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Opinion: Surprised Ending of 2023: +14% +24% +43%

It should be a big surprise for most market participants to see this scorecard: Dow Jones +14%, S&P 500 +24%, Nasdaq +43% performance for 2023...

Opinion: Keep Squeezing The Last Juice

December 26, 2023, 12:16 pm EST Keep Squeezing The Last Juice The stock market keeps squeezing higher. It seems like squeezing the last juice for the rest of 2023.  Indeed, the relief of the inflation...

Global News: Potential Threats at the Top

December 4, 2023, 10:19 am EST Potential Threats at the Top There are potential threats at the top. In the stock markets, an extreme condition may lead to another extreme condition to surprise most pe...

Opinion: Dual Tracks of Bulls and Bears

November 21, 2023, 10:26 am EST Dual Tracks of Bulls and Bears It could be very confusing as both tracks of bulls and bears are presented in our eyes. As Nasdaq-100 made a new historical high with 45%...

Industry: Retailer Cheers

November 15, 2023, 10:26 am EST Retailer Cheers One industry cheers when inflation is cool. It is the retailer.  Retailer ETF (XRT) is up significantly again +3% in addition to yesterday’s gain after ...

EconomyL Inflation Cool

November 14, 2023, 10:25 am EST Inflation Cool Inflation cooled down significantly from the peak 9.1% to 3.2% (June – October 2023) according to the Consumer Price Index report released today.  ...

Politics: APEC 2023 San Francisco

November 13, 2023, 9:30 pm EST APEC 2023 San Francisco While the stock markets are in low volume for the past two weeks on the rebound, the next major event could be the coming Asia-Pacific Economic C...

Economy: Fed Fund Rates

November 2, 2023, 12:05 pm EDT Fed Fund Rates Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell mentioned that the fed fund rates (FEDFUNDS) stayed  the same to 5.25-5.50% range yesterday. Although it was expect...

Industry: Defense for Wars

October 31, 2023, 3:24 pm EDT Defense for Wars When there are more wars coming, the defense industry should be the answer to advance.  Indeed, Russia-Ukraine is far from over after 1-2 years of progre...