Funtap/iStock via Getty Images Listen below or on the go on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Michael Kramer discusses market divergences, interest rates and inflation (0:30). How many rate cuts will we see this year? (6:20) Bleak 2024 earnings picture (11:20). This is an abridged conversation from a recent Investing Experts podcast. Transcript Rena Sherbill: Michael…
bjdlzx Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) earnings elicited a big yawn from the market. Then again, many times, cost-cutting when commodity (and corresponding stock) prices are in the “yawn” range does not get a reaction from Mr. Market until they head back up again. For investors, doing your homework now on the long-term cost progress is likely…
The Paramount turtle is inching closer to the finish. tirc83/E+ via Getty Images Shari Redstone is finally willing to sell – but the exact terms matter Until recently, even the very hypothesis that Shari Redstone might not sell after all was not totally out of the question. Today, it looks pretty certain to me that…
Lemon_tm The first week of April will be busy, with plenty of data to come, mainly on the jobs front, with some peeks into the inflation prism. The ISM purchasing managers indexes, ADP Jobs report, JOLTS report, and employment report will tell us a great deal about the state of the economy and, more importantly,…
SB/iStock via Getty Images By SchiffGold The Bank of Japan’s historic move to end the country’s negative interest rate policy after nearly two decades triggered a jolt upward to new all-time highs for gold against the yen. But what are the implications for gold in the medium and longer term? The answer is far from…
Bitcoin, the first and most popular cryptocurrency, has been making headlines with its recent surge to a new all-time high of over $72,000. This remarkable price increase has sparked renewed interest in Bitcoin as an investment opportunity, leaving many wondering what this means for their financial future. Investors may see this surge as a validation…
Leon Neal Last week, Leonardo (OTCPK:FINMF) (OTCPK:FINMY) reported its Q4 and Fiscal Year 2024 results. Since our initiation of coverage, we recorded a plus 150% (including the dividend payment). Before updating our readers on Leonardo’s new target price, it is essential to report the latest defense company’s development. Mare Past Analysis Ongoing Upside (Higher EU…
imaginima Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) announced last fall that they were going to take on debt to help take advantage of some opportunities for increased earnings growth. Mr. Market hated it, pushing down the stock price by 10%. The price has recovered lately, although some other midstream stocks have appreciated too. Seeking Alpha Since the…
From an economic standpoint, Jevon’s Paradox is arguably the foundation of the scaling road we have started walking down for Bitcoin. Pushing things off-chain is attempting to make the use of the scarce resource that blockspace is much more efficient to accommodate a materially larger user base than the blockchain can facilitate on its own….
champpixs Fund Overview iShares Russell Top 200 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWL) owns a portfolio of 200 largest U.S. stocks in terms of market capitalization. IWL has a high expense ratio of 0.15%, which is high among its peers. Other large-cap funds such as Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares (VV) and Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) have…
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Withdrawal Issue”. Click here to subscribe now. A PDF pamphlet of this article is available for download. Letting go of the fiat world also means being able to let go of Bitcoin. Let me explain by telling you a story about how I died. I grew up…
wombatzaa/iStock via Getty Images No doubt, after the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF’s (IVV) 2.21% decline in October, which was preceded by an even more painful September when it was down by 4.7%, equity investors finally breathed a sigh of relief as the S&P 500 index has just delivered the best week of 2023 to…
Razvan Disney (NYSE:DIS) is an entertainment conglomerate, the largest in the world. The company has a market capitalization of more than $150 billion. However, it’s still dropped 30% since its 52-week highs. The company is suffering with the overall Hollywood strike along with increased competition from wealthy media companies. As we’ll see throughout this article,…
gangliu10/iStock via Getty Images One of the first stocks I ever looked at was Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA). It had a drip option at Computershare (OTCPK:CMSQY) when I first started investing over twenty years ago. At the time, I decided to pass on the stock because I did not believe it had the necessary risk…
In the newest episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Bitcoin, Explained,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the ramifications of a newly discovered exploit dubbed “Milk Sad,” affecting Bitcoin users attempting to run the alternative Bitcoin implementation Libbitcoin when connecting to the network. Revealed earlier this month, the issue of an insecure Bitcoin command called…
TERADAT SANTIVIVUT A rising Yield Curve is what we are seeing today. The turn higher began after hitting what appears to be the low point,-1.89%, on May 4, 2023. At Friday’s close, Aug 18, 2023, it reached 1.29% or a 0.60% rise in ~3mos. This is as rapid a relief pace to pessimism as we…