• December 20, 2024

Week Ahead – No festive cheer for the markets after hawkish Fed

US and Japanese data in focus as markets wind down for Christmas. Gold and stocks bruised by Fed, but can the US dollar extend its gains? ...

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• December 20, 2024

2024’s Market Recap and 2025 Forecast: What Investors Need to Know

The global economy in 2024 proved to be much more stable than many skeptics had anticipated, standing tall amid continuous geopolitical tensions, technological upheavals, and unabated inflationar...

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• December 20, 2024

Government Shutdown Risk Is New Headache for US Economy

The good news is that the engine of growth for the US economy is the private sector. But the government’s share of GDP isn’t trivial, which means that a potential government shutdown t...

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• December 20, 2024

US Dollar Takes a Breather Ahead of PCE Inflation Data

Dollar pulls back, but data corroborate Fed’s hawkish stance. Yen bleeding stops after Japan’s CPI data reveal acceleration. Wall Street set to open lower on risk of a US go...

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• December 20, 2024

China's Economic Slowdown: Bond Yields Collapse Amid US Growth Concerns

Treasury yields rose sharply following the Fed meeting on Wednesday, yet they are collapsing in the world’s second-largest economy, China. While our economy is robust, large foreign economies, in...

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• December 19, 2024

Gold Shows Modest Recovery Amid Mixed Economic Signals

Gold Bounces Back After Wednesday's Sell-Off Gold ( XAU/USD ) price rose by just 0.24% during a very volatile trading session on Thursday. This modest increase followed th...

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• December 19, 2024

Could PCE Data Today Fuel a Bear Steepening Cycle?

The Dow broke its 10-day losing streak yesterday; however, the bad news is it only finished the day up 0.04%. So, while the streak was broken, it was just barely. Meanwhile, t...

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• December 19, 2024

Does China Really Own the US?

I’ve heard this statement quite a bit over the years. I’m not sure where/why this originated since I don’t pay much attention to the news. It always amazes me how people can believe everything th...

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• December 19, 2024

The Core Skill for Investors Going Forward: Frugality

Speaking of lean years, it took the NASDAQ stock market index almost 17 years to recover its March 2000 high of 5,048. The core skill going forward--frugality--i...

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• December 19, 2024

The Economy Grew More Than Expected, Helped by Government Spending

The economy grew more than expected in the 3rd quarter, now an annualized $23.4 trillion on an inflation-adjusted basis. This was the 3rd and final revision to real Q3 GDP. Q3 real GDP g...

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