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U.S. asset-purchase program could end by March. BoE surprises markets with rate hike. China moves to counter growth slowdown. For further details see: Fed Speeds Up Tapering Process, Bank Of England Raises Rates
The last 18 months have been the zenith of two decades of monetary madness and speculative mayhem. The IPOX SPAC index, a mix of 50 SPACs and De-SPACs (another marketing euphemism for junk), is, so far, down 32% from its 2021 peak. Following the risk-off trade, most global commodi...
Investment grade credit fundamentals remain healthy, but supply chain issues are contributing to the overarching inflationary environment, with different impacts across sectors. Across sectors, companies are responding to cost increases by raising, or attempting to raise, prices to co...
Valuation and quality metrics look attractive in the hardware industry. VGT: an alternative to XLK. 7 cheap stocks in the tech sector. For further details see: VGT: Technology Dashboard For December
The latest IHS Markit US Sector PMI revealed that six of the seven broad sectors tracked by the surveys reported higher output in November. Despite some of the supply chain problems having eased in November, the extent to which production growth had been constrained is consistent with...
Algorithms dominate short-term trading and use as inputs $WTI(oil prices), interest rates and the exchange rate of the US$ vs global currencies. Prices do reflect fundamentals over the long term simply because economic reality eventually is the basis of market psychology. Markets ...
The problem with market speculation is that it starts to tempt the prudent investor into reckless behavior. What has always been prudent - owning a low-cost index fund - has now become a more speculative investment because of the degree of speculation in the market. The S&P 500 ha...
Investors in 2022 should prepare themselves for lower rates of S&P 500 EPS and revenue growth. It’s a “return-to-normal” market. Financial sector EPS growth is negative since reserve releases are probably expected to be much lower in 2022. Energy and Basic...
Supply chain bottlenecks are hitting sectors including labor, microchips and housing. Some of these disruptions will be around for the longer term, and investors should think about what they mean for portfolios. ETFs can help provide diversified, low-cost access to targeted sector...
I evaluate valuation and quality metrics relative to 11-year historical averages. Hardware looks attractive while entertainment and telecommunication have bad scores. Focus on FTEC. A list of cheap stocks. For further details see: FTEC: Technology Dashboard For Novem...
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There have been record numbers of new investors entering the market in the past two years, fueled by a variety of factors, not least of which is the greater ease and lower cost of doing so. According to a recent survey by Investing.com, 86% of new investors in 2021 plan to increase thei...
College is not cheap, as Iʻm experiencing firsthand at the moment. But one thing that has made the payments a lot more manageable is the fact that I started investing a long time ago, specifically for college, when the kids were wee ones. It doesnʻt take a huge initial investm...
The technology sector has been the most impressive part of the stock market for some time now -- certainly over the past decade as it provided the propulsion for the longest bull market in U.S. history. How things will play out over the next 10 years is impossible to know, but experts expec...