With an end to the U.S. presidential election and increasing expectations of strong economic growth, deregulation, and lower taxes, the Russell 1000 Index finished the quarter with a robust 2.7% return.
UK payrolls took a massive hit in both November and December. While the media looks for reasons to blame, the answer instead comes from all the rest of the world.
The market expects MasterCard to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended December 2024.
The US Leading Economic Index edged lower in December, but the 6- and 12-month growth rates “were less negative, signaling fewer headwinds to US economic activity ahead”.
The market finds itself at a pivotal crossroads as U.S. President Donald Trump has not issued a crypto or strategic Bitcoin reserve (SBR) related executive order yet.
On Thursday, U.K. stocks initially rotated within a tight range amidst subdued trading conditions as investors looked for direction following the market's recent all-time highs.
In this environment, one potential scenario for investors involves a consistent push by the new administration toward lower corporate taxes and stronger infrastructure spending.
XLK and XLE are trading in the final 5th wave of the wedge pattern, but there’s still space for slightly higher targets, ideally up to the upper wedge line before we will see a top formation this year.
After exploding to its highest since Jan 2022, unadjusted jobless claims crashed lower last week while 'seasonally-adjusted' initial jobless claims rose to 223k.
Central Retail Corporation Public Company Limited is the retail arm of Central Group and divides its operations into four segments: fashion, food, hardline, and property.
The bullish environment continues for global equities, led higher by the US stock market, especially AI technology, which saw the S&P 500 Index trade at a new all-time high late yesterday.
While it’s true that half of the cumulative employment growth in 2024 has been accounted for by government jobs, but that just reflects the aforementioned catching up phenomenon.
The US Dollar Index is having a change of heart and is making its way back towards levels seen last week before US President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Following the stock market chugging higher over the last three trading sessions, with the S&P 500 setting a new intra-day high yesterday, equity futures point to a mixed market open.
Gold has the immense advantage of being perfectly liquid, unlike unlisted assets, which are very rigid and difficult to sell, and whose value can plummet in the event of too many sales or a liquidity crisis.
The GBP/USD exchange rate wavered as the focus shifted from this week’s swearing in of Donald Trump to next week’s policy statements by the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve.
Despite the heavy one-way positioning of the dollar, investors lack clarity on the timing of Trump’s tariff threats, preventing them from reducing dollar holdings.
Carlyle Secured Lending Inc (CGBD) operating in the capital markets industry, is a specialty finance company. Share price increased about 17.7% in the past year from $15.57 to $18.32, as of Wednesday’s market close.
Price is in a Wave II structure which has a Corrective (A-B-C) structure. Keep a close watch on the movement in the 5.3691 support zone to confirm that price is entering the end zone of Wave II.
Everyone’s waiting to buy pullbacks after today’s massive run higher. And this 21ema *trick* will make it easy to pick the perfect pullback tomorrow morning!
Total earnings for the 62 S&P 500 companies that have reported results are up +19.6% from the same period last year on +8.4% higher revenues, with 82.3% beating EPS estimates and 69.4% beating revenue estimates.
We saw another positive day in the stock market this Hump Day — not as promising as when the opening bell sounded, perhaps, but substantial nevertheless.
Gold price advances over 0.39% late in the North American session, with the precious metal climbing decisively above the psychological $2,650 figure with buyers setting their sights at the record high of $2,790.
