Corporations are currently producing the highest level of profitability, as a percentage of GDP, in history. However, understanding corporate profitability involves more than glancing at quarterly...
Gold's Growth Pauses Ahead of the NFP Report Gold (XAU/USD) declined by 0.67% on Thursday as traders repositioned ahead of the US nonfarm payroll (NFP) report. Yesterday's US Weekly Jobless Claims...
US jobs report (NFP) is highly anticipated, with market expectations for a 200k payroll figure. The unemployment rate is also a key focus, with a potential slight uptick to 4.2%. A print in line...
NFP Key Points NFP report expectations: +218K jobs, +0.3% m/m earnings, unemployment at 4.1% The Fed is likely, but not certain, to cut interest rates by 25bps later this month, and a strong jobs...
We were very bullish at the start of this year with a Street-high year-end price target of 5400 for the S&P 500. That level was surpassed on June 12. We weren't bullish enough as the stampeding...
The trade deficit for October came in at -$73.8 billion, which decreased from the revised -$83.8 billion deficit in September. Imports and exports both decreased in October, with total exports...
We are up 37%; SPX up 28% so far this year. Last Monday the TRIN closed at 1.25 and the tick at -294 and last Friday the TRIN closed at 1.37 and ticks at -657, both of which shows panic and bullish...
The hedge fund industry and some trading desks at the big investment banks are usually mystified for always knowing where and when to be. Most of what they do is obscure, but the little that has come...
The results mirror a wider trend seen in the North American solar equipment industry in 2024. Renewable energy stock Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ), already cut in half since the beginning of 2024,...
Despite a tough macroeconomic environment, some retailers in the retail/wholesale sector are thriving in the sweet spot intersection of "off-price” boulevard and “trade down” street. Consumers are...