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Geopolitics and Rising Volatility Take Hold of Market Landscape
The full-scale invasion by Russia into Ukraine began on February 22, 2022. At that time, the S&P 500 was trading at 4,500. As of last Friday, it traded around 5,123, representing a 13.8% gain over the 26-month period. Not great, but not bad either. The Nasdaq was trading at 13,400 and closed last Friday at […]
Red Flags Raise Market Volatility
An interesting development occurred late last week when the employment data was released showing the economy added 303,000 non-farm jobs to payrolls, a full 50% more than had been forecast. Nonfarm Private Payrolls increased 232,000, also considerably higher than the 160,000 estimate, which followed the ADP Employment report for March that showed an increase of […]
Bulls Embrace New Market Leadership
The bullish narrative remains intact following Friday’s release of the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index, showing a gradual slowing in the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, coupled with a short-term rebound in household spending. It was kind of the best-of-expectations report, but one that probably will hit some resistance with oil prices trading above $83/bbl, implying […]
It’s Time to Consider Securing Longer Term Yields
Aside from the NVIDIA GTC conference, which was a huge success for the company’s stock and for the tech sector in general, the release of the Fed’s dot plot plan might have actually delivered more thunder to the bullish narrative for the stock market. Prior to the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, Bank of […]
Market Bulls Embrace NVIDIA Conference
Just when one can only wonder what else the market can provide as a fresh catalyst to add more fuel to the fire burning under it that has been defined and led by the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, the movement’s torch bearer is sponsoring a trade show that will rival a Taylor Swift concert. By […]
Gold’s Break Out to a New All-Time High Is Legit
The price of gold soared to a new all-time high this past week, peaking as Bitcoin also traded to a new all-time high. Spot gold notched $2,160 per troy ounce on March 8 in what is a multi-year upside breakout. There is not one specific reason, but rather there are several forces and perceptions at […]
AI Set to Push Unemployment Rate Way Higher
The artificial intelligence (AI)-led stock market rally of the past year is showing few signs of letting up, at least in the near term. What is becoming rapidly apparent is that the impact of AI is no fad, but rather a generational, transformational technological breakthrough that is just beginning to shape the future of how […]
A Rally with Over $6 Trillion Spectators on the Sidelines
Wall Street loves to put out price targets for the market. Being that the S&P 500 is the benchmark index, I thought it would be a good topic to highlight this week after the major average traded above 5,100 and closed at a record high of 5,088 last Friday. It’s a good time to take […]
Commercial Real Estate Loan Tsunami About to Hit Bank Sector
Of the more debatable topics among professional and retail investors, the health of the banking sector is always a front and center discussion. Will the heavy loan exposure to commercial office space that requires broad refinancing over the next two years trigger some sort of systemic calamity to the financial markets? Or will the regional […]
Market Trades at Premium PE as S&P Tops 5,000
For the first six weeks of 2024, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have added to 2023 gains, with the more concentrated Nasdaq 100 leading all averages up over 9% and the Russell 2000 lagging with a small loss year to date. Coming to the end of the fourth-quarter earnings season, there are generally decent […]
