source: PixabayThe S&P 500 pushed for all-time highs twice over this past week, but thanks to weakness in the semiconductors, a large amount of defensive sectoral positioning kicked in that not even the financial sector (XLF) could overcome. Weaker incoming services PMI forced a modest increase in rate cut odds, sending the US dollar lower to its first level of support.The extensive Saturday […]
GBP/USD Weekly Forecast: Advanced Higher With Central Bank Intrigue Anticipated
Image Source: PixabayThe GBP/USD currency pair turned in a solid amount of gains last week. After falling to lows on Monday, the currency pair began to incrementally climb higher throughout the rest of the trading period. The GBP/USD pair closed near the 1.24790 mark before going into the weekend. With the Forex market having survived an intriguing set of circumstances last week, this […]
Alliant Energy Dividend Increase
Image Source: PixabayOn Jan. 20, 2025, Alliant Energy Corporation (LNT) increased its quarterly dividend by 5.73%, from 48 cents to 50.75 cents per share. The dividend is payable on Feb. 18 to shareholders of record on Jan. 31.Alliant Energy’s contribution to my portfolio’s projected annual dividend income will increase by $26.4 to $487.20.I own 240 shares of the stock at an average cost basis of $49.05 per share. Following […]
The New Administration Took Over, What Changed?
Image Source: PixabayIt’s been a volatile start to the year, with an abundance of expectations placed on what the new administration would do in its first weeks, days, and even hours of power.This year, our January calendar range lined up with the inauguration, which set up some good inflection points for trading and analysis. In short, anything […]
