• January 17, 2025

Increasing Market Risks Signal It’s Time to Be ‘Tactically Bearish’

In last week’s discussion with Thoughtful Money, I noted that we are becoming more “tactically bearish” as we progress into 2025. While we have remained primarily b...

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• January 17, 2025

Technical Analysis Isn't Voodoo, It's Vital Context

If you draw enough lines on a stock chart, one of them is bound to predict the future accurately! Given that technical analysis is perfect in hindsight and flawed in foresight, many investors moc...

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• January 17, 2025

Markets Are Recalibrating the Fed

From March 2022 through August 2024, there was widespread concern that the tightening of monetary policy by the Fed over that period would cause a recession. It was the most widely anticipated re...

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• January 17, 2025

Gold Holds Steady Against US Dollar's Surge, Eyeing Renewed Bullish Momentum

Gold has been grinding sideways for the better part of several months now, weighing on sentiment. Late October’s mounting bullishness is long gone, deteriorating to apathy. But gold’s re...

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• January 17, 2025

BranchOut Food: Why This Penny Stock Won’t Stay Cheap for Long

BranchOut Food (NASDAQ: BOF) invigorated its market with news of ramping production, improving revenue and profitability. The stock is up 200% from its 2024 lows and still has a solid move ahead ...

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• January 17, 2025

Gold: Could Yellow Metal Finally Outperform Stocks in 2025?

Stocks and gold have been “predictable” as we approach Inauguration Day. “Predictable” taking the form of our previous “to or through the election” view for the 2024 bull, which ...

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• January 17, 2025

Week Ahead: BoJ, PBoC, PMIs, UK jobs, Inflation data from Canada, Japan and NZ

MON : US Presidential Inauguration, PBoC LPR, Eurogroup Meeting; German Producer Prices (Dec) TUE : UK Unemployment/Wages (Nov), German ZEW (Jan), Canadian CP...

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• January 17, 2025

Markets Turn Cautious Ahead of Trump Inauguration

Fed’s Waller hints at first half rate cut, but dollar edges up. Wall Street slips despite solid US retail sales and strong bank earnings. China GDP beat also fails to lift m...

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• January 17, 2025

Week Ahead: Markets on Edge as Trump’s Inauguration and BoJ Decision Loom

Markets brace for impact ahead of Trump’s inauguration. BoJ seen raising rates at first gathering of 2025. Euro and pound traders turn gaze to PMIs. Canada and New ...

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• January 16, 2025

Gold Approaches Resistance as US Dollar Weakens

Gold Rises on Weak US Data Gold ( XAU/USD ) rose by 0.67% on Thursday, closing slightly below the $2,720 resistance level. The US Department of Commerce reported yes...

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