Stocks were indicated to open marginally higher on Friday after the PCE inflation gauge rose less than expected by just 2.2% in August. With the U.S. rate-cutting cycle now underway and with […]
Stocks were indicated higher on Thursday after Micron’s “beat and raise” is offering support for the entire semiconductor sector. Now that the U.S. Federal Reserve has cut rates and China has thrown […]
Stocks were marginally lower on Wednesday as the stock indexes are looking for direction after the sharp post-FOMC moves. Chinese shares also took a breather after Tuesday’s post-stimulus gains may have been […]
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) has been the retail growth story that is the envy of every retailer. In many ways, Costco has seen an investor trajectory similar to what Walmart Inc. […]
Stocks had initially traded lower on Tuesday, but stimulus measures in China have markets picking up steam. Investors and traders alike are looking for new ideas to be positioned for the coming […]
Stocks were indicated marginally higher on Monday after last week’s post-Fed rate cut gains. Investors and traders alike are continuing to look for new ideas to be positioned for the coming months […]
The utilities sector should be one of the larger beneficiaries of lower interest rates. Now that the Federal Reserve has taken 50 basis points out of the Fed Funds rate, and with […]
Stocks were set to take a breather on Friday after Thursday’s post-Fed rate cut move significantly higher. The Federal Reserve’s 50 basis point cut on Fed Funds is expected to be the […]
Investors, consumers, businesses and borrowers love it when the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates. It means that financing purchases is cheaper for everyone. It means many mortgage rates (certainly ARMs) will head […]
Stocks were mixed and looking for direction on Wednesday morning ahead of the highly anticipated Federal Reserve decision to lower interest rates. The field is still mostly split on whether a 50 […]
The financial markets just cannot wait for the first of multiple interest rate cuts from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Investors have been positioning and looking for new ideas for their capital as […]
The buzz around artificial intelligence just seems to never end. The investor theme around A.I. has been almost as impressive, albeit not yet as widespread, as the Internet boom of the late […]
September is supposed to be a weak month for stocks historically, but the market continues to stay firm as the rate cutting cycle from the Federal Reserve is just about to begin. […]
The move to artificial intelligence has been one of the greatest wealth-creating secular themes of the current generation. For the most part, the main beneficiary has been the likes of NVIDIA Corporation […]
Oil prices have been in a serious state of flux. In August and in the start of September it looked as though oil was going to keep selling off into a weakening […]
The weakness that started in September vanished over the course of last week as investors are eagerly awaiting the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut of the cycle this week. Long-term investors […]
If you wanted to know if the endless growth cycle in the semiconductor would ever reach a zenith, it did. The growth phase in semiconductors is still happening. That is particularly true […]
A lot has happened in the world of CRM, the cloud and AI in recent years. Almost all of the investor focus seems to be focused on NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Salesforce, […]
The phrase “It’s time to buy California utilities stocks” is probably difficult for many investors to fathom. Difficult disasters like fires, earthquakes, mudslides and floods make up one part. But the hardest […]
U.S. stocks were higher on Thursday morning after the market managed a significant recovery on Wednesday after low inflation and post-debate reactions. September is historically the weakest month of the year for […]