Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images News The FOMC meeting this week surprised many when it was revealed that the Fed still intended to cut rates three times in 2024. It seemed that given the back-to-back, hotter CPI inflation report to start the year and rising inflation expectations, the Fed would begin to push back against the easing…
Annabelle Chih Taiwan is once again at the center of attention, as Beijing has signaled publicly and privately that the ‘reunification’ of the island with the mainland is only a matter of time. While no one knows for sure what’s going to happen with Taiwan in the foreseeable future, the rise of tensions in the…
onurdongel/E+ via Getty Images Co-authored by Treading Softly. When was the last time you lit a candle? For decades, lanterns and candles were a basic necessity of life. Electricity hadn’t been invented yet, so candlelight or firelight was the only option to see once the sun had set. Over time, the necessity disappeared, and candle…
Feng Li/Getty Images News As international capital is leaving China, Beijing is aiming to prevent a spike in outflows by stimulating the economy to attract investors and trying to improve ties with Western governments to minimize geopolitical risks for everyone. It’s too soon to tell whether those efforts will be successful, but what’s certain is…
Teka77 Introduction It’s time to dive into macroeconomics and one of my favorite (cyclical) dividend growth stocks on the market: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT). As it turns out, Caterpillar is currently the smallest holding of my 20-stock dividend growth portfolio. That’s not necessarily because of its performance (I’m up roughly 100% since my initial investment) but…