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What To Watch When FOMC Minutes Drop: Pain For Stocks, Bonds Looms If Market Expectations Diverge With Fed Reality

May 23, 12:34 PM

The Federal Reserve will release the minutes Wednesday of the May FOMC meeting, at which policymakers hiked the policy rate by 25 basis points to 5-5.25% and signaled they were shifting to a data-dependent approach.<

QQQ

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Manufacturing Crashes Further While Services Boom: What You Need To Know About Latest US PMI Data

By Piero Cingari

May 23, 10:49 AM

The latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) survey from S&P Global showed Tuesday that business activity in the United States reached its highest level in 13 months in May, rising to 54.5 and indicating expansion, although the gap between manufacturing and services continues to widen.

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Saudi Energy Minister Warns Oil Short Sellers ‘They Will Be Ouching’ Ahead Of OPEC+ Meeting

By Piero Cingari

May 23, 10:45 AM

Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, warned oil speculators to exercise extreme caution in order to avoid being squeezed by the OPEC+ as was the case in April when the cartel enacted an unexpected

USO

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Escalating US Treasury Yields Reflect Intensifying Uncertainty Over Debt Ceiling Negotiations

By Piero Cingari

May 23, 8:56 AM

Treasury yields are experiencing heavy volatility as a debt ceiling agreement continues to be delayed with less than a week until the U.S.

TLT

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Debt Ceiling Negotiations Are Center Stage For Investors: Biden, McCarthy Set For High-Stakes Meeting

By Piero Cingari

May 22, 11:26 AM

President Joe Biden will meet House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at 5:30 p.m. ET Monday to discuss the debt ceiling and attempt to reach a deal as a June 1 goverment default deadline approaches.

SPY

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Major Office REIT Stocks Plunge Amid Slow Return-To-Office Rates: 5 Dramatic Charts To Watch

By Piero Cingari

May 22, 10:39 AM

In response to a slow pace of employees returning to offices and an increase in investors predicting further declines, share prices for many major office real estate firms have retreated close to their all-time lows.

ARE

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Potential ‘False Breakout’ Looms For S&P 500 Despite Reaching Bull Market Region, Says Top Wall Street Analyst

By Piero Cingari

May 22, 9:31 AM

The S&P 500 Index may have reached the finish line of the rally that started in October 2022, after breaking above the 4,200 threshold last week.

SPY

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A Global ETF For Stock Investors Looking To Support Democracies Over Authoritarian Regimes

By Piero Cingari

May 19, 4:23 PM

In a world marked by escalating geopolitical dangers, wars, deglobalization threats, and illiberal government policies that harm investors, shifting money away from regimes and toward democracies is the answer to protecting international investments without compromising profits.

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Powell Says Credit Crunch Could Mitigate Need For Higher Rate, Bernanke Emphasizes ‘It’s Different Than 2008’

By Piero Cingari

May 19, 12:41 PM

Current Fed Chair Jerome Powell and former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke both appeared at the Thomas Laubach Research Conference on Friday, offering monetary policy remarks.

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If You Invested $1,000 In This Energy Drink Stock When COVID-19 Lockdowns Started, You’d Now Have Over $41,000 — And It May Be Time To Sell

By Piero Cingari

May 19, 11:44 AM

Many stocks have had astonishing growth since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, owing to massive amounts of money pumped by central banks and government stimulus, which have fueled consumer spending and the economic recovery.

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